Posted by Neil at term4-216-231-033-050.speakeasy.net on April 10, 2002 at 16:42:32:
In Reply to: Your argument is goofy. posted by BrianLynch on April 10, 2002 at 16:20:44:
... is the comparison between THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT and HARD EIGHT.
: MAGNOLIA got mostly good reviews.
Yep.
: What's wrong with being the next Cimino anyway?
Artistically it has its benefits, but I'd certainly aspire to a greater level of continuing success.
: And what's wrong with Adam Sandler?
Nothing.
It's also a movie that PTA developed himself. I don't think it's him scrounging up something in order to get behind a camera again.
I think YEAR OF THE DRAGON maybe did have a little more of that feeling, whether he should have been in that position or not.