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« on: March 28, 2009, 04:01:AM »


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i looked at my ever growing DVD collection and took a deep breath.then i said to myself,"i wanna watch something that makes sense".i picked up Magnolia.i haven't seen that in almost a decade now,which is great cos i had completely forgotten about it.

MY GOD! what a great movie! the first 2 hours are one of the best intense 2 hours in any movie.PTA succeed in creating an intense atmosphere where everything worked perfectly.

then comes the third act and you think the movie will lose its steam when they all start singing...until FROGS COME DOWN FALLING FROM THE SKY!!!!! Shocked  and i went LOL,i literally bowed on my knees.PTA=greatness,we need more movies with frogs.

it's crazy,cos after i watched this movie i said to myself,"this movie does make sense!" cos this past year has been a crazy year for me in terms of "coincidence and chance".

god works in mysterious ways....wait! does god exist?
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2009, 10:40:AM »
I am gonna make a bold statement here: PT Anderson's biggest achievement is "Magnolia"!
 I love "Boogie Nights" and "There Will Be Blood", but "Magnolia" is one of my all time favorite. If it is on TV I will watch it no matter what.
 I don't know if it is the magical interwoven stories which was well crafted and organic that it didn't feel like a gimmick at all.
May be it was the acting which was excellent across the board. I think that Tom Cruise was robbed his well deserved Oscar by a mediocre performance from Michael Caine in a mediocre and forgettable film "The Cider House Rules".
 As for Julianne Moore, she was ignored all together. I think Ms. Moore awe her carrier to PT Anderson, because if it wasn't for her iconic roles in "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia" she would have been another unmemorable solid actress. I personally couldn't stand her before.
May be it was Amie Mann's music, the sweet sound of "Wise Up", one of my absolute favorite soundtracks, and the way it was utilized in the movie that made it the more effective.
 I could go on for long describing this poem of a movie but I won't.
And to answer your question" "yes there is God, you know that.     
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2009, 11:31:AM »
I can't say with certainty if a God exists or not, but one thing I am certain about is that having *paragraph breaks* and proper punctuation makes reading a hell of a lot easier on the eyes!

Re. Magnolia, it is the most audacious film PT Anderson has ever made, which, by his standards, is saying a lot.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2009, 07:08:PM »
Animated, spot on with your use of the word intense. The first (and only time) I saw the film back in 1999, I thought I would fall off my chair at how unbearably intense and air tight the film felt. It was as if it was going to reveal the secret to life or present us with an end of the world scenario. And to think its just a story about people interconnected. I need to see this again, if nothing, then for Aimee Mann's brilliant soundtrack and that audacious accident scene where the ambulance takes a flip.
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2009, 09:01:PM »
i know there aren't any Kevin Smith big fans in here but does anyone remember Kevin Smith rant about how much he hated Magnolia? lol,it was all over the internet.
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Quote from: animatedude on March 28, 2009, 09:01:PM
i know there aren't any Kevin Smith big fans in here but does anyone remember Kevin Smith rant about how much he hated Magnolia? lol,it was all over the internet.

Kevin Smith is an idiot. didn't he in Clercks2 write off "Lord of the Rings" as a trilogy of people walking? It was funny as hell, but that doesn't mean it was not  idiotic.

Quote from: ak on March 28, 2009, 11:31:AM
but one thing I am certain about is that having *paragraph breaks* and proper punctuation makes reading a hell of a lot easier on the eyes!

Sorry ak, I speak English fluently but I learned it old and while I try to better myself when I write in it, I am not that close to be there yet stylistically. You can blame a faulty education system, or better yet, you can blame my laziness. I got Lynne Truss's "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" book for more than a year now, and I am yet to take a crack at it.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2010, 03:53:AM »
”i have so much love to give! i just don’t know where to put it”?
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