Got Blood?

Hello Everyone,

More on another crazy movie weekend. First off, I would like to thank my friends John and Heather-Anne for coming over last night and watching There Will Be Blood with my wife Veronica and I. Secondly, I would like to apologize to them for the movie being crappy. I am sorry guys I did not know. I would like an apology from Paul Thomas Anderson for his crappy movie. I would not call myself a fan of his but I did enjoy Boogie Nights and Magnolia, but I never did see Punch Drunk Love but I heard it was weird and stupid or crappy I cannot remember. This does not bowed well for me and PTA; the last two of his films that I saw were turkeys. He has got quite a hole to dig himself out of with me. I probably will not get that apology much like my desire to get an apology from M. Night Shyamalan for Lady In The Water, which I have cleverly (well obviously) nicknamed Lazy in the Water. However, I am a fan of M. Night Shyamalan so I will keep seeing the films that he puts out even if the last one of his was crappy. Anyway, I am going off on a huge tangent; back to the movie.

First of all, There Will be Blood was probably about 40 minutes too long; the running time was about 2 hours and 40 minutes. The pacing was very slow; an intolerable slow, not A History Of Violence or No Country For Old Men slow (I highly recommend that everyone see those two films). This film was the turkey in the Best Picture Oscar nominees; it is the only of the Oscar nominated films that I would recommend you skip, however if you really have to see if for yourself then do so. If someone said not to see it too me, I would still have to see for myself, so I do understand. In order of most favourite to less favourite of the five Best Picture Oscar nominees, according to me; No Country For Old Men, Juno, Atonement, Michael Clayton and There Will Be Blood. This film won for Best Cinematography, which should have really gone to The Assassination of Jesse James (I cannot remember if this was nominated or not. I am not a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis; I have nothing against him. I have only seen him in Gangs of New York, which I did enjoy and he was great in it. Daniel Day-Lewis plays a sly and clever Oil Tycoon were well; he is very smooth talking and had me going; I was ready to let him drill for oil in our backyard, but I do not believe that he should have one for best actor. He has been nominated for for Best Actor four times and has one twice. So he is batting at 50%; so it seems like every few movies he gets an Oscar nom and every two noms he gets an Oscar. I am not sure that this is totally deserving. I have heard that he was great in My Left Foot, which I have not seen but would like to. I think that Tommy Lee Jones should have won for his performance In The Valley of Elah , but I have not seen Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises, so perhaps he is more deserving, I do not know. Paul Dano (The Girl Next Door, Little Miss Sunshine, Taking Lives) puts in a great performance as Eli, a preacher who tries to use the oil flowing in his hometown to his own uses, as Daniel Day-Lewis does to same, as he tries to exploit the town. Paul Dano should have at least been nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting role; this seemed to be lost on the members of the Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of America. So, it appears that this year I am a step ahead of them; hahahaha. The music in this movie at times was annoying and at other times made me feel uneasy like something horrible or shocking was going to happen. I am puzzled as to the title of this movie for two reasons; first, the book to which the film is based on is called Oil and second, there was actually very little blood seen or spilt in this film. I can only speculate that the actions of Daniel Day-Lewis at the end of the film justify (somewhat) the title of this film.

Thanks for reading everyone. Take Care.

F@nB0y D&\/e