Inherent Vice

Ethereal and grounded simultaneously, (don’t pay too much attention to the mystery and it works better) and Doc Sportello is an all-time PTA protagonist

If it wouldn’t have Joaquin it’d be a meh. Apart from that, the best word to describe this is tripping✌️

joaquin phoenix does detective work while incredibly baked

Quite easily, and disappointingly, the PTA film that I’ve connected with the least.

Maybe I’m just stupid, but the whole film felt really difficult to follow? There seemed to be a load of nonsense happening every other scene, and things that were, or at least felt, important, always felt like I was catching half of the story. Narrative aside, the vibes and atmosphere of the era was pulled off immaculately, 70’s LA felt real, and truly lived in.

Joaquin Phoenix naturally does a very good job here, it’s very rare that he doesn’t impress. Josh Brolin too, another very consistent performer. Hong Chau had a small role here, like many of the other actors do, playing a small part of a big, complex story, but her performance really stood out to me.

Maybe one I need to revisit, now I have at least some notion of what happens. But yeah, this one wasn’t really my bag I’m afraid.

bro’s just eating weed…

Probably PTA’s worst entry but no where near bad.

It’s just a little bit of everything and maybe a bit confusing but still, PTA and Joaquin are always a master duo.