Magnolia fan... really?

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So ever since Magnolia was released in 1999 there have been die hard fans of the movie. I've never found out why.

One of the lads at uni had a FRAMED poster of the film up on his wall, but as much as I quizzed him he could only ever say "If you don't get it mate then you're not gonna get it".

What's the big deal? I watched it in 2005 and it wasn't exactly complex but that doesn't explain the massive fan base. I can't help but wonder if I've missed something.

Did I just watch it too many years after it's release, was it a pioneer of the multiple story connection style??
 
It's the performances that is the KEY to the movie, that, and the music.

The idea is not original, the story itself isn't well scripted either but the performances from everyone in it is faultless.
 
its an amazing film.

its just that simple.


the film centres around emotion, conflict , and responsibility.

i think basically its about growing up, on a emotional level.
 
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Can't say anything but agree with Raymond, really on a lot of things. I do think the script is excellent though. The plot's not *exceptional*, or the idea really, but it is very good.

Everyone in the film is absolutely faultless, it's well shot, well written, the music's perfect.

I very much enjoyed it. I've found it does split opinion though, what your mate said's about right. You either 'get it' or you don't. I've never met someone that just said 'yeah, it was alright'. Everyone I've spoken to about it classed it as one of the best, or worst films they've seen.

I do like the way the whole film is basically about people's dads... the sins of the father.
 
Thanks lads! I never thought about its reputation in reference to the performances.

I think Melora Walters character did ruin it for me on the performances side. She just didn't stop wailing! I don't even think it was the character she was trying to portray, my wife watches an HBO TV series called Big Love and all she ever does in that is cry and whinge.

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I really liked it as well... I'm wondering if this is going to be another "Run Lola Run" thread...

Tom Cruise is epic in it, and the Hoff puts in his standard amazing performance. William H Macey is brilliantly tragic too.
 
The film is brilliant.

But then I like those sort of films. Grand Canyon and Crash are two other good examples of the genre.
 
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I very much enjoyed it. I've found it does split opinion though, what your mate said's about right. You either 'get it' or you don't. I've never met someone that just said 'yeah, it was alright'. Everyone I've spoken to about it classed it as one of the best, or worst films they've seen.
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I thought it was just alright :p
 
I thought it was utter trash to be honest. Even from the beginning the focus was on the event that 'brought all the characters together'. I thought it was going to end up being a very clever, complex plotline that eventually, and unexpectedly, converged to a final single ending. What did i get? Several stories, one or two of which imo were rather boring, and then a random ending that made no sense at all.

With that said, acting, music and script were usually of a high standard, i just thought it had no point to make. It felt almost lost at points, trying to figure out where to fill the gaps before the random ending.
 
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I thought it was a great movie. It was this film which made my brother and sister-in-law visit my gran and introduce her to their first daughter, her first great grandchild. They hadn't spoken to her in a number of years after a row.
 
Streeteh said:
I thought it was going to end up being a very clever, complex plotline that eventually, and unexpectedly, converged to a final single ending. What did i get? Several stories, one or two of which imo were rather boring, and then a random ending that made no sense at all.

With that said, acting, music and script were usually of a high standard, i just thought it had no point to make.
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See I agree with you here mate, but I didn't think it was utter trash but more just an okay film. That crying bird killed it for me the most, I just wanted to forward past her over acting.

I know that preconceptions affect how you view a movie too, and I can't help but think this one fell prey to that. For me at least.

If you have about 10 people telling you that a movie is absolutely amazing and you must watch it... most of the time you end up disappointed because you've built it up so much in your head. I like to get a faint whiff of what a movie will be like and then watch it, I even hate trailers or talking to people about them before watching them.
 
This is one of those threads where I feel that everyone who posts should put their age in their reply. If they did I suspect that we would see most youngsters wondering what the fuss was about (wot, no robots? no guns?), and the older posters recognising what a great film it is. It's not that simple of course, and I'm sure there are teens who like it, but I'll bet that affinity is correlated pretty well with age.


And yes, old man that I am. I liked the film. As stated, it's a masterclass in ensemble acting from a group of proper actors (for the all-male version, go and see Glengarry Glen Ross). I'm also a fan of Aimee Mann's music. If you haven't seen the the video for "Save me", track it down - there can't be many people with Tom Cruise in their video.



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