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kotte

October 08, 2003, 07:24:55 AM
Which one is the more entertaining one? Not better but entertaining.

Derek237

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October 08, 2003, 07:43:32 AM
Magnolia, I guess. Every 5 minutes there's always some new part of a character's story to follow.

Redlum

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October 08, 2003, 07:47:33 AM
Maybe I'm confusing 'entertaining' with 'captivating' but it's still Magnolia. I think you could start at any point in the film and just be hooked.
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snaporaz

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October 08, 2003, 08:04:00 AM
this thread sucks.

coffeebeetle

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October 08, 2003, 08:37:50 AM
As far as feel-good, leaving the movie with a smile feeling, Ocean's Eleven.  Let's face it, Magnolia is fucking brilliant but it's a heavy movie.
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Find Your Magali

#5
October 08, 2003, 09:33:26 AM
I see where you're trying to go with this poll, I think, but I'm still taking Magnolia.

There are scenes in Magnolia that are just as funny and "entertaining" as anything in Ocean's Eleven:

-- Jim & Marcie's scene with the closet
-- Jim & Claudia's coffee scene
-- anything with Luis Guzman
-- Donnie asking Solomon Solomon for money
-- Phil ordering groceries and some "reading material"
-- etc., etc.

Plus, part of me will never forgive Ocean's Eleven for not being nearly the fun romp that Out of Sight was. I like OE, but it tries too hard in some places and feels too perfunctory in others.

Sanjuro

#6
October 08, 2003, 10:19:33 AM
magnolia because its more my type of film.
though oceans eleven was supposed to be a really fun film, i didnt find it hlaf as entertaining as when it started to rain frogs in magnolia
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kotte

#7
October 08, 2003, 10:52:33 AM
Quote from: coffeebeetleAs far as feel-good, leaving the movie with a smile feeling, Ocean's Eleven.  Let's face it, Magnolia is fucking brilliant but it's a heavy movie.

That's what I was try to get at. Magnolia is the better film, there's nothing else to it but is it as entertaining as Ocean's Eleven?

Yiou made your point.

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#8
October 08, 2003, 11:09:43 AM
Quote from: snaporazthis thread sucks.

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TheVoiceOfNick

#9
October 08, 2003, 11:58:58 AM
OE was more entertaining overall, though Magnolia certainly did have its entertaining points... Of course, OE sucked monkey nuts, and Magnolia was the best thing since sliced bread, so there is no accounting for taste when it comes to pure entertainment.

godardian

#10
October 08, 2003, 12:20:50 PM
It depends on what you define as "entertaining," really. Most people seem to mean "escapist" when they say "entertaining," in which case Ocean's Eleven obviously fits the bill.

However, I took "entertaining" at face value and chose Magnolia.
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#11
October 08, 2003, 03:53:21 PM
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Quote from: snaporazthis thread sucks.

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Vile5

#12
October 08, 2003, 04:16:06 PM
Magnolia
i could fall asleep watching OE, (sorry, i didn't liked it) but i didn't because my cousin was next to me saying "que guapo, que guapo, que guapo!" (what a hot guy, what a hot guy, what a hot guy!) every time George Clooney appeared on the screen  :|
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AK

#13
October 08, 2003, 10:43:41 PM
Quote from: coffeebeetleAs far as feel-good, leaving the movie with a smile feeling, Ocean's Eleven.  Let's face it, Magnolia is fucking brilliant but it's a heavy movie.

I LEFT MAGNOLIA WITH A SMILE FEELING (AND A SMILE IN THE FACE...QUITE AS CLAUDIA ONE)

ElPandaRoyal

#14
October 09, 2003, 06:28:01 AM
I think this is interesting. Personally, I can't separate quality from entertainment. So I chose Magnolia. Yes, Ocean's Eleven is a very light, very funny film, but I think Magnolia is more challenging and it moves us, which, in a way, is also entertainment.
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