The Worst Film Ever

Crappy film

best movie i've ever seen.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Boogie NightsThe adrenaline rush never wears down even though the feature fluctuates a lot through this more than 150 minutes of journey and this is where it stands alone; the sheer sharp and cunning script of it. Paul Thomas Anderson has its name written all over the frame that is perfectly balanced on this character and plot driven feature where if not for his execution, it would have been difficult to pull off such a powerful script. Mark Wahlberg is brilliant in his portrayal and is supported well enough by a great cast like Julianne Moore, William H. Macy and Heather Graham. Boogie Nights not only has enough content to feed the audience but is celebrated with a great conviction with the help of stellar performances, amazing background score and explicit editing and execution.

Boogie Nights (1997) is a pretty famous film. It received a lot of praise, including many positive reviews and major award recognition like the golden globes and the Oscars. This is also the film that credited with jump starting Mark Wahlberg's Hollywood career. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Don Cheadle. The acting from every one of the cast members is spot on, great performances all around. I especially liked Moore, Wahlberg, and Reynolds. Don't get me wrong, everyone else is still very good, but those three just really shined in their individual roles, enough so for Moore and Reynolds to get academy award nominations and Wahlberg to be thrust into a very successful Hollywood acting career. Boogie Nights is all about the pornography industry, well actually its more about these specifics people in the pornography industry, and how it affects their lives. I liked how the movie handled the individual lives of each character, they really gave ample amount of time to every persons storyline. The dialogue is written in a way that pulls you in and keeps you engaged. I wouldn't say that Boogie Nights is a 10/10 or that it's absolutely perfect, but it is a very well made film that deserves a watch. 8/10.

Boogie Nights is a very good drama about the porn industry. Paul Thomas Anderson did a very good job directing and writing. It is very well shot, particularly the costumes and music. It is fast moving the story never lags. It has wonderful script. It uses multiple characters with different personalities and motivations. It shows the industry from many points of view. I like that he didn't hold back on the drug and sex scenes it gave it a raw authentic look. It has excellent performances by Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, and Julianne Moore. It also has a wonderful supporting cast with wonderful performances by John C Reilly, William H Macy, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and many others. Boogie Nights is not a movie for everyone do to the rough nature and content. However it is one of Paul Thomas Andersons best movies, and one of the best dramas from the 1990's. I have seen it several times over the years, and I enjoy it and get more impressed with it each time. It is very good.

Paul Thomas Anderson is somewhat of a frustration. He is a director with obvious talent but his films seem to have a very hollow center and feel more fragmentary than a complete film. Boogie Nights has a great energy and superficially present the early days of the adult entertainment industry. It is very loosely based on the career of John Holmes but does not really get into the darker aspects of his story when he was still making porn films while knowing that he was infected with the AIDS virus and probably infecting his unaware co stars. Like The Master Anderson really never goes too deep into the motivations of his characters and seems to focus on the more lurid aspects, wallowing in the excesses of the decade. There are plenty of great performances in the film and make it worth re watching periodically. The most sympathetic character is played Don Cheadle but I like the little family that forms amongst Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, and Mark Walberg is genuinely sweet at times. But the excesses the era and the industry they are in cannot be entirely kept at bay and sets up the third act downward spiral. The soundtrack is spectacular and is a great sampler of the 70's but can be a bit overbearing at times in the course of the film, jumping from one song and going right into another...and then another. It is like a juke box that someone pumped a sack full of quarters into and you just want a little quiet time. I recommend to anyone interested in the subject to read a book called The Other Hollywood which expands on a lot of the subjects that Boogie Nights covers but with much more detail and insight into the darker aspects of adult pornography industry. Boogie Nights is flawed but has ambition.