Miscellaneous Movie Musings

LSPoorEeyorick · 01-20-2008, 09:34 AM

I found more that required suspension of disbelief in There Will Be Blood than in Juno. Particularly had problems with the last scene. Sure, Day Lewis had a great performance (as did the actor who played his son) but they were definitely flirting with the line of melodrama, a line I prefer to keep my distance from unless it's handled with a fair bit of comedy. Any attempt at comedy in TWBB fell flat for me. There were things to like about the film, sure, but on the whole it disappointed me. And fanboys are trying to bring "I drink your milkshake" into the realm of the mega-quotes (idrinkyourmilkshake.com) - while I would prefer to create a website called ithinkyourmilkshakeisoverrated.

01-20-2008, 09:34 AM	#11
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	I found more that required suspension of disbelief in There Will Be Blood than in Juno. Particularly had problems with the last scene. Sure, Day Lewis had a great performance (as did the actor who played his son) but they were definitely flirting with the line of melodrama, a line I prefer to keep my distance from unless it's handled with a fair bit of comedy. Any attempt at comedy in TWBB fell flat for me. There were things to like about the film, sure, but on the whole it disappointed me. And fanboys are trying to bring "I drink your milkshake" into the realm of the mega-quotes (idrinkyourmilkshake.com) - while I would prefer to create a website called ithinkyourmilkshakeisoverrated.
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