Poll
Question:
Which film is the most entertaining one?
Option 1: Magnolia
votes: 13
Option 2: Ocean's Eleven
votes: 6
Which one is the more entertaining one? Not better but entertaining.
Magnolia, I guess. Every 5 minutes there's always some new part of a character's story to follow.
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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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.
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.
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
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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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.
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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No, I like this thread. You don't have to answer it if you don't want to, but it's a good thing to think about
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 :|
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)
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.
Is it the actors?
Or is it the direction and script?
What makes a movie "entertaining"?
A serious question: Which would be more "entertaining"....
(1) Magnolia, directed by PTA, but recast with the cast of "Ocean's Eleven"...
OR
(2) Ocean's Eleven, directed by Soderbergh, but recast with the cast of "Magnolia"?
Hmmm...almost impossible to answere. Both films are incredibly well cast.
What about Oceans Eleven directed by PTA with Clooney and the gang?
That would be a cool one.