[Chomp]

Wow. I had no idea this was what PTA was up to. Looks absolutely awesome.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the movie that to me this most looks like (from the trailer anyway): Heaven's Gate. No? Might this be the masterpice that HG so wanted to be? Jesus I hope so. Maybe HG except with Cimino's epic vision, Mallick's extraordinaty lighting/imagery and PTA'a sense of style, story and characterisation? Oh my God I might explode with anticipation!!! Bring. It. On.

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Now, on to a very, very important matter: Magnolia. People, please. If you don't recognise this movie as a stone-cold masterpiece, you simply were not looking closely enough. Please, please, please get it out again and please re-consider.

I have NEVER seen a movie with such seemingly serious themes TOTALLY, TOTALLY hijack itelf not once but TWICE with the kind of breathtaking filmaking bravado that 99.99% of directors would crap themselves if they even thought about doing.

Think about the enormity of the cincematic vision in those 2 moments. Think about how those 2 moments TOTALLY re-inforce and amplify the themes of the movie even though they shouldn't, because they are essentually ridiculous moments in a serious movie. I weep for the sheer, brazen artictic audacity of such a thing. I have never seen anything like it.

Please reconsider Magnolia. Along with Goodfellas and one or two others it is in the Top 5 movies of the 90's, and therefore, by definition, one of the best films ever made.