Comments on: New There Will Be Blood Poster

By: toni

toni — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:34:49 +0000

no country for old men is a “normal” stock-thriller by the Coen’s with a funny lunatic killer posing as an morality tale without any substance. Characters saying things like “this country is hard on people” are excuses for a limited movie repertoire. no offense, the coen’s are very good in entertaining but there’s no meat to their story. they artifically try to put some on with their dialogues. but Tommy Lee-jones view on the world is as simple as the movie and the “you can’t stop what’s coming” as stupid as I expected from his father’s character. TWBB IS HARD ON PEOPLE. that’s a movie. NCFOM is just USA-Noir for the arthouse crowd.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:31:22 +0000

@Alfie

As soon as I heard that “honest to blog?” line, I clocked out. What an awful, AWFUL line. Juno has some very funny bits, but overall, that movie is not nearly deserving of the hype that it’s getting. If that thing gets a nomination over Eastern Promises or Rescue Dawn, it’ll be nothing more than a hype-driven nomination, much like Jennifer Hudson last year.

By: alfie

alfie — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:24:36 +0000

kristina is right the film is way too much the daniel day lewis show to take best picture. he should definitely win best actor but the film completely relies on him.

again i love the film but i just don’t think it is as complete a film as no country.

and paul dano as good as he is and he does his best but he is meant to be plainview’s nemesis…his rival…his antagonist but i am sorry while day lewis is feasting on the scenery and devouring everything in sight with his humongous performance he absolutely devours dano in every scene they share and for me the film may have worked better if he wasn’t such an overwhelming presence in every scene. no one stand a chance against him.

again it goes back to the performance being so good I actually found it distracting.

By: alfie

alfie — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:18:16 +0000

whilst i strongly disagree that juno was anywhere near being the best film of the year i also strongly disagree that it was a shallow hipster fraud.

it definitely could have disappeared up its own ass and the character juno is the type of character who only exists in movies i think it is a really sweet nice little film./

I also think all the praise going to diablo cody and ellen page is misdirected….the praisae really should go to jason reitman . in the hands of someone else this film easily couldhave fallen into what you described it vonda but he elevates above that. i think ht is the true hero of the film and made it what it is.

but “honest to blog” wins the award of the most awful cringe inducing line of all time. terrible line.

but best film of the year?? not even close.

no country all the way with zodiac a close second

By: Vonda

Vonda — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:11:20 +0000

“(Juno was the best picture this year)”

If by that you meant “shallow hipster fraud”, you’re right.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:18:24 +0000

John, I really can’t pick between No Country and Blood. Every time I think that I can pick a winner, I remember some kickass line or scene from the other film and I get confused all over again. That race is too close to call. I hope that the votes don’t get split so much between them that an inferior film sneaks in and steals the trophy. I think No Country might have an advantage simply because more people have seen it, and it’s got more heat on it right now than Blood. As the race progresses, it could make a surge, but it looks like No Country is the frontrunner. The Academy might think that Blood is nothing more than the Daniel Day-Lewis Show, which in a way, it is. That would not be the same film without him, and they might decide to honor that sentiment by awarding Day-Lewis with Best Actor rather than award the film as a whole. I can see it getting plenty of nominations, but only winning Actor and MAYBE Director(the Coens are going to be a serious challenge). I’d love for it to win Original Score, but I have a feeling that Atonement’s shitty typewriter-inspired score may take that award. Boo.

By: alfie

alfie — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:19:03 +0000

i would give it to no country…its the best film I have seen in close to ten years. I love it more and more with every viewing and it is quite possibly in my top films of all time.

there will be blood is good but i dunno…i just felt the danile day lewis takes over so much of every scene that the film never gets a chance to breathe….it almost as if his performance is so distracting as it is too good if you know what I mean….but it is a great film.

and Annie Hall won best picture in ‘77……so they have given it to a comedy before.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:54:13 +0000

The poster should be Plainview holding a milkshake:)

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:20:25 +0000

There will be Blood IMO was the single best film of the year- nothing touches it in terms of acting, cinematography, or direction I think it completely deserves to win Best Picture and would be disappointed if it doesn’t get the credit it deserves.

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:49:31 +0000

Hey Sound Designer Dan

Yes, I would be disappointed. I wouldn’t be outraged, but I don’t think No Country deserves to win. I think it deserves to be nominated… but that’s about it. To me, There Will Be Blood is clearly the superior film.