> second, i thought the whole point of magnolia was just how darkly funny > life can be. i like P.T. Anderson, hard eight was ver' cool. but magnolia > kind of left me cold in the end. i mean, the frogs and all that were neat, > but some parts were just really dumb. the aimee mann sing-a-long comes to > mind. what kind of bullshit is that? that's like something they would do > on "friends". i think i could appreciate the movie more if the moral was "stuff just happens." that's how i perceived it and i don't think i'd like the movie half as much if i were thinking "this is how darkly funny life can be." i don't think the aimee mann sing-a-long was that lame.. i mean it was embarrassing to watch because i can't believe anyone has the balls to do something that dorky, but he did and i think he's pretty noble for that ;) i don't think that's something they'd do on friends either..i think he fit it in there because people sing along with songs in the privacy of their own home. it was a ballsy move in my opinion. - amy, who just spent a 15 minute car drive with a baby spitting up milk at her.
