Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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I have a weakness for stories about strangers' lives intersecting
I do, too (go on, act surprised), but I guess what tips my liking/disliking one way or the other is whether I like the characters. And, now that I think about it, I didn't exactly *like* the characters in LiT, but I really identified with them.
But Magnolia -- not a single character in that movie was likable to me. (Frankly, Sigourney Weaver makes a much MUCH better "inspirational speaker" than Tom Cruise does [in Jeffrey].)
I really can't remember why I loved it so much now. I don't know how much I liked the characters, but at the end of the movie, I felt like I'd had an amazing experience. Kind of like how I felt after Crash, actually.
I remembered that Marie Antoinette didn't really do it for me. Kirsten Dunst was great and I loved the shoe porn (Chucks cameo!) but other than that I was pretty meh.
IT IS ALL ABOUT PRETTY DRESSES AND CAKE AND SHOES. IT IS WONDERFUL.
Okay, yeah, there's a plot in there, too.
Love Lost in Translation. Might be my favorite movie ever. Hate Magnolia. Also quite liked Marie Antoinette but not in a memorable way.
Magnolia had me in stitches. I do not think that was the intent.
BUT WE ALL LAUGHED.
No one appreciates a good rain of frogs anymore. Sniff.
t /sarcasm
BUT WE ALL LAUGHED.
Like, WHEN THE DEAD MAN SANG?!?
I mean, that wasn't the part I hated most, but it does stand out as making me gnash my teeth.
I hated Lost In Translation. Those people were so unsympathetic to me. But then again, I love the isolation of a new country.
Hated Magnolia too.
there there, Magnolia. Ignore them. They just don't understand you the way I do...
While I'm hating, I must also mention my loathing of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I think there's just a genre of emotive movie I plain don't get.