There Will Be Blood
Watched this a few nights ago and found it to be quite enjoyable. Most likely because There Will Be Blood managed, as with most Daniel Day-Lewis films, to get outside the usual, formulaic, Hollywood box. Every film does not need to have a happy ending nor does every protagonist need to be a primarily sympathetic character. Sometimes clarity between good and evil is great, particularly for films on an epic scale but when the plot horizon is more down to earth then, complexity and ambiguity are more intriguing.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I drink your milkshake!
(couldn’t resist ;-))
June 13th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Just don’t throw a bowling pin at me dude! 😉
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 am
The movie was amazing, except for the milkshake scene. The characters do not act believable or in accordance with their previous behavior. Worse, the fate that otherwise befalls Plainview is far more realistic. "I Drink Your Milkshake" is just aiming for an SNL parody, for bathos at the expense of pathos.
Hopefully a DVD edition will come out soon that simply excludes it.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:22 am
Hey Mr. Zhang Fu Fei of tdaxp
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*WARNING ! SPOLIER!*
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It was a stretch but Plainview did beat the holy crap out of the preacher once before ( in todays terms it was easily aggravated assault, if not attempted murder) and kill another man. He also admitted that he hated most people. here’s a thought: Plainview swore he would kill the Standard Oil lawyer over the comments regarding his son but never did. Then Plainview, late in life has the break with his son right before the preacher shows up and is whacked with a bowling pin.