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Am I Stupid?
by DominicGee @ 2008-02-18 - 11:17:58

Are you aware of the hype surrounding the film There Will Be Blood? Daniel Day Lewis back, more intense then ever etc and Paul Thomas Anderson being weird again. I went and saw this film on the weekend and... I didn't get it. I felt like Tom Hanks in Big. I don;t get it. It's beautifully shot, it has a powerful and haunting soundtrack, Day Lewis is excellent and the acting was great but... what was it about? Leaving the cinema, I think everybody felt obliged to have an opinion, talking about Magnolia and Day Lewis and how beautifully paced it was (when people say this they usually mean it was very slow moving, nearing boring). Is there a better opinion to have? This film has nominations coming out of its arse but it didn't seem to have a point. It was basically Scarface with less violence and based around oil instead of cocaine. And ws there a point to Scarface? Only a very obvious and somewhat redundant lesson on ability of power to corrupt and that you shouldn't 'get high on your own supply' (which frankly takes away the whole appeal of being a drug dealer). Day Lewis is an unpleasant person who does unpleasant things and ends up... an unpleasant person. His character doesn't develop and there are only two other characters worth mentioning who are mere husks. I dunno. Tell me what to think, not that anyone reads this bloody thing. God I'm depressed.

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2008-02-18 @ 13:45

It not worth going to see then, not that i had planned on seeing anyway

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mistertrampmistertramp [Member]
2008-02-18 @ 13:49

I find myself in the rare position of agreeing with you entirely...

Here are some thoughts you could think:

'Is that it?'

'You see the essential petty pointlessness and greed of everyday life is awesomely reflected in one extraordinary character.'

'It's a bit like Giant but with less poncing about'

'I liked it more than Magnolia but it could have done with some toads'

'I guess I was a sucker for hoping Paul Thomas Anderson could singlehandedly restore some greatness to Hollywood.'

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DominicGeeDominicGee [Member]
2008-02-18 @ 14:29

Exactly! After the film ended I turned to my friend and said "Oh Well." I would have said "Is that it?" except it was very long and I spent the last 20 minutes wondering when (and how) he's going to wrap it up. In the end, a sudden burst of violence and that was that.

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