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The Master 2012 123movies

The Master 2012 123movies

Every man needs a guide.Sep. 07, 2012137 Min.
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Watch: The Master 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – Following his discharge from the US Navy after WWII, Freddie Quell is having difficulties adjusting to non-military life partly due to his war experiences in the tropics. He has a violent temper. He is obsessed with sex, which is partly why he can’t and won’t commit to his teenaged girlfriend, Doris Solstad. And he is an alcoholic, drinking primarily concoctions he creates himself with dangerous ingredients. It is these factors in combination that lead to him being fired from one job after another, from department store portrait photographer to cabbage picker. Wandering one night in 1950 while drunk, he stumbles upon a yacht being used by Lancaster and Peggy Dodd, the yacht aboard which their daughter Elizabeth will get married. Feeling a connection to the stranger, Lancaster invites Freddie to stay aboard to work. In addition to that work, Lancaster indoctrinates him into his cult, named the Cause, which purports to do things as varied as cure serious maladies and create world peace. Peggy, Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s husband Clark all subscribe to and support Lancaster’s teachings. The only one of the Dodd family that doesn’t is Lancaster and Peggy’s son, Val Dodd, who believes his father is just making things up as he goes along. Because of being lost psychologically, Freddie is easy prey, he who is looking for something or someone to guide him to a higher plane. But as Freddie travels with the Dodd family as they spout the gospel, he and the Dodds may become at odds with each other if Freddie cannot or does not find from them and the Cause what he needs in life to survive emotionally..
Plot: Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new “religion” he forms after World War II.
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7.1/10 Votes: 175,738
84% | RottenTomatoes
86/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 2529 Popularity: 19.469 | TMDB

Reviews:

Critically-Acclaimed Film with Outstanding Performances Left Me Surprisingly Cold
This is one of those films which the critics were nearly-unanimous in offering universal praise and yet audiences seemed to be relatively dismissive. (The film didn’t quite make back its money at the box office.) The performances of Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Hoffman, and the rest of the cast were outstanding, along with the dialog which seems perfectly suited to its characters. Even the sets of the late 1940’s and early 1950’s were superb. And there are a number of surprising moments in which you don’t know where the story is headed. However, by the film’s end, I felt like there was something missing, as if the filmmakers were reluctant to take a risk with the material and say something about their subject through the story. About the last half of the film, the story meanders and never finds again its pace or goal.

The film is about the obsession of cult groups which try to answer life’s riddles for troubled people. In this case, the group and its leader appear very loosely inspired by Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard, called “the Cause” whose leader is Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman). Although Hoffman plays the title role, the story is really about an ex-naval officer Freddie Quell (Phoenix) who is suffering from PTSD as a result of his involvement in World War II. After the war, he is a lost soul roaming through life with a series of misadventures, such as attacking a customer when he works for a department store as a photographer, or accidentally offering a poisonous drink to a migrant worker.

At his lowest point, he wakes up on board some kind of small yacht and meets a strange man, Lancaster Dodd, who informs him he’s aboard his ship at Quell’s request, although our protagonist can’t remember having boarded. Quell learns about Dodd at their first meeting who states “I am a writer, a doctor, a nuclear physicist and a theoretical philosopher, but above all, I am a man, a hopelessly inquisitive man, just like you.” He also says people attack him for his “dangerous” ideas. Slowly, Quell learns that Dodd is head of some kind of an underground movement combining philosophy and pseudo-science and publishes books on some far-fetched ideas which probably have no scientific basis. Dodd is often referred to as simply “Master” by members of this group. Dodd and his group believe the way to “heal” troubled people is by cleansing their souls through a hypnotic process which attempts to heal injuries inflicted during past lives.

Probably the most compelling part of the film is the first half, where we as the audience learn about Dodd and the Cause through the eyes of Quell. The most captivating moment is when Dodd is accused of not only illegally accepting a large donation from a philanthropist through a foundation, but practicing medicine without a license. I thought the film would focus on these accusations, but then the film leaves these indictments far behind. Afterwards, the film meanders, a bit like Quell at the beginning. The film becomes an episodic montage of interesting moments which are rather disconnected. By film’s end, I didn’t feel much more was revealed about Dodd and his Cause than when Quell first joined during the first third of the film.

