Karaoke zombies! It's comedy gold, man.

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.

PTA is yucky!

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

I didn't know what to think when I saw it in the theater. Among other things, once the prologue was over, the movie started off feeling like the last ten minutes of regular movie, and never lost that feeling - just one big climax.

Though I have the DVD, I haven't been able to make myself sit down for the whole thing again. However, when I catch bits and pieces on cable, I can't stop watching for long stretches at a time, and I never seem to catch the same bits twice.

I don't know what PTA was thinking with Julianne Moore (I usually like her, but she was hella annoying here, delibarately so, I think), but Tom Cruise was perfect for the part he was playing.

I liked all four PTA movies, but I really need to see SIDNEY aka HARD EIGHT again, because it may be my favorite.

Plus without MAGNOLIA, we wouldn't have gotten "Respect the cruller, and tame the donut!"

"This is a thing that happens."

Narratively, I think the frogs are about having something happen to all of the characters that none of them can ignore. They are all forced to pay attention to something, which is exactly the wake-up call that most of them desperately need.