Seriously? Though I really shouldn't feign shock

IMDB shows that a lot of people enjoyed Magnolia. I just can't fathom WHY.

when I gave it back to my mate I said it was a Chickflick, and he said it wasn't. I pointed out that all of the major characters have a prolonged cry in it, and he thought for a minute and said that the coppper hadn't. I reminded him that said copper had blubbed uncontrollably when he'd lost his gun.

It wasn't just that, though: at the start it set out that coincidences occur, and then didn't back it up. The interminable scene where all the characters are singing (ALL OF) the same song along with the radio, separately in their own little f**ked-up worlds, was truly dreadful: what was the director trying to achieve there?

I could go on - safe to say, i really hated that movie.....

Posted By: Suggy on July 27th 2006 at 12:51:28

Message Thread

Point of order re Film4 thread below (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 12:35:53
- The worst film ever is... (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 27, 12:55:19
  - no, it's Charlie's Angels (General Chat) - mr carra, Jul 27, 13:04:01
  - never - Mortal Kombat Annihilation SHIT (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 12:58:24
    - Mannequin 2 wasn't very good (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Jul 27, 13:04:50
    - I thought the Kill Bills were bollocks as well, as is anything starring or (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 13:01:51
      - Kill Bill 1 - some good scenes (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 13:02:53
    - Gigli? (General Chat) - Dog, Jul 27, 13:01:38
      - No, it's called Paycheck...just seen (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 13:03:32
        
        Ah, I've seen that. (General Chat) - Dog, Jul 27, 13:04:40
    - Seriously though, your expectations for that can't have been high. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 27, 13:00:53
      - aye, I don't think he's ever had a good film (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 13:02:22
        
        The Jerk ? Man With Two Brains ? Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ? All of me ? He was (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 13:04:44
        
        All of Me! The courtroom bit is the funniest scene in Cinema History. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 27, 13:06:44
        
        The Man with Two Brains! (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 27, 13:04:07
- Following on from your story yesterday.... (General Chat) - Small, Jul 27, 12:49:07
  - LOL!!! Pleasure's all mine mate. (n/m) (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 12:52:32
- I liked Magnolia. Dullest of Dull I've seen has to be (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:46:29
  - Seriously? Though I really shouldn't feign shock (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 12:51:28
- Have seen neither of them (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 12:42:21
  - Interview with the Vampire ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:47:20
    - Piss poor. (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 12:49:34
      - What are your top 5 movies from the past, say, 10 years ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:51:35
        
        I'd have to think about that ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 13:05:11
        
        great minds. (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 13:06:57
        
        I don't realy like films... (General Chat) - Small, Jul 27, 13:01:10
        
        I couldn't even begin to answer that. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 27, 12:54:57
        
        Can't have been too great then (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:57:07
        
        I wouldn't say that, just poor memory. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 27, 13:01:55
        
        is this open to anyone? (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 12:52:11
        
        Yeah (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:52:42
        
        ok - mine (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 12:57:31
        
        Why would Fight Club even be considered ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 13:03:31
        
        everyone seems to put it in their top lists (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 13:04:28
        
        I wouldn't go as far as 'bloody awful' (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 13:09:43
        
        Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (General Chat) - Dog, Jul 27, 12:56:34
        
        Collateral? Tom Cruise? Never........ (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 12:59:29
        
        Good film actually. (General Chat) - Dog, Jul 27, 13:02:28
    - Dreadful. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 27, 12:48:18
      - Ah well. I liked it. About the only Tom Cruise I have since All The Right Moves, but (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:50:56
        
        Oh forgot one - Rain Man was ace. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 12:53:07
        
        Bugger - the exception that proves the rule - that one I did see all of (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 12:58:12
        
        Ah - and there you have me (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 12:54:55
  - If I ever win the MaxiMegaRollover Euro Lottery (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 12:47:00
  - A Few Good Men (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 27, 12:45:05
  - Jerry Maguire. Liked that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 12:43:53
    - For me that would be about 50% on the Cruisometer (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 12:49:10
      - She's a beard, the baby's not his. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 27, 12:50:32
        
        I know, I get Holy Moly too ... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 12:55:55
- I score films in the watch-o-meter (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jul 27, 12:41:53
  - Ah - I use a similar guide I call the Cold Coffee Rating (General Chat) - Suggy, Jul 27, 12:44:48
  - Orloondo Bland. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 27, 12:44:24

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