Posted by Me_And_My_Big_Mouth at 56k-22.netc.net on January 17, 2000 at 16:13:04:
In Reply to: Defend this, cocknocker! (spoilers) posted by B. Buster on January 17, 2000 at 15:57:31:
: : 3) My opinion isn't worth anything more than any of yours. But after I see movies, I take the time to think about why a movie worked or not and to try to put that into words which I put on the Internet. That's all there is to it, and yes, any "fanboy" with a computer could do it. Nothing's stopping you.
: For once I'd like to hear a fan of "Magnolia" defend the sheer dopiness of the frog storm at the end. I haven't heard one intelligent defense of this idiotic scene. Can it be done? I dare all the rabid Anderson fans to try.
: b. buster
1.
One of the main themes of MAGNOLIA is how random human existence can be, so it's pointless to stay mad at someone, to wait to do something right, and so on. Through the films, most of the characters are caught in the past. The frog storm takes them all by surprise and make them realize more or less consciously how "strange things happen all the time".
2.
Frog storms DO happen. Storms go by little water holes and take up with them all in it (frogs for instance), then dump them a few miles from there.
3.
Haven't you read the Bible ?
Pt Anderson keeps refering to Exodus 8:2 through the film :
"If you don't let my people go, I will plague your country with frogs"
4.
It's one hell of a cool scene ! It makes you react ; some are shocked and disturbed, others laugh nervously, others are just amazed... Like it or not, it works you up and you're unlikely to forget it.
Hope I was of some help
Kevin