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Summary: Entertaining........to a point
Review: The first half of this movie is very entertaining, with many memorable and funny lines of dialogue. The problem I had with the movie is that the characters have little or no redeeming qualities to appreciate them for 2 and a half hours! IF you can put that aside, as well as the porno topic in general, the movie succeeds rather well. Having grown up in that era, the music in Boogie Nights is exceptional, and provides a great atmosphere to the movie in particular. What a GREAT group of songs! Had these songs not been a part of this movie, I believe it would not be as well-received as it has been. The music adds SOOOOOO much.
The DVD is a real treat regarding the video and audio. Near perfect on both counts truly adds to the enjoyment of the movie.
No masterpiece here, but ignoring the subject matter and some of the things that are peripheral to it (re: drug abuse, violence), then Boogie Nights is an entertaining affair.
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Summary: Great debut by "Marky Mark"!!
Review: Mark Wahlberg shedded his rapper persona forever by becoming Dirk Diggler, a character loosely based on porn star, John C. Holmes. He gives an outstanding performance as the vulnerable, bus boy who wants fame and fortune at any cost. He also has a great supporting cast with Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham & John C. Reily. But this movie belongs to Burt Reynolds, who gives the performance of his life as the pornographer who turns Diggler's life around. If it wasn't for Robin Williams, the Oscar would have been his!! Director Paul Thomas Anderson took all of his cues from Martin Scorsese because it looks and feels like "Goodfellas" and Raging Bull. This is a monumental, epic film and I look forward to many more films from him. It's a classic!!
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Summary: Who knew Burt had it in him??? Or Marky MArk?
Review: This is a surprisingly good film about a group of very wounded people who find their places in the world of adult films. It's an honest, vulnerable look into the psyche of people who could make this profession their choice. Mark Walhberg delivers a great performance as a has-been performer, forced into some degrading situations. Burt is outstanding as the patriarch of the group. Disturbing, but well done.
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Summary: Why don't you feast on that?
Review: Boogie Nights is a very stylish and funny film that is sure to please movie fans. While its slightly subtle and offbeat humor may be lost on some viewers, Boogie Nights is a hilarious movie. The film is centered around the rise and fall of adult film star Dirk Diggler (played by Mark Wahlberg). Diggler starts out as a polite, bright-eyed kid but is slowly corrupted by life in the fast lane. Wahlberg gives a great performance as the dopey Diggler, whose words aren't necessarily meant to be funny yet often come off as hilarious. The supporting cast also does an excellent job in this film. John C. Reilly plays Diggler pal and fellow adult film star Reed Rothchild to perfection. Reilly is funny throughout the movie, but stands out particularly in a scene where he is being interviewed about the impact of movie violence on viewers. Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, and Philip Seymour Hoffman also deliver very strong supporting performances. It's hard to explain what makes Boogie Nights such an entertaining movie. The humor in the dialogue is often quite subtle, but is nevertheless very effective. The characters are colorful and really seem believable despite their sometimes odd behavior and personalities. Director/writer Paul Thomas Anderson did a great job with this film. Viewers are sure to feel empathetic towards the characters as they struggle and yet will likely find themselves laughing at just how bad and weird things get at times. The scene that best sums up Boogie Nights as a whole occurs when Diggler, Rothchild, and friend Todd Parker find themselves in the home of an oddball drug addict trying to sell him some bad dope. The use of music and camerawork in this scene really creates a feeling of tension, yet viewers will probably be tempted to laugh at some of the various events of the scene. I won't say exactly what happens, but the entire sequence shows how Boogie Nights is a dichotomy of the laughable and the tragic. In short, Boogie Nights is a very entertaining and memorable film. Wahlberg's portrayal of Dirk Diggler is top notch and the other actors also do excellent work in the film. Boogie Nights seems to get better with each subsequent viewing and I highly recommend the movie to fans of subtle and slightly dark humor.
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Summary: dirk diggler
Review: this is the Mark Wahlberg, shows his you know, how do you do at the end movie. Reynolds is great as the porn director. Graham is hot and in flames. though some moments are very sick and unwatchable. but it has its powerful moments
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Summary: THE film of the 90s
Review: I saw this not knowing what to expect because of the subject matter. What I saw is possibly one of the most original, funny, violent and sexy movies ever. Mark Wahlberg really can act!!!!! Boogie Nights is EVERYTHING Pulp Fiction TRIED to be. I think Quentin Tarantino should take a leaf out of PTA's book. This is master film-making. I personally love how the end of the 70s and beginning of the 80s is filmed - pure perfection, charting the change in music from disco to rock, and the change in the movie industry from film to videotape. I recommend this to anyone!!!
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Summary: The movie is still great, but...
Review: This movie is as wonderful as ever, but I'm dissapointed in the "special edition" DVD. The commentary consists mostly of PTA talking about wanting to talk about how to talk about movies, but somehow never really getting around to talking very much about ~this~ movie, in terms of theme or character. Granted, that is my own quirky interest in commentaries as I am not a film maker, so someone in the business might find what he has to say quite fascinating. Even more annoying though is that Whalberg literally, and I mean literally, yawns and grunts his way through his literally phoned in commentary. He also constantly complains that he's got to leave for the airport or something, as if in such great demand that he can't be bothered to discuss his work with the likes of us. Geez, you'd think that knowing this will be listened to for many years, by many many people, he could have contstrained himself and pulled it together for the short time it took to do the commentary, or made an appointment for a different day! Juliann Moore is delightful (when she's allowed to choose what she wants to say),as is John C. Reilly, and so I will give three stars for that.
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Summary: One of the best films of the nineties...
Review: Incredible movie. About porn but you will love the characters. Virtuoso filmmaking. Anderson's best film. Julianne Moore should have gotten an oscar. Cheadle is the man. This is a film worth buying. Made me want to be a filmmaker/screenwriter.
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Summary: Poor Directed Movie
Review: I thought this movie was about disco, but it was all about the porn business. Come on! You got to be kidding! Good actors and actresses, but after a while I got sick of it and returned it. When a better movie comes along, call me.
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Summary: Fantastic, a true gem of a film
Review: Loosely based on the life and times of late porn king John Holmes, Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights is a true gem of a film. Anderson weaves the classic tale of a rise and fall of a star, but puts a twist on it by placing the setting in the pornographic film industry during the 70's. Mark Wahlberg plays busboy Eddie Adams who is discovered by director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds in an Oscar nominated role) and begins to build quite a career and makes a great life for himself; until (naturally) it all comes crashing down. Anderson proves once again (just as he did in his previous film Hard 8) that he can weave an emotionally rich story with extremely well developed characters that we can releate to one way or the other, and despite the film's setting Boogie Nights comes out a real winner, and a true gem of a film. The rest of the fantastic cast includes Julianne Moore (in her Oscar nominated role), Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Ricky Jay, Heather Graham, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, William H. Macy, and the late Robert Ridgely. All in all, Boogie Nights is a modern day classic that finds a writer/director at his best, and was also a star making vehicle for Wahlberg.
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