What did everyone think of this movie? It totally blew me away! Once again, I’ve fallen in love with Philip Seymore Hoffman based on his acting. I still don’t understand the title, though.
Ah, “Magnolia.” Paul Thomas Anderson’s Robert Altman movie. Not to be confused with “Boogie Nights,” his Martin Scorcese movie. Or “Hard Eight,” his David Mamet movie. I can’t wait for his David Cronenberg movie.
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
The title refers to Magnolia Boulevard, a street which traverses the San Fernando Valley. I live on an offshoot of it.
Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together.
—Red Green
Very interesting movie, not quite sure about the weather
I hated it. Just hated it.
And I’m the kind of gal who prides herself on “getting” things that other people don’t. “Strange coincidences” my ass – it was just a bunch of peoples’ stupid stories about their messed-up lives. I found the scenes with Jason Robards to be interminable, and I didn’t glean one Universal Truth from the whole movie. I wish I’d spent those 3.5 hours cleaning my house.
Sucks to your assmar.
Yes, Beefymeg, yes! I hated it, too! I tried to “get” it, honest I did, but I was bored out of my skull. There wasn’t one single “story” that held my interest. At the end I didn’t care how they all tied together. I’m glad that I didn’t have to pay to see it.
By the way, did you notice that if Tom Cruise took all the swear words out his dialogue it would have sounded like this: "I. Me. Hate. We. They. You. The. A. An. "?
MaryAnn
No, stupid, it’s a boat!
This was an OK movie that could have been a great movie if, for one thing, it had been an hour shorter. I think 45 minutes could have been cut just by trimming several scenes that went on too long, such as Jason Robards’ dying declarations.
I enjoyed the characters and the individual stories, and the acting was incredible. It’s just that by the end, I didn’t care anymore.
Dr. J