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Boogie Nights was made by the same director of Magnolia and it also has a very similar cast. I loved Magnolia so expectations were very high for me to love Boogie Nights. I did love it but didn't like it as much as Magnolia but it was better than There Will Be Blood. I mean, yeah the film is about pornography and adult entertainment but it has a message. And that message is that being a porn star actor is obviously a pleasurable and fun job but it doesn't make you the happiest person alive as one gets older which does happen to Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler.
Set in Southern California in the late 70s and early 80s during the Golden Age Of Porn. It focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who dropped out of high school and is also a male prostitute. When he is discovered by porn director Jack Horner, his career as a porn actor begins but his addiction to cocaine and his sudden violent attitude begins to make his life a misery. Mark Wahlberg was awesome as Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler! I can't believe he wasn't even a contender for Best Leading Actor by the Academy, Golden Globes or BAFTA's! Julianne Moore's acting was really good but she really wasn't attractive enough for Amber at all! I mean, if you're gonna have an actress playing a character who is like the leader of porn actresses in the film, at least give it to a middle-aged woman who was really attractive back then! Like Jamie Lee Curtis, Elizabeth Hurley or someone like that. Burt Reynolds was fantastic as well as Jack Horner. He deserved the Oscar nomination and was the best actor out of everyone in this film.
After Boogie Nights, Magnolia and There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson as a great director truly is becoming to be a force to be reckoned with and because of this, he is now becoming one of my favourite directors. What I love about his work on Boogie Nights is that, yeah he has a similar style as Quentin Tarantino does but despite he tries to use that style, he really doesn't fail at what he does. Can't wait to see what he does next! I dislike when people say 'ohhh this is a dirty porno!' No, it isn't a porno but it is just a film about porn. They had to cut 40 seconds of the film to make it a rated R film when it would have been the original NC-17.
Overall, Boogie Nights is an absolutely amazing film that I loved from start to finish. Think it'll entertain people because of the sex involved even though it obviously isn't real sex. One of the best films of the 90s!
9/10
