Is the amount bloody American prudes on this site. Sort your lives out.
Yours sincerely,
Europe.
This film gets better everytime you watch it it's the dogs I love it shame Burt doesn't like it some of his best work everytime I see the dance scene about 60mins in I laff my tits off but the hole thing is funny if you don't think to much into it it's just a film enjoy it life's to short
shareActually, it kind of works the opposite for me. For a while this was my favorite PTA film and one of my favorites of all time. As I rewatch it, I like it less and less. It's still a 9/10, but it doesn't strike me as a true classic like There Will Be Blood or The Master anymore. But to each his own.
shareBest line in any film " my wife has a arse in her cock on the drive way "
shareI just didn't think it was very good. Kinda blah, in my opinion.
shareHey, everyone: it's funny because the OP's premise is flat-out wrong, and here is the proof.
Ratings for Boogie Nights by US users: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118749/ratings-usa. Average rating = 8.1
Ratings for Boogie Nights by non-US users: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118749/ratings-international. Average rating = 7.8
Fighting the frizzies, at 11.
That's pretty hilarious.
sharewell yeah, OP is just some chip-on-his-shoulder jealous European. very typical of populations of countries struggling in power compared to nations actually IN power.
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Actually that proves my point completely. Compare low rating percentages (5 or less): there is a greater portion voting these in the US than there is in Europe. Boom. The lower average only shows that europeans are simply less likely to go "omg so gud im gonna vote 10 coz PTA is so cool".
In baby talk: a greater percentage of you lot dislike this film because a greater percentage of you lot are complete prudes.
Compare low rating percentages (5 or less): there is a greater portion voting these in the US than there is in Europe.
The lower average only shows that europeans are simply less likely to go "omg so gud im gonna vote 10 coz PTA is so cool".
In baby talk: a greater percentage of you lot dislike this film because a greater percentage of you lot are complete prudes.
Wow, I've never seen someone be so completely owned before. So, in addition to being an ignorant anti-American tool, he's an ignorant anti-American tool who can't do basic math.
shareThe low international rating is because they can't relate to such a uniquely American slice of life and culture. However, if you are actually familiar with the subject of the film -- the American porn industry in the late 70s as it crests its peak in terms of budgets, ambition, and creativity and starts to transition to the home video market -- it is beyond brilliant. It is sublime.
There may be others, but this is the only film I can think of in which dramatic irony is not just a device used for a particular scene but is instead the whole movie. All the characters view themselves and what they are doing in one way while Anderson depends on his audience viewing them in a different way. And that view doesn't just involve moral judgements. It involves the concepts of success and achievement in this country, the so-called American dream (think of the scene in which Buck's loan application is rejected). Non-Americans just can't fully get it because they don't participate in the culture that Anderson is playing with.
next time on IMDB a bloody european prude sticks his foot in his mouth over and over again and fudges his math
shareWhat a load of crap, Europe. Sincerely, America.
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