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02-24-2008, 10:25 AM
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| Not a Dick Connoisseur  Join Date: Nov 2003
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Bullshit technicality. Fucking parts from two tracks were from his previously recorded material (Popcorn Superhet Receiver). How that's considered the majority...
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02-29-2008, 11:47 PM
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| vurtvertvirtvyrtvort  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: FSJ, BC
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| I watched all of this year's best picture nominated movies over the past week and I have to say this was my favorite. No Country for Old Men was great, but this resonated with me more. Daniel Day-Lewis was amazing -- I can't remember the last time I saw better acting. I'll be recommending this one. |
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03-01-2008, 12:55 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Jan 2006
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| Paramount Announces 'There Will be Blood' DVD... and HD DVD | DVD, HD DVD & Blu-ray News | RopeofSilicon.com Entertainment News The HDDVD has since been cancelled, so not sure how many fewer extras that may mean  On DVD 4/8 though, 2 days after wedding. Might have to snag it in Hawaii.
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03-01-2008, 11:28 PM
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| nerd Join Date: Mar 2007
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| I saw this last nite in theaters, was decent although I am puzzled at all the raves it got. Seemed more a showcase for DDL (was he in pretty much every single scene?) and nice cinematography than a well written/executed movie. I do have to ask, why does everyone rave about DDL's performance? I am no movie buff or knowledgable about acting, but every review I see says "omg Daniel Day Lewis is amazing!" Never really why hes amazing. Ok, so he plays basically a emotionally crippled psychotic who more or less despises other people (sounds like many MMO players, lol). And I guess he plays it believably, although I'm not sure what exactly a bad performance would be of that character? But what exactly did he do that is so amazing? I didn't really connect with the character, didn't really care much what happened to him. Wasn't very nuanced, he basically flat out tells us why he is the way he is. Is this writing or the acting? To constrast, the recent episode of Lost had my wife in tears at the end, Desmond really made me feel happy/sad/joy/etc. Or even in The Brave One, you made some sort of connection with Jodie Fosters character as she went through her transformation. Did any of that happen in TWBB? What exactly did DDL do that was so freaking amazing? I do admire the guy irl, he seems intense and the kind of person who does exactly what he wants to do in life and fuck what everyone else thinks, and that is rare and cool. But all his characters in the past few movies seem more or less the same, brooding nutjobs who you wouldn't want to fuck with (similar to Christopher Walken or Robert DeNiro, they all basically play the same roles over and over). |
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03-04-2008, 01:34 AM
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| Bill Clinton  Join Date: Apr 2005
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| It was interesting. I agree that Daniel Day-Lewis's role was good. However, it felt like this movie was intended to be 6 hours long and they played cut and paste with the script until they had 2 1/2 hours. Some of the scenes were great and then 5 minutes later a new character would appear and the story would change pace for a few. Then 17 year jump and we have a miserable old man Daniel Plainview with his disdain for people which we come to by him simply spelling it out. At the same time I can't blame the man I hated Eli from the first creepy Christan nutcase vibe. For some reason this movie just didn't feel like it tied together. The amount of people who want to sponge bathe Daniel Day-Lewis's balls is the only reason I can see all the awards being thrown at this movie.
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03-04-2008, 11:17 PM
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| Better than You Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NOLA
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One of the worst scores I've ever heard. Ever. Last edited by Ashes Emberblade : 03-04-2008 at 11:19 PM. | |
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03-05-2008, 01:00 AM
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| King for a night  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Harvard IL
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Moved a bit slow in some parts, but the end was so money it made it all worth it. Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
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03-10-2008, 01:57 AM
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| Walker told me I have AIDS  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In da FACE!! (two times)
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| I thought that parody was pretty good. Plus his son is way hot, I'd make him go deaf, blind and mute fer sure. I didn't notice until I read the comments, but they had a bowling alley on the TV in that last scene. Good stuff. |
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04-18-2008, 02:17 PM
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| Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004
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| I finally watched this movie on DVD. I'm still processing it and trying to decide how I feel about it. Paul Dano was awesome and his character probably more scary as a person than Daniel Day Lewis' character. I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the score. Not sure why so many reviewers thought it was overpowering. It seems to make every seen that much more powerful, eery, etc.
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