There Will Be Blood

[threeplusfire]

Mike has wanted to see this movie for some time, and I felt bad about dragging my feet so we caught it this evening at the Draft House. It is a well crafted and unique film, but not something I think I want to watch again. Partially because the soundtrack is so jarring and atonal, but also because Paul Dano's performance as Eli Sunday is so intense that I felt true repulsion for the character. Mike was a bit disappointed because he "expected more Deadwood and less Citizen Kane."

Comments

[frostwalrus.livejournal.com]

I really need to see that, I just read Oil and really liked it.

[alteredhistory.livejournal.com]

> "expected more Deadwood and less Citizen Kane."

The boy's cultural index just dropped. Imagine... being disappointed at getting _Citizen_Kane_ from a movie!

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

That's not a bad capsule review, actually.

[summerain.livejournal.com]

it was alright, wasn't it? i went to see no country for old men the night before i saw this so it's a little unfair for me to say it was only mildly entertaining.