Magnolia had me in stitches. I do not think that was the intent.
BUT WE ALL LAUGHED.
Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
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P.M. Marc - Jul 13, 2010 12:57:00 pm PDT #9692 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Amy - Jul 13, 2010 1:06:48 pm PDT #9693 of 30000
Because books.
No one appreciates a good rain of frogs anymore. Sniff.
t /sarcasm
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2010 1:07:36 pm PDT #9694 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2010 1:24:10 pm PDT #9695 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2010 1:35:01 pm PDT #9696 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
there there, Magnolia. Ignore them. They just don't understand you the way I do...
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2010 1:37:29 pm PDT #9697 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Polter-Cow - Jul 13, 2010 1:38:39 pm PDT #9698 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Eternal Sunshine is one of my favorite movies. I saw it twice in the theater, which is rare.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2010 1:40:23 pm PDT #9699 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Everyone needed stabbinating in the face.
But in good health I'll happily see movies multiple times in the theatre. They don't have to be good--just fun. But good helps. I've probably seen The Princess Bride in theatres upwards of ten times.
JZ - Jul 13, 2010 1:46:18 pm PDT #9700 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I liked Eternal Sunshine pretty well, liked Lost in Translation less well but still quite a bit, and love Magnolia dearly. Magnolia totally hits me in my Flannery O'Connor sweet spot, with all the unpleasant and deeply broken and heartbreaking-without-being-the-least-bit-likable characters (I swear, the entire William H. Macy Quiz Kid storyline is exactly what O'Connor would have written if someone had time-machined her to 1990s LA and asked her to write a noir caper gone wrong) and glimmers of fucked-up, fragile but true and living grace among all the grotesquerie.
Amy - Jul 13, 2010 1:48:42 pm PDT #9701 of 30000
Because books.
I felt the same way about Boogie Nights, JZ. It's a family drama! With a prodigal son and everything! I ADORE it. But Magnolia just lost me somewhere.