Although all the acting is right on the money including outstanding performances by Hoffman and Phoenix, and the script dialog was absolutely true the characters, the entire film was kind of dissatisfying. We as the audience are given hints of the politics of Dodd and his inner circle but often these ideas are never fully developed. Also, much screen time was devoted to many of the “past life” sessions conducted by Dodd, but I think at some point it became wasted screen time. After 3 or 4 sessions, I pretty much understood the idea but instead countless others are offered without giving much insight into Dodd and who he is. By film’s end, “The Master” was more like a character study than a story. A noble effort that wasn’t quite there for me.

Review By: classicalsteve
The Master shows differences between an animal and man
“Paul Thomas Anderson continues his string of fantastic films with this one about the difference between animals and men”

Paul Thomas Anderson has not made a film since 2007 (There Will Be Blood) and he finally returns with a film less about religion but about the differences between man and animal. Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) one of the many men who came back from World War II only to be completely changed by his experiences over there. After trying to adjust to normal life going though many jobs in many locations. He steals away onto a party boat where he meets Lancaster Dodd (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) a man who seems to be beloved by his community. The two then develop relationship while dealing with many conflicts from Dodd’s family run by his wife Peggy (Amy Adams) and Quell’s past that we learn of through sessions the two share which is called processing.

Anderson has made some great films over his career and with this film and his last one his films seem to focus more on the two men and how they can be different. In There Will Be Blood it focused more on the morals of men but this film focused more on these two men who should not go together but just do. Some of the best parts of the film are shared between these two men through the men because the way they are filmed and how the actors just really get into the roles just was very impressive. The first session when Quell has to give quick answers just mixes the weirdness of the questions and the look into a man like Quell who is hard to explain.

Joaquin Phoenix plays Freddie Quell and his performance may be his best so far. The character is very interesting to study because he is never ever to control his issues and anger. Some of my problems with Phoneix’s performance was his delivery of dialogue which at times was hard to understand because half of his mouth would be open and he would talk quiet at these times. Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd and unlike Quell is a more controlled and respected man. Hoffman plays him as controlled but the character knows how to have fun when he wants to especially in scenes when the character sings. Hoffman does get some dramatic moments when the character is challenged on his theories and this gives Hoffman his real acting moments he is known for. Amy Adams plays Peggy, Dodd’s wife and compared to these two leading men he does not get enough time to emote because he character is less seen then the man. The character is first introduced to us as a nice women but when we learn more about her true intentions Adams plays those scenes very well. Peggy could be described as a modern Lady MacBeth because Dodd does not seem like the type of man that can do what he does without her by his side. Adams does own the screen when he character rules Dodd.

The Master may not be his best but still Anderson knows how to make a film with interesting characters. The performances by these three main actors are strong but a problem the film has is the story at times seems separated from before but at other times it just works so well that you cannot keep your eyes off the screen as every scene is presented to you.

MOVIE GRADE: A- (MVP: Phillip Seymour Hoffman)

Review By: dalydj-918-255175

Other Information:

Original Title The Master
Release Date 2012-09-07
Release Year 2012

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 18 min (138 min)
Budget 32000000
Revenue 28258060
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 3 Oscars. 75 wins & 187 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Datasat, Dolby Digital, 70 mm 6-Track
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision 65 HR Camera, Panavision System 65, Hasselblad and Kowa Super 66 Fisheye Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision Ultra Speed Z-Series MKII and Zeiss Jena Lenses, Panavision Panaflex System 65 Studio, Panavision System 65, Hasselblad and Kowa Super 66 Fisheye Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (35mm film processing and photochemical timing), FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (65mm film dailies, processing and photochemical timing)
Film Length (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 50D 5203, Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 200T 5213), 65 mm (Vision3 50D 5203, Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 200T 5213)
Cinematographic Process Panavision Super 70, Spherical (some scenes)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383), 70 mm (partial blow-up) (Kodak Vision 2383), D-Cinema

The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
The Master 2012 123movies
Original title The Master
TMDb Rating 7.162 2,529 votes

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