Comments on: Magnolia http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/ Tim Irwin's movie reviews, ranging from the obscure and inane to the recently released. Sat, 12 May 2012 22:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: This Too Is Meaningless » Blog Archive » For Colored Girls http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/comment-page-1/#comment-4409 This Too Is Meaningless » Blog Archive » For Colored Girls Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:18:10 +0000 http://thistooismeaningless.com/?p=1584#comment-4409 [...] Perry has worked many of the themes from the poem into a screenplay, adding characters and settings in an attempt to make it real.  His version has nine women whose lives are all interconnected, like a facile version of Magnolia [review here]. [...] [...] Perry has worked many of the themes from the poem into a screenplay, adding characters and settings in an attempt to make it real.  His version has nine women whose lives are all interconnected, like a facile version of Magnolia [review here]. [...]

]]> By: This Too Is Meaningless » Blog Archive » A Serious Man http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 This Too Is Meaningless » Blog Archive » A Serious Man Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:59:41 +0000 http://thistooismeaningless.com/?p=1584#comment-1248 [...] The movie doesn’t have a story arc as much as consist of a series of unfortunate events.  Larry gets into a car accident, people unexpectedly die, and even the three rabbis to whom Larry turns prove useless.  The first is young and inexperienced, the second tells pointless stories, while the third is too busy thinking to grant Larry an audience.  The movie lags during certain of these sections, but picks up again at the end, providing a climax reminiscent of Magnolia [review here]. [...] [...] The movie doesn’t have a story arc as much as consist of a series of unfortunate events.  Larry gets into a car accident, people unexpectedly die, and even the three rabbis to whom Larry turns prove useless.  The first is young and inexperienced, the second tells pointless stories, while the third is too busy thinking to grant Larry an audience.  The movie lags during certain of these sections, but picks up again at the end, providing a climax reminiscent of Magnolia [review here]. [...]

]]> By: Tim Irwin http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Tim Irwin Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:21:48 +0000 http://thistooismeaningless.com/?p=1584#comment-615 I'm glad you appreciated it! It would definitely be a difficult film for some audiences; I certainly understand that. There is so much to gain from, it, however, that I feel it to be very worthwhile. P.T. Anderson is a great young talent, and I'll be excited to see what he does next. "There Will Be Blood" was almost perfectly executed, but it never wrangled me in emotionally. I should probably revisit it, though. I’m glad you appreciated it! It would definitely be a difficult film for some audiences; I certainly understand that. There is so much to gain from, it, however, that I feel it to be very worthwhile.
P.T. Anderson is a great young talent, and I’ll be excited to see what he does next. “There Will Be Blood” was almost perfectly executed, but it never wrangled me in emotionally. I should probably revisit it, though.

]]> By: Paul Nethercott http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Paul Nethercott Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:32:54 +0000 http://thistooismeaningless.com/?p=1584#comment-611 Just finished Magnolia -- Wow, it is quite a film. I am really glad you recommended it. Early in the film I thought, what IS this but I decided to keep watching to see if it would start to make any sense or not.... glad I kept watching as I loved it! A lot of people I know would hate this film. Partly because they would be offended by the language early on so they wouldn't finish it. But more than that, it is a challenging film -- emotionally it pushes so many "hot" buttons. It is both complex and mysterious. I looked up the director, Paul Thomas Anderson, on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000759/bio Just finished Magnolia — Wow, it is quite a film. I am really glad you recommended it. Early in the film I thought, what IS this but I decided to keep watching to see if it would start to make any sense or not…. glad I kept watching as I loved it!

A lot of people I know would hate this film. Partly because they would be offended by the language early on so they wouldn’t finish it. But more than that, it is a challenging film — emotionally it pushes so many “hot” buttons. It is both complex and mysterious.

I looked up the director, Paul Thomas Anderson, on IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000759/bio

]]> By: Tim Irwin http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Tim Irwin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:54:51 +0000 http://thistooismeaningless.com/?p=1584#comment-549 Thanks for the kind words, Paul. Let me know what you think once you get the chance to watch it! Thanks for the kind words, Paul. Let me know what you think once you get the chance to watch it!

]]> By: Paul Nethercott http://thistooismeaningless.com/2009/12/magnolia/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Paul Nethercott Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:40:35 +0000 http://thistooismeaningless.com/?p=1584#comment-548 Tim -- thanks for this review and your recommendation the other day to see this film, which I plan to do as soon as I can work it out. Now, I need to read more of your good reviews! Tim — thanks for this review and your recommendation the other day to see this film, which I plan to do as soon as I can work it out.

Now, I need to read more of your good reviews!

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