Hard News: Wellington, you win
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And also, yay for the Auckland zoo, kazoo solos, bopping around to 'Bright Grey', and note-perfectly badass covers of 'Love is the Drug'. Lumber up, limbo down.
Ditto. A perfect end to a great weekend, starting with an early viewing of There Will Be Blood (and there was, and DDL was positively barking - well masticated scenery dripping from his mouth) and finishing with The PF at the Zoo ..... as Mark says, dancing like a loon with the kids. Hope Finn returns.
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..... as Mark says, dancing like a loon with the kids
Actually that should be "dancing like a loon with kid AND giraffe and Lion King soft toys."
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There Will Be Blood
Man, everyone loves this film. I am so wary, because my hatred for Magnolia knew no bounds. Just the thought of that film makes me viscerally angry. Gack.
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I am so wary, because my hatred for Magnolia knew no bounds
Well ...... while its fair to say There Will Be Blood is very different to Magnolia, there are a few similar themes.
Myself, I think TWBB is a landmark film that will still be causing arguments in 50 years time, whereas Magnolia - for all that I personally enjoyed it - struck me as pre-packaged forgettable Robert Altman-lite.
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Well ...... while its fair to say There Will Be Blood is very different to Magnolia, there are a few similar themes.
Are the characters one-dimensional set-pieces who keep repeating, heavy-handedly, what they symbolise in the film? Is the music weirdly portentous when nothing interesting is happening? Does everyone chew the scenery like a maniac? Are the camera zooms distracting and annoying? Are the themes so obvious that you feel like PT Anderson is thumping you over the head with a Big! Wooden! Meaningful! Mallet! of Importance! Is it leaden and humourless? Because... yeah.
You see, Richard, I'm not sure if you've gathered, but I really, really, really hated Magnolia. :)
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Heh - I think I'm with you now Danielle :) - after the Magnolia experience, did you bother subjecting yourself to Punch Drunk Love?
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You see, Richard, I'm not sure if you've gathered, but I really, really, really hated Magnolia. :)
I always feel affirmed when someone says that. Because so many people rave about how bloody brilliant it is, and I stopped watching it because I couldn't be arsed carrying on.
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Me three. I always get a wee bit suspicious when the critics rave, and then several of my more faddy friends rave, about a film. Plus which any film that Tom Cruise is in, no matter how good the rest of the cast is, is not one that I want to see.
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I really enjoyed up to a point. That would be the point at which it got incredibly silly and just made me feel stupid for not getting it. Not a big fan of filums that make me feel dumb. *grump*
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Eeek, that should say:
I really enjoyed Magnolia up to a point.
And to further underline my argument - raining frogs? puhlease.
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I always feel affirmed when someone says that. Because so many people rave about how bloody brilliant it is, and I stopped watching it because I couldn't be arsed carrying on
Heh - well, on the Magnolia front I'm obviously somewhere between the fad-boys and Danielle - I enjoyed it as an entertaining sub-Altman ensemble piece, thought he had done better movies, and promptly forgot all about it. Just couldn't muster enough oomph to get mightily enthused or outraged.
But I digress, as much as TWBB is more deserving of a violent reaction, the real highlight of the weekend was the Phoenix Foundation and friends at the zoo. Love those zoo concerts.
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on my first trip here the airport terminal was in fact, and indisputably, a shed.
Thankfully that shed is now... umm... pumpkins?
Which I must admit I like in some ways, seemingly in the minority on that though -
I actually enjoyed Tom Cruise in Magnolia. I'm not entirely sure if he realized he was parodying himself, but no-one else could have done a better job of it. Playing a cheezy cult-leader arsehole... Hollywood does seem to cast method actors a lot.
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Heh - I think I'm with you now Danielle :) - after the Magnolia experience, did you bother subjecting yourself to Punch Drunk Love?
I forgot to say: there are three members of my Very Tiny PT Anderson Hate Club* - my husband, my friend Ben, and me. Ben *did* subject himself to Punch Drunk Love, and reported to me that although it was not as horrifyingly bad as Magnolia, it did also suck, for similarly hateable reasons. I had faith in him and stayed well clear.
Although there are plenty of perfectly respectable film-loving people who like Magnolia, I am very happy that Russell doesn't like it either! I feel not only affirmed, but validated. Like parking.
*subtitle: 'With The Exception Of Boogie Nights, Which Is A Pretty Good Scorsese Homage'.
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Manukau is not a city. The centre contains a Westfield, public offices, substantial police and justice facilities (supply and demand), two pubs, two cafes, a Warehouse, a smaller shopping mall and various factories, call centres and lunch bars sprawling into the distance. Plus a theme park.
That is a suburb which happens to have had local government concentrated there.
Ditto Takapuna "North Shore City", Henderson "Waitakere City", etc.
Actually Manukau is a city. Covers over 55,000 hectares and with a population of 335,000 is the 3rd largest city in NZ. This "suburb" as you refer to it, is the Manukau CBD.
Ditto North Shore, and Waitakere etc
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