Re: MAGNOLIA
Tao -
While I loved Magnolia, I think I can answer your question:
Daddy Daycare, Men In Black II and Lost World 4354 don't aspire to be anything greater than bad popcorn entertainment, so you either take 'em or leave 'em. In the overall scheme of things, they don't amount to much (unless you like that sort of thing and want to write it). So, why bother ripping into them? It's like kicking a one-legged, retarded hamster.
Magnolia reached for the heavens (heh) and, in many people's eyes, failed miserably, which seems to be the greater sin. In other words, it didn't live up to its billing and had a harder, longer fall than something that aspires to be crap and ends up being just that. In fact, the latter doesn't fall at all, because it is exactly what it pretends to be.
Hence, Magnolia is the greater offender.
At least, that's how I read it.
Tao -
While I loved Magnolia, I think I can answer your question:
Daddy Daycare, Men In Black II and Lost World 4354 don't aspire to be anything greater than bad popcorn entertainment, so you either take 'em or leave 'em. In the overall scheme of things, they don't amount to much (unless you like that sort of thing and want to write it). So, why bother ripping into them? It's like kicking a one-legged, retarded hamster.
Magnolia reached for the heavens (heh) and, in many people's eyes, failed miserably, which seems to be the greater sin. In other words, it didn't live up to its billing and had a harder, longer fall than something that aspires to be crap and ends up being just that. In fact, the latter doesn't fall at all, because it is exactly what it pretends to be.
Hence, Magnolia is the greater offender.
At least, that's how I read it.
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