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Mr. Broom - Oct 19, 2004 1:54:26 pm PDT #4857 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

I think I've mentioned here my utter loathing of Magnolia. How it's become my comparator bad movie. ("It was bad, but not Magnolia bad.")
Steph, you made my day. I can never find people who share my loathing of this film. It seems everyone and his brother worships at the altar of Paul Thomas Anderson, even though he hasn't done a single thing that impressed me other than decent visuals. The only nice thing I can say about Magnolia is that it had the best delivery of terrible dialogue I've ever seen.

Alibelle - Oct 19, 2004 1:59:34 pm PDT #4858 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

Looks at Alibelle askance. Will not say anything.

Well, I often refer to Groundhog Day as the neverending story. I've seen it three times, and it was excruciating. Just the same thing, again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again, etc. I mean, I got that he learned, and blah blah blah, but good grief, I so did not need to go through it that many times.

The only nice thing I can say about Magnolia is that it had the best delivery of terrible dialogue I've ever seen.

I also hated Magnolia, though I will agree about the delivery of horrible dialogue. I also liked the prologue with the unlikely connected events. The three hours that followed, however, were simply horrible, good delivery notwithstanding.

Mr. Broom - Oct 19, 2004 2:12:26 pm PDT #4859 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

And failed to deliver on the sloganeered promise of "it'll all make sense in the end."

§ ita § - Oct 19, 2004 2:13:18 pm PDT #4860 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I am also filled with the Magnolia hatred.

Jon B. - Oct 19, 2004 2:13:44 pm PDT #4861 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

The Arrival came out about the same time as Independence Day. Although it was just as silly, I thought it was better done and a little funnier.

Replace The Arrival with Mars Attacks, and better done and a little funnier with superior in every imaginable way and dcp is me.

Betsy HP - Oct 19, 2004 2:14:01 pm PDT #4862 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

My mind is so filled with hatred that it can't figure out what to destroy first.

tommyrot - Oct 19, 2004 2:15:11 pm PDT #4863 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 loved Mars Attacks. Any movie that starts with a running herd of flaming cattle has got to be great.

Aims - Oct 19, 2004 2:16:05 pm PDT #4864 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

the neverending story

Ok, how do you feel about the movie The Neverending Story? With Bastain and Atreu and the Swamps of Sadness?

§ ita § - Oct 19, 2004 2:19:16 pm PDT #4865 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I notice that Warwick Davis is playing Marvin The Paraonid Android in HHGTTG. Is it CGI? Or a really short robot?

Mr. Broom - Oct 19, 2004 2:20:06 pm PDT #4866 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

A really awesome costume. I'll go find you a picture, ita. edit: mockup and suiting up.

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