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plasticfangs

plasticfangs

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

JAN 18, 2008 03:52 PM

Good CHRIST, Go see this movie, if you haven't already!

PT Anderson has pretty much proven himself as legitimately powerful filmmaker with this one. It's beautiful, it's dark, it's difficult, and it's the closest thing to beating "No Country For Old Men" as the most important film of the year.

And of course; Daniel Day-Lewis is an acting GOD - no man can drool and spit or be equally frail or dangerous, or even grow a bitchin' mustache like DDL.

If you do not agree - I will fight you.

(seriously, you should watch this movie.)

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 18, 2008 03:56 PM

It is a damned good film. Saw it twice. And I never see a film in the theatre twice.

"Draaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiinaaaaaggggggggge!"

plasticfangs

plasticfangs

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

JAN 18, 2008 04:04 PM

Cassiel said:
It is a damned good film. Saw it twice. And I never see a film in the theatre twice.

"Draaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiinaaaaaggggggggge!"



Hahahaha! Every scene between the two of them is just INTENSE. That last scene and the baptism scene are amazing.

jerky

jerky

Mary Esther, FL
August 2002

JAN 22, 2008 05:11 PM

This movie isn't playing within 100 miles of me. Hooray for culturally dead zones. lame.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JAN 22, 2008 05:24 PM

The acting was amazing. And it looked phenomenal. But, the third act fell apart for me. I didn't think the ending was justified.

lil_tuffy

lil_tuffy

MODERATOR

San Francisco, CA

JAN 22, 2008 07:50 PM

It took 3 hours but there was, indeed, blood.

Jule

Jule

Pompano Beach, FL
September 2004

JAN 22, 2008 08:20 PM

I'm sold...off to the movies I go!

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 23, 2008 02:24 PM

lil_tuffy said:
It took 3 hours but there was, indeed, blood.



and milkshakes.

lil_tuffy

lil_tuffy

MODERATOR

San Francisco, CA

JAN 23, 2008 02:28 PM

I drink your milkshake! -Daniel Plainview

I drink your milkshake, even though I opposed drinking your milkshake four years ago. -Mitt Romney

I drink your milkshake, but only if the Bible says it's allowed. -Mike Huckabee

I may drink your milkshake for another 100 years, if that's what it takes. -John McCain

I drank a milkshake on 9/11. -Rudy Giuliani

I'll drink your milkshake a few months after everyone else does. -Fred Thompson

I drink your milkshake, but I'm paying for it with gold. -Ron Paul

America deserves a new milkshake. -Barack Obama

I will fight the corporations so that you can drink your own milkshake. -John Edwards

I have 35 years of milkshake-drinking experience. *sob* -Hillary Clinton

I peacefully drink your milkshake. -Dennis Kucinich

It depends on what your definition of "milkshake" is. -Bill Clinton

I voted for drinking your milkshake before I voted against it. -John Kerry

Global warming is melting your milkshake. -Al Gore

We're making good progress in the war on milkshakes, and make no mistake: we will prevail. -George W. Bush

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 23, 2008 02:31 PM

lil_tuffy said:
I drink your milkshake! -Daniel Plainview

I drink your milkshake, even though I opposed drinking your milkshake four years ago. -Mitt Romney

I drink your milkshake, but only if the Bible says it's allowed. -Mike Huckabee

I may drink your milkshake for another 100 years, if that's what it takes. -John McCain

I drank a milkshake on 9/11. -Rudy Giuliani

I'll drink your milkshake a few months after everyone else does. -Fred Thompson

I drink your milkshake, but I'm paying for it with gold. -Ron Paul

America deserves a new milkshake. -Barack Obama

I will fight the corporations so that you can drink your own milkshake. -John Edwards

I have 35 years of milkshake-drinking experience. *sob* -Hillary Clinton

I peacefully drink your milkshake. -Dennis Kucinich

It depends on what your definition of "milkshake" is. -Bill Clinton

I voted for drinking your milkshake before I voted against it. -John Kerry

Global warming is melting your milkshake. -Al Gore

We're making good progress in the war on milkshakes, and make no mistake: we will prevail. -George W. Bush



surreal

wow

thirtyseven

thirtyseven

New York, NY
OLD SKOOL

JAN 25, 2008 09:13 PM

lil_tuffy said:
I drink your milkshake! -Daniel Plainview

I drink your milkshake, even though I opposed drinking your milkshake four years ago. -Mitt Romney

I drink your milkshake, but only if the Bible says it's allowed. -Mike Huckabee

I may drink your milkshake for another 100 years, if that's what it takes. -John McCain

I drank a milkshake on 9/11. -Rudy Giuliani

I'll drink your milkshake a few months after everyone else does. -Fred Thompson

I drink your milkshake, but I'm paying for it with gold. -Ron Paul

America deserves a new milkshake. -Barack Obama

I will fight the corporations so that you can drink your own milkshake. -John Edwards

I have 35 years of milkshake-drinking experience. *sob* -Hillary Clinton

I peacefully drink your milkshake. -Dennis Kucinich

It depends on what your definition of "milkshake" is. -Bill Clinton

I voted for drinking your milkshake before I voted against it. -John Kerry

Global warming is melting your milkshake. -Al Gore

We're making good progress in the war on milkshakes, and make no mistake: we will prevail. -George W. Bush



brills! i am so stealing this.

