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"This is the fifth feature length film I've seen by director Paul Thomas Anderson. I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. There Will Be Blood I'd seen all of P.T. Anderson's other films up to this point. I had been hoping to see There Will Be Blood in the theater because I had huge expectations for it. The reason being is that Anderson's trend for me was that I thought each of his subsequent films was better than the last. It seemed like maybe he was going to keep on perfecting himself in my eyes. Now however the trend has ended. There Will Be Blood for me did not surpass Punch-Drunk Love (which may forever remain my P.T. Anderson favo "
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"We’ve known for months that absolutely nothing was wrong with Valkyrie, and now we’re just a few days away from watching this tiny independent feature storm the box office, redeem United Artists as a production entity and make Tom Cruise a respectable household name again. Of course, there is the slight problem: he’s portraying Nazi Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who may have disagreed with the party politics, but still rocked the swastika and straight salute. How exactly did Cruise, one of the great symbols of the “Blockbuster Film” and American culture, wind up so perfectly suited as a crippled, over-zealous Nazi embroiled in conspiracy? We’ve excavated evidence from his filmography to track the transformation.
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"I was recently posting in the group Weekly Theme. The current theme of the week is nudity, and I mentioned Magnolia, as being a film with some nudity in it, which served for than just to titillate the audience, or wasn't there for that at all. One of the users in the thread told me I was wrong. There there was no nudity in that movie, so I decided to vindicate myself by finding sources to back up my claim. I was successful and replied about it in a post, and then I found this other site I'd never come across before that had a positive review of Magnolia. As I scrolled down to see the user comments I came across this one: "vile"... "Magnolia" was without a doubt, the most vile, horrific and offensive movie I have ever seen! I cannot comprehend how anyone could possibly have one good thing to say about this movie. This is just the type of vulgarity our heavenly Father wants us to have no part of. I don't care how much Hollywood or others try to talk around it by talking about the act ... "
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"I can only imagine what compromising pictures there must be floating out there of Joan Allen to get her to agree to a role in director Paul W.S. Anderson's car porn flick, “Death Race.” Granted, her role in the “Bourne” films was a supporting one, but this woman was thrice nominated for an Oscar. I mean, she's got to be more proud of starring in Saturday Night Live's “The Best of Chris (Mr. Peepers) Kattan” video than this. I know the argument: “It's just pure fun, it's a Roger Corman film, for crying out loud. Loosen up, Mr. Stuffy Movie Critic Guy!” And while I will admit to a few inventive scenes (the one prisoner's head that seemingly explodes when he gets plowed into was a nifty little effect. But the director must have thought so too, and decided to show it on three separate occasions), the overall effect is nothing that "
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"Titles in bold represent a first time viewing. 346. Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)----------I thought that this was a pretty great collage-type film with the likeness of a more familiar title, Crash. Aside from Julianne Moore's performance, one of the few things I didn't like was the fact that the characters didn't connect with each other other than the bizarre finale at the end of the film. (7.5 / 10) 347. Stuck (Gordon, 2007)----------Based on a true story, stuck follows a wannabe-ghetto woman (Mena Suvari) after she hits a homeless man and drives him into her garage. The acting was terrible, the premise was good though. Towards the end, it began to pick up in terms of entertainment. (6 / 10) 348. Equilibrium (Wimmer, 2002)----------Christian Bale? Sweet. Reviews relating it to The Matrix? Awesome. This is why I initially c "
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Weekend at Bodega Bay
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"SPOILER ALERT: Don't read if you want to see Magnolia. The most surprising aspect of this movie is how long it takes for the birds to attack. When they finally do, it feels like they're interrupting a movie that would've been perfectly good without them, a complex and suspenseful screwball comedy. Ultimately the thrills of the second act fall short, and not because of cheesy effects. Hitchcock and co. are remarkably resourceful within their technical limitations. No, what makes it fall short is that birds just aren't that scary. M. Knight Shyamalan cites this movie as inspiration for The Happening. There's a thematic connection, but structure-wise a film that's far closer is From Dusk Till Dawn. Both films deliver in the first act and drop the ball when the tone switches. (And Shyamalan's film is inept but comical all the way through.) I think I would like this movie more if it were called Weekend at Bodega Bay; calling the film The Birds is like referring to Magnolia as The Frogs. "
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown round #2”. Read more about that here.Hard EightP.T. Anderson's Magnolia and a Punch-Drunk Love are two of my favorite movies. I also think Boogie Nights is a very good movie, although it doesn't affect me as profoundly as those other two. I just watched Hard Eight, and have yet to see There Will Be Blood.So far my feeling is that each of Anderson's movies have been subsequently better. Hard Eight is a solid movie with good characters and good use of a style that would come to be perfected. Boogie Nights may just not appeal to me as much because I can't get entirely invested into the world of the pornography industry. But it is still well done. Magnolia is simply perfect, and Punch-Drunk Love is somehow even better in it's own way. Due to this trend in my personal enjoyment of his movies and the "
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Four movies I saw this weekend
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"This was a good weekend for me in terms of movies...a few movies were ones that I've been trying to see for weeks but just haven't really gotten around to. However, one was a movie that I just happened to stumble on at my friends house. All of them were pretty good, and they are as follows: The Darjeeling Limited, Gone Baby Gone, Boogie Nights, and Paprika.As a huge Wes Anderson fan, I've been wanting to see The Darjeeling Limited since the day it got into theaters. However, I was a little bit disappointed with the film as a whole. It was obviously a Wes Anderson film, and he didn't really try anything new, and the actual narrative just wasn't nearly as compelling as any of his previous films. The performances are all great, and Adrien Brody adapts very well to Wes Anderson's childish, imaginary world. Because that's the way Anderson seems to view things...however, while this was absolutely perfect for all his other films, it would have been nice ... "
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"I thought it was interesting that BuzzFeed posted an unaltered clip from Magnolia as #2 on their list of the 16 Best Tom Cruise Parody Videos. The implication being that Paul Thomas Anderson managed to rope Cruise himself into a meta-parody, years before most of the culture would come around to seeing fervent Scientologist/couch jumper/actor as the easiest of targets. Certainly, there’s a sort of masturbatory preening and Master of the Universe delusion to Cruise’s Magnolia character that seems to come up again in the famed Scientology video (which most of the other clips on the BuzzFeed page directly spoof), but that aspect of Cruise’s persona has only really blossomed in the past few years. Paul Thomas Anderson could very well be a genius, but if he were psychic, I don’t think he ever would have made Magnolia in the first place. The more interesting idea is not that Cruise was parodying himself in Magnolia, but that he’s become a parody of a character that he played nine years ag ... "
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"I thought it was interesting that BuzzFeed posted an unaltered clip from Magnolia as #2 on their list of the 16 Best Tom Cruise Parody Videos. The implication being that Paul Thomas Anderson managed to rope Cruise himself into a meta-parody, years before most of the culture would come around to seeing fervent Scientologist/couch jumper/actor as the easiest of targets. Certainly, there’s a sort of masturbatory preening and Master of the Universe delusion to Cruise’s Magnolia character that seems to come up again in the famed Scientology video (which most of the other clips on the BuzzFeed page directly spoof), but that aspect of Cruise’s persona has only really blossomed in the past few years. Paul Thomas Anderson could very well be a genius, but if he were psychic, I don’t think he ever would have made Magnolia in the first place. The more interesting idea is not that Cruise was parodying himself in Magnolia, but that he’s become a parody of a character that he played nine years ag ... "
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