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There Will Be Blood
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Synopsis from Apple Trailers:
A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there’s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value – love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son – is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil.
Based on Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!, which I haven't read, this still looks to be a damn good film. Starring Daniel Day Lewis and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, with a soundtrack by one Jonny Greenwood of a little band called Radiohead. Release date is 12/26.
The trailer is great, and it's apparently receiving high critical marks. Already has several wins from the L.A. Film Critics Association, and has been nominated for some Golden Globes (and is said to be a strong Oscar contender). So what do you think, D&D? Tell me more about what you know about the film, the novel, and why it will be awesomesauce. Or if you've somehow seen it already, give us your impressions (but spoiler that shit, son).
This is my first movie thread, be gentle.
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That sold the movie for me right there.
There are so many things about this movie that guarantee win.
This man knows what’s up.
This dick.
Daniel Day-Lewis deserves no less.
Bloody brilliant.
That was the best trailer I have ever seen.
There is him and everyone else. And the sooner people realize this the better off the world will be.
God damnit.
I think it's in limited release now or something.
I call it now.
He's been taking a leaf out of Bill Murray's book.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
It will be a good movie.
Don't worry, no spoilers.
He veers into pretty ardent method acting in most, if not all, of his roles.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
The fact that I know Daniel Day-Lewis will be excellent in this film is like a cherry on top.
SOLD
Fucking metal.
Caught the trailer for this a while back before 3:10 to Yuma. I hadn't heard anything about it prior to seeing the trailer and didn't know Lewis had a new movie coming out. Dude is awesome but, Christ, I'd like to see him in a few more roles. Has he done anything since Gangs?
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DDL is just a big fat bonus
Any way, it dragged, but the finale was epic.
And the music was amazing. I've never heard of the composer, but he delivered in spades.
The defining moment of the film was summed up by a comment card left in the lobby(emphasis theirs):
1.) It was too long 2 hours 40 minutes
2.) It had odd pacing fast-->slow-->fast-->slow
3.) The story wasn't all that intriguing it was more of a character study.
I loved it afterwards but it just wasn't what i expected. I realized its main goal after contemplating it for a couple of days.
He is Johnny Greenwood, the guitarist from Radiohead.
Soundtrack sounds like Bioshock
I love him to bits, really.
A side note for radiohead fans, Johnny Greenwood composed the original score. A score that is as much a part of the film as PTA's direction, or DDL's and Paul Dano's acting skills.
Yeah, this movie was f'ing beautiful.
It was that awesome. Violins galore.
Don't know if I can say the same for the film, though. Beautiful, but I'm not sure I could watch this over and over(unlike Magnolia, which is one of my favorite films ever; sorry, Kevin Smith).
And Paul Dano deserves an Oscar as much as DDL, if not more. He was brilliant.
GODDAMMIT you're right! And I was all set to see cloverfield for my date night. Now I'm stuck in the theater for four hours! CURSE YOU!!!!!!!!
I'll have to wait like seven months to see it.
Yeah, "wide' for Austin apparently means two theaters, both small and artsy or independent.
This needs to be translated into a tag-line that can be used in the advertisements. Something like:
Roger Ebert raves, "Watching this movie is an emotionally/mentally/physically exhaustive experience! Only see this movie once, as multiple viewings will utterly destroy your soul! Two thumbs way the fuck up!"