And the Aimee Mann sing-a-long? No. Just....no.
Heh. I dug the sing-a-long.
Yeah, but -- dead people were singing! (Braiiiiiiiiinnnnnnssssss....)
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
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Steph L. - Jul 21, 2004 5:20:30 am PDT #1089 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Sue - Jul 21, 2004 5:23:29 am PDT #1090 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I thought Tom Cruise's character was the Embodiment of the characters/persona Tom Cruise likes to portray. It was one of the few times that he hasn't made me want to throw things while he's on screen.
I thought that Magnolia was an attempt at something that failed brilliantly. I don't think it succeeded in what it was trying to do, but I thought that there were smaller moments in it that were amazing, and some top-notch acting. That said, I can't bring myself to watch it again.
Oh. Hated the frogs.
Vonnie K - Jul 21, 2004 5:23:36 am PDT #1091 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Karaoke zombies! It's comedy gold, man.
Scrappy - Jul 21, 2004 5:25:58 am PDT #1092 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sue--that's EXACTLY how I felt. I don't think it succeeds, but there are such wonderful, brilliant moments in it that it makes it worth watching. After the first time I saw it, the frogs ticked me off so much I swore I'd never see it again, but I did last year and found myself liking it even more.
bon bon - Jul 21, 2004 5:33:59 am PDT #1093 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
PTA is yucky!
Polter-Cow - Jul 21, 2004 5:34:44 am PDT #1094 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And the Aimee Mann sing-a-long? No. Just....no.
It was so beautiful, it almost made me cry.
Yeah, but -- dead people were singing!
What? What are you talking about? No one was dead. Unless you have this theory that Earl was dead the whole time or something.
I knew the frogs were coming, so that might have tempered my reaction to them.
tommyrot - Jul 21, 2004 5:40:26 am PDT #1095 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I knew the frogs were coming, so that might have tempered my reaction to them.
It's always worse when a rain of frogs catches you by surprise.
Count me in the "Dead to Teppy" category. Although I've only watched my Magnolia DVD once (I'd seen it in the theater before I bought the DVD)--I guess generally I'm not in the mood for its intensity.
I loved Tom Cruise's character. Or maybe it's more accurate to say I loved to see Tom Cruise play such an evil, fucked-up character. Plus a good parody of the ultra-macho wing of the "men's movement."
Jessica - Jul 21, 2004 5:43:22 am PDT #1096 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
After the first time I saw it, the frogs ticked me off so much I swore I'd never see it again, but I did last year and found myself liking it even more.
I was standing in the parking lot screaming "FUCKING RAIN OF FROGS!" after I saw it the first time. It was so random and pointless, it just infuriated me.
After a few days of mulling, I decided I had to see it again, and I did, and it just clicked. And I do think it succeeds -- I'm not sure I could articulate exactly what it succeeds at, but the way it deals with chance and intersection and loneliness and the primal need that humans have to connect is just beautiful.
Calli - Jul 21, 2004 5:49:18 am PDT #1097 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was standing in the parking lot screaming "FUCKING RAIN OF FROGS!" after I saw it the first time.
I did the same thing after seeing The Doors. Although in my case I was trying to call down a curse on Oliver Stone.
tommyrot - Jul 21, 2004 5:50:58 am PDT #1098 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
After a few days of mulling, I decided I had to see it again, and I did, and it just clicked. And I do think it succeeds -- I'm not sure I could articulate exactly what it succeeds at, but the way it deals with chance and intersection and loneliness and the primal need that humans have to connect is just beautiful.
I saw the rain of frogs as evoking a biblical plague, which in my brain somehow made sense given the desperation of the characters' lives. Maybe the rain of frogs is connected with the prologue to show how sometimes we are the victims of events of bizarre probability.
The rain of frogs did seem cathartic for the characters, though.
Huh. I don't think I can articulate it either.