Panjaang & lamaa sekali. Semua cerita dalam film ini unik, semua aktornya bermain dengan pendalaman karakter. Tapi mungkin karena ceritanya tumblek blek gak beraturan, i just didn't get the emotion. Dan hujan katak, oooh hujan katak! *speechless*
It becomes great, eventually, but that first act is a total mess. It's PTA trying to be Charlie Kaufman. Slow the fuck down and tell a story. Throwing all that shit at the viewer is not "artistic", to borrow the dull patois of the predictable denizens on this website; it's just a clusterfuck.
The other huge flaw with this move is the music mixing. The soundtrack is extremely loud and overbearing and the mixer was an asshole who probably raped his own cat. Shut the fuck up already with the music and let the movie speak for itself. Stop DEMANDING that I be kept in a constant state of nervous tension.
A movie has to be a conversation, not manipulation.
Eventually, the movie levels out, and it becomes masterful. BUT on the whole it needed a better editor. It's even questionable that they needed this many subplots to all tell the exact same thing. That's not subtext anymore, that's beating me over the head with the exact same story. Dad is bad to kid, we get it. Did we need Macy's story? The piss pants kid? Probably not. We're here for Cruise, Reilly, and Hoffman.
It's only after the 50% mark that this stops being a fuck you and starts being a movie.
If you've ever never had to buy drugs for a cancer patient, then you won't know the questions, the looks, from the pharmacist and his assistant. They keep the morphine locked in a safe and you must have a fresh 'scrip for each bottle. For some of the drugs, you have to swear, each 'scrip that you don't plan on getting pregnant.
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nick-samuel
Just finished the "Three Colours trilogy" (Excellent) and immediately came here to dislike this film, looking back.mandapuspi
Panjaang & lamaa sekali. Semua cerita dalam film ini unik, semua aktornya bermain dengan pendalaman karakter. Tapi mungkin karena ceritanya tumblek blek gak beraturan, i just didn't get the emotion. Dan hujan katak, oooh hujan katak! *speechless*syarifah dhira
The most absurd film i ever watch! seriously? a ton of frog falling from the sky? i mean.. SERIOUSLY?twest92
In my god given opinion, Magnolia is boring.ClassicLady
Tom Cruise makes my flesh crawl...and not in a good way. Yuk!mightysparks
I would like to buy this film, not Steel Magnolias!MoonChild
I think it's the best movie of the last 30 years!Joker of Gotham
Great script by P.T. Anderson is an incredible writer, so good, way better script that American Beauty.The performances were great, Tom Cruise in particularly for me, and Julianne Moore.
3 hours was a little too much, maybe cutting 20 minutes would make the movie more watchable.
4.25/5
george4mon
Julianne moore and tom cruise overact their asses off in this movie!shitmovies
It becomes great, eventually, but that first act is a total mess. It's PTA trying to be Charlie Kaufman. Slow the fuck down and tell a story. Throwing all that shit at the viewer is not "artistic", to borrow the dull patois of the predictable denizens on this website; it's just a clusterfuck.The other huge flaw with this move is the music mixing. The soundtrack is extremely loud and overbearing and the mixer was an asshole who probably raped his own cat. Shut the fuck up already with the music and let the movie speak for itself. Stop DEMANDING that I be kept in a constant state of nervous tension.
A movie has to be a conversation, not manipulation.
Eventually, the movie levels out, and it becomes masterful. BUT on the whole it needed a better editor. It's even questionable that they needed this many subplots to all tell the exact same thing. That's not subtext anymore, that's beating me over the head with the exact same story. Dad is bad to kid, we get it. Did we need Macy's story? The piss pants kid? Probably not. We're here for Cruise, Reilly, and Hoffman.
It's only after the 50% mark that this stops being a fuck you and starts being a movie.
PoloLeTruand
@Carota, I don't think that it tried to much to be like "short cuts". It does it perfectly to me!Amazing movie...
KANJ
the staggering..eoveikur
Very interesting.. loved it.Cuadie
Wasn't too fond about the wonderkid sections. But besides that it was pretty good. The woman on drugs plays it her role beautifully.daisyaday
If you've ever never had to buy drugs for a cancer patient, then you won't know the questions, the looks, from the pharmacist and his assistant. They keep the morphine locked in a safe and you must have a fresh 'scrip for each bottle. For some of the drugs, you have to swear, each 'scrip that you don't plan on getting pregnant.Showing items 1 – 15 of 39