Miscellaneous Movie Musings

innerSpaceman · 04-09-2008, 12:58 PM

I think you're missing, perhaps, seeing it in a theater. Ugh, I miss too many movies that way ... and I know they suffer for it.

Or, it may not be your cup of tea.

Or, you may have really poor taste.

I don't think there was necessarily anything "epic" about it. It was just about some good themes of greed and vengeance and human personality disorders and the oil business of nastiness and the religion business of hokum and freakiness.

I thought it explored those themes with some facsinating, well-played characters, and interesting situations.

End.

Sorry you didn't get it. Eh, it just didn't work for you.

Too bad. Great film. Worthy of the many Oscar nominations it received and the critical raves it garnered.

In my most humble opinion.

Moonliner · 04-09-2008, 01:07 PM

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Shipping for Thursday: The Life of Brian (Blu-ray)

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Snowflake · 04-09-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I think you're missing, perhaps, seeing it in a theater. Ugh, I miss too many movies that way ... and I know they suffer for it.

Or, it may not be your cup of tea.

Or, you may have really poor taste.

Heh, you're prolly right.

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I don't think there was necessarily anything "epic" about it. It was just about some good themes of greed and vengeance and human personality disorders and the oil business of nastiness and the religion business of hokum and freakiness.

I thought it explored those themes with some facsinating, well-played characters, and interesting situations.

End.

Sorry you didn't get it. Eh, it just didn't work for you.

Too bad. Great film. Worthy of the many Oscar nominations it received and the critical raves it garnered.

In my most humble opinion.

I got all the themes, I thought the performances were top notch and I'll go on the limb, I loved bardem in NFOM, but I think I would have loved to see Dano get the nod at the Kodak, he truly deserved it. Then again, so did Tommy Lee Jones and Bardem (so a tough year). But, I still thought the whole thing was a bore. Meh, so I save myself a few bucks not buying, it's okay!

Snowflake · 04-09-2008, 02:16 PM

Thanks LSPE.

Alex, I did not love the cinematography nearly as much as NCFOM (which had real sweep and beauty to me) but I can appreciate your thoughts on it, and the film.

I also did not find Dano weak. You're right, weak against Day-Lewis, but I think a very respectable (if) over the top performace at the end. I do feel like the red-herring of his character dissapearing and then coming in at the end for a hand out kind of a lame plot twist.

That said, I have not read the original novel, either.

Alex · 04-09-2008, 02:27 PM

Oh, I wasn't comparing TWBB with NCFOM. The latter is far superior in my opinion and that includes cinematography.

My understanding is that TWBB really was "inspired" by Sinclair's Oil and that they are pretty divergent.

04-09-2008, 12:58 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I think you're missing, perhaps, seeing it in a theater. Ugh, I miss too many movies that way ... and I know they suffer for it. Or, it may not be your cup of tea. Or, you may have really poor taste. I don't think there was necessarily anything "epic" about it. It was just about some good themes of greed and vengeance and human personality disorders and the oil business of nastiness and the religion business of hokum and freakiness. I thought it explored those themes with some facsinating, well-played characters, and interesting situations. End. Sorry you didn't get it. Eh, it just didn't work for you. Too bad. Great film. Worthy of the many Oscar nominations it received and the critical raves it garnered. In my most humble opinion.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Thanks LSPE. Alex, I did not love the cinematography nearly as much as NCFOM (which had real sweep and beauty to me) but I can appreciate your thoughts on it, and the film. I also did not find Dano weak. You're right, weak against Day-Lewis, but I think a very respectable (if) over the top performace at the end. I do feel like the red-herring of his character dissapearing and then coming in at the end for a hand out kind of a lame plot twist. That said, I have not read the original novel, either.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oh, I wasn't comparing TWBB with NCFOM. The latter is far superior in my opinion and that includes cinematography. My understanding is that TWBB really was "inspired" by Sinclair's Oil and that they are pretty divergent.
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