Magnolia...WTF?

leedsfan88

Just seen Magnolia and what the hell, its just so weird and the frog bit was just so crazy.

What is it all about?

iMax

If you don't know, you never will

Ghost Train

Great film, the frog thing is something that can happen http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/raining.html

all about chance, random stuff I guess

leedsfan88

there is just so much going on in the film.

its seems lost stole the idea of everyone being linked together in some way,

as for magnolia i did enjoy it, just weird

fonecrusher1

leedsfan88 wrote: »

there is just so much going on in the film.

its seems lost stole the idea of everyone being linked together in some way,

as for magnolia i did enjoy it, just weird

Yeah & Paul Thomas Anderson the director/writer of magnolia stole the idea from Pulp fiction sort of!!!

Sleazus

I remember hearing a story a few years back from John C. Reilly that the rain of frogs was apparently based on an event that actualy occurred to a friend of Anderson's.

krudler

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Yeah & Paul Thomas Anderson the director/writer of magnolia stole the idea from Pulp fiction sort of!!!

And Tarantino stole Pulp Fiction from Short Cuts, not to mention a dozen other movies, same as everything he's ever made

Klingon Hamlet

I thought it was very pretensious (sic?) but there were some excellent performances, especially from Hoffman and Reilly. Cruise, not so much.

jf852003

The only thing I didn't like was Cruise was so obviously only doing the film so he could get credit for a "serious" role, i.e one where he read the script and didn't understand it. I think he made it right after Eyes Wide Shut

uncleoswald

jf852003 wrote: »

The only thing I didn't like was Cruise was so obviously only doing the film so he could get credit for a "serious" role, i.e one where he read the script and didn't understand it. I think he made it right after Eyes Wide Shut

But Cruise is f*cking amazing in it? And not just good in a "oh look that actor is actually okay for once" sort of way. It’s a truly remarkable, standout performance, in a film full of scene stealing actors. I couldn't imagine any other actor pulling off the bombastic to subtle performance in the same way.

Klingon Hamlet

uncleoswald wrote: »

But Cruise is f*cking amazing in it? And not just good in a "oh look that actor is actually okay for once" sort of way. It’s a truly remarkable, standout performance, in a film full of scene stealing actors. I couldn't imagine any other actor pulling of the bombastic to subtle performance in the same way.

I think he played himself: an unlikeable and insecure narcissist. I'm not saying it to be mean, I just think it showed a side of him that we only later began to witness in real life. Even watching it then it seemed a little disturbing.

Suspiria79

Respect the cóck. Tame the cúnt

uncleoswald

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

I think he played himself: an unlikeable and insecure narcissist. I'm not saying it to be mean, I just think it showed a side of him that we only later began to witness in real life. Even watching it then it seemed a little disturbing.

To a degree possibly, but I've not seen too much of that side in him in interviews. I do however think he is batsh*t crazy and probably not the most intelligent guy around. To me he often comes across as a bit of a dork, and awkward

But whether it he was playing himself or not he was just a horrible human being at the start of the movie and yet while somehow never really doing anything to redeem his character managed to make me feel sorry for him by the end. I just think its a shame he doesn't play rolls like that more often.

youcancallmeal

This is one of my favourite movies ever. So many classic scenes, I Love the final scene in particular

L31mr0d

Felt the first part of the movie, where a bunch of odd coincidences are told in black and white was the best part for me.

The film itself built itself up to be in a similar vein when in reality the coincidences where minor and not nearly as interesting as the ones contained in the short stories at the start.

It was ok but not amazing imo. Prefered "Crash" (2004) for it's ability to weave together a series of different plot threads into one.