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I would have either 9 or 10 years old when my mum, perhaps mistaking it for another run-of-the-mill Adam Sandler rom-com, took me to theatre to see Punch-Drunk Love. I don't remember how I felt about it at the time (other than a general sense that I liked it) but as it is, along with The Lion King and The Terminator, Punch-Drunk Love helped forge my love of film. To this day, I feel like the movie is an extension of me, of who I am.
Gotta vote for it, and hope I can help push it to the finish line.
Punch Drunk Love is the only PTA film I've yet to find my way into. I was a slow convert to There Will Be Blood, but now hold it in the high esteem it deserves... but after multiple viewings of Punch Drunk Love I certainly observe that it is a well-made film with career high performances, yet something has yet to click in place.... which I find maddening. On the other hand, for all of its layers and deliberate confusions, Synecdoche, New York found an easy route into my brain and heart that has remained open ever since.
BOOOOOO. Dont match these two up in the first round. It’s too painful to kick Punch Drunk Love out of the tournament so early.
I absolutely love both of these films. Hard choice. Ultimately for me it comes down to this........in a world without Punch Drunk Love, I'd still be able to watch roughly 10,000 other films about quirky outsiders finding love. I don't think there's any other movie that deals with mortality quite like Synecdoche.
I’m not sure if I’m ready to make this decision yet. I literally just watched Synecdochy, New York and I’m still shaking in silent contemplation.
I’m not completely sure how I feel about Kaufman, but I can say without hesitation that he writes some of the most...dare I say...important stuff out there.
But though it’s very tempting to use the “I-word” when selecting which film is erased from existence, I think that a movie should be judged holistically, and that the one film at the “Top of 2000’s” (trademark pending?) should be equal parts inspiring, thought-provoking, important, and entertaining.
And so for this matchup I’m going to go with…
...oh crap… I don’t know… I wish I had a voice in my ear telling me what to do…
Yes, Punch Drunk Love. It not only has one of the best fight scenes in film history (when characterization and motivation collide into a moment of pure release and carnage), but it’s both a highly entertaining demonstration of mental disorder and meditation on love. And I think that love is pretty important.
Honestly, I don’t care who wins...I’m just grateful to have a good excuse to fill these blind spots I have. Thanks guys!
Perfect pairing for this match. All four main characters, to varying degrees, are just trying to escape their own neuroses. Emily Watson by trying to help someone. Philip Seymour Hoffman by creating his own world. Samantha Morton by focusing on someone else. And Adam Sandler by struggling desperately through having no idea what to do. I am, or have been, each of these characters. But it's Sandler who stole my heart. He still has it. This one, for me, has to go to Punch-Drunk Love.
Hardest choice of the first round for me, with two perfectly neurotic movies that seem to exist in perfect, sealed worlds that we get to peek into. Punch Drunk Love is incredible,but few films will have me sitting in bed late at night rethinking everything I know about movies and life quite like Synechdoche can, so Kaufman gets my vote.
Hardest choice of the first round for me, with two perfectly neurotic movies that seem to exist in perfect, sealed worlds that we get to peek into. Punch Drunk Love is incredible,but few films will have me sitting in bed late at night rethinking everything I know about movies and life quite like Synechdoche can, so Kaufman gets my vote.
Hardest choice of the first round for me, with two perfectly neurotic movies that seem to exist in perfect, sealed worlds that we get to peek into. Punch Drunk Love is incredible,but few films will have me sitting in bed late at night rethinking everything I know about movies and life quite like Synechdoche can, so Kaufman gets my vote.
Erin has it right - I respect Synecdoche more than I like it. But I LOVE Punch Drunk Love.
Punch Drunk Love sometimes feels like a million miles away from There Will Be Blood, PTA took quite an artistic journey over the course of this decade. I learned to love Punch Drunk Love, mostly through Emily Watson, but it's artistic and aesthetic ambition is no match for Synecdoche, NY, a film I respect more than I like, so I'm not sad to see it go since There Will Be Blood is going to make the Finals.
Oh, you monsters. Synecdoche takes it — but I'm mad you made me choose.
Best Sandler movie. One of the cut scenes on the DVD release helped tie it all together...one of the few times that an edit made it less good.