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What is the board’s opinion on “Magnolia”?
Posted on 3/11/20 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 3/11/20 at 2:57 pm
I see that it’s on Netflix and I’ve never watched it. Is it worth a watch?
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Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:15 pm to Meatball
Yes
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:16 pm to Meatball
I liked it. Thought Cruise was great in it.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:19 pm to Meatball
It is one of the best "slow burn" films of all time. Like Muholland Drive (instead of Lynchian strange, you get PTA strange).
It's a moving painting with sound. More of a multimedia experience than a true film, it stuck with me on an emotional level far past the textual content. Almost a purely contextual experience.
And the acting is just one superb performance after another. I'm still not sure that isn't Cruise's best performance, for example.
It's a moving painting with sound. More of a multimedia experience than a true film, it stuck with me on an emotional level far past the textual content. Almost a purely contextual experience.
And the acting is just one superb performance after another. I'm still not sure that isn't Cruise's best performance, for example.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:20 pm to Meatball
It's one of my favorite movies, but it's a little out there. I had no idea what it really was when I went to the theater to see it one day, and left wondering WTF I had just watched.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:29 pm to Meatball
One of my favorite movies.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:30 pm to Meatball
Jesus who are you people? This has to be the worst movie I've ever seen.
I'd rather watch Attack of the Killer Tomatoes than this.
I'd rather watch Attack of the Killer Tomatoes than this.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:33 pm to LSUGolfman
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Jesus who are you people? This has to be the worst movie I've ever seen.
You must not watch a lot of movies
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:34 pm to LSUGolfman
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LSUGolfman
Go play in traffic and catch a dick.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:43 pm to LSUGolfman
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Jesus who are you people? This has to be the worst movie I've ever seen.
well thats like your opinion man.
worth it just for aimee mann's amazing soundtrack.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:46 pm to CAD703X
It's really great. In terms of PTA movies, it's behind only Boogie Nights.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:48 pm to Meatball
Largely incoherent and a huge mess.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:55 pm to Meatball
I just read the plot on wikipedia.
What in the flying frick?
What in the flying frick?
Posted on 3/11/20 at 3:57 pm to Meatball
It's a movie that is almost entirely subtext. The ending is, to me, a hilarious metaphorical solution to everyone's various problems. I also enjoy the Aimee Mann song.
But there's a deep sadness that pervades the film, and I keep inferring the same central theme - that the smarter a person is, the more difficult it is to be happy.
Also, it saddens me because when I see Felicity Huffman, I'm forced to wonder what happened to her between this and Desperate Housewives that made her look like a different person who is 25 years older.
But there's a deep sadness that pervades the film, and I keep inferring the same central theme - that the smarter a person is, the more difficult it is to be happy.
Also, it saddens me because when I see Felicity Huffman, I'm forced to wonder what happened to her between this and Desperate Housewives that made her look like a different person who is 25 years older.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 4:00 pm to Meatball
I was working at a movie theatre when this came out. I had to preview it the night before we showed it to the public. I thought it was good in parts but bad in others. I get that all stories are intertwined but it was long and slow.
The next day after one of the showings a woman was talking to her friend about it. All she said she remembers “it was raining frogs”. She just shook her head and could not understand why that happened.
The next day after one of the showings a woman was talking to her friend about it. All she said she remembers “it was raining frogs”. She just shook her head and could not understand why that happened.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 4:08 pm to timbo
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It's really great. In terms of PTA movies, it's behind only Inherent Vice.
FIFY
Posted on 3/11/20 at 5:43 pm to Meatball
Good movie I thought, but not one I find myself wanting to rewatch
Posted on 3/11/20 at 5:54 pm to TygerTyger
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just read the plot on wikipedia.
What in the flying frick?
Exactly. It’s an beautifully chaotic and awesome film. Some of the best acting you will ever see
Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:03 pm to jg8623
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not one I find myself wanting to rewatch
I felt I had to rewatch it after I first saw it because I was so flabbergasted by it the first time. I've now watched it 4 or 5 times, but not sure I can watch it again. Something about the William H Macy story arc that is gut wrenching to me.
Posted on 3/11/20 at 6:24 pm to MasterKnight
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The next day after one of the showings a woman was talking to her friend about it. All she said she remembers “it was raining frogs”.
All I can remember about it, from the one time I watched it, was that Tom Cruise was an a-hole trying to teach a seminar on how to pick up women. The guys in the seminar would probably be called incels today.
PSH was a nurse who was taking care of Cruise's dad.
William H. Macy is an even bigger loser than the incels at Cruise's seminar, of even the Corey Feldman.
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But there's a deep sadness that pervades the film
Yes.
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