Morgan

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Georgia, USA

JAN 25, 2008 10:02 PM

I just need somebody to SEE this goddamn movie with me.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 25, 2008 10:08 PM

Morgan said:
I just need somebody to SEE this goddamn movie with me.



not really. i think it's better if people go see films alone. that way, they can immerse themselves more in the experience. especially this one.

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Melbourne, FL
February 2003

JAN 26, 2008 12:20 AM

Morgan said:
I just need somebody to SEE this goddamn movie with me.



No Tango for the movie?

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Melbourne, FL
February 2003

JAN 26, 2008 12:20 AM

jerky said:
This movie isn't playing within 100 miles of me. Hooray for culturally dead zones. lame.



Sounds like Florida.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 27, 2008 07:19 PM

JacksWastedLife

JacksWastedLife

Irving, TX
April 2007

JAN 27, 2008 07:24 PM

Cassiel said:



holy fuck dude. im glad i wasn't drinking anything when i saw that.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 27, 2008 07:39 PM







girlysound

girlysound

Allston, MA
February 2007

JAN 27, 2008 07:57 PM

^^oh. my. god. that was fucking brilliant!!!!

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JAN 27, 2008 08:16 PM

Those are indeed great. Although I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one who didn't like this movie.

A) It felt like a largely disconnected series of vignettes, only loosely forming anything resembling a narrative. I really find that frustrating. Now, I guess this isn't terribly new for Anderson (I think Boogie Nights was similarly structured and I don't remember anything about Magnolia except the rain of frogs, but I think it may have been also). But I think I was able to handle it in those movies because interesting things were happening to interesting people. I didn't like anyone at all in this movie and, well...

B) I found significant portions of it to be extremely tedious and drawn out. That whole silent opening twenty minutes or so, for example. I was actually fighting sleep not long before

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Plainview murders "Henry".

.

C) I found Eli to be pretty consistently overacted and Plainview sometimes.

D) I'm pretty sure I missed a lot of subtlety. This would be entirely my fault, of course. For example, I read one discussion where people were talking about the

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
scene where Henry and Plainview go swimming, and pointing out that that scene is when Plainview realizes that Henry isn't really his brother.

I totally missed this, and was wondering why the camera lingered even when seemingly nothing was happening.

That said, there were some really good scenes, particularly those at the end of the movie in Plainview's mansion. So I don't claim it's a bad movie, just didn't like it.

I saw "No Country for Old Men" right afterwards and was entranced.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 27, 2008 08:28 PM

malkav11 said:
Those are indeed great. Although I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one who didn't like this movie.

A) It felt like a largely disconnected series of vignettes, only loosely forming anything resembling a narrative. I really find that frustrating. Now, I guess this isn't terribly new for Anderson (I think Boogie Nights was similarly structured and I don't remember anything about Magnolia except the rain of frogs, but I think it may have been also). But I think I was able to handle it in those movies because interesting things were happening to interesting people. I didn't like anyone at all in this movie and, well...

B) I found significant portions of it to be extremely tedious and drawn out. That whole silent opening twenty minutes or so, for example. I was actually fighting sleep not long before

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Plainview murders "Henry".

.

C) I found Eli to be pretty consistently overacted and Plainview sometimes.

D) I'm pretty sure I missed a lot of subtlety. This would be entirely my fault, of course. For example, I read one discussion where people were talking about the

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
scene where Henry and Plainview go swimming, and pointing out that that scene is when Plainview realizes that Henry isn't really his brother.

I totally missed this, and was wondering why the camera lingered even when seemingly nothing was happening.

That said, there were some really good scenes, particularly those at the end of the movie in Plainview's mansion. So I don't claim it's a bad movie, just didn't like it.

I saw "No Country for Old Men" right afterwards and was entranced.



I can understand a lot of what you're saying. I suspect that PT Anderson may do a longer cut on the DVD. The opening, i felt, was to show just how determined Plainview really is. And I think the film takes its time because that's what people of that era would've done.

And seeing that and NCFOM in a day is amazing, isn't it?

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JAN 27, 2008 08:33 PM

There was a curious synergy. Lots of sprawling open desert shots and both of them had, ah, unusual stopping points.

ohdang

ohdang

Ann Arbor, MI
April 2006

APR 13, 2008 05:48 PM

Yay There Will Be Blood! This comes a little late in the discussion but I still think this movie was the best I've seen in awhile.

Pretty much everything I want in a movie was in There Will Be Blood.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

APR 13, 2008 06:34 PM