Miscellaneous Movie Musings

innerSpaceman · 05-14-2008, 02:42 PM

Well, when I watched it again ... I was suprised to realize IT'S A COMEDY.

Seriously, I laughed all the way through it. Not AT it. With it. The final scene when Plainview is an adle-brained, drunken old coot is only overacting if you don't see his behaviour when he's younger and more sane.

Every scene with him and Paul Dano is a laugh riot. The scene in the restaurant with his son and the guys from Union Oil has me in stitches. And the bowling scene finale is simply icing on an already preposterious character's cake (or milkshake, as the case may be).

Comedy, Comedy, Comedy .... looked at from that angle, There Will Be Blood is pure black gold ... and Daniel Day deserved the Oscar he got (before they were warned how he'd dress for the ceremony).

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 05-14-2008, 02:58 PM

I enjoyed the film's black humor, though I wouldn't categorize it as a comedy, or even a Black Comedy. There were scenes where I laughed, and I think I was meant to laugh.

But that doesn't change how I felt about the piece as a whole. If it's a masterpiece I've misunderstood I'm cool with that, and there's a someecard to back me up.

Snowflake · 05-14-2008, 04:08 PM

Love the card EH1812. Brilliant!

iSm, I got the humor, but I'm still meh on the movie. Overlong and over tedious. I did find the restairant scene funny.

05-14-2008, 02:42 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, when I watched it again ... I was suprised to realize IT'S A COMEDY. Seriously, I laughed all the way through it. Not AT it. With it. The final scene when Plainview is an adle-brained, drunken old coot is only overacting if you don't see his behaviour when he's younger and more sane. Every scene with him and Paul Dano is a laugh riot. The scene in the restaurant with his son and the guys from Union Oil has me in stitches. And the bowling scene finale is simply icing on an already preposterious character's cake (or milkshake, as the case may be). Comedy, Comedy, Comedy .... looked at from that angle, There Will Be Blood is pure black gold ... and Daniel Day deserved the Oscar he got (before they were warned how he'd dress for the ceremony).
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05-14-2008, 02:58 PM	#2
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	I enjoyed the film's black humor, though I wouldn't categorize it as a comedy, or even a Black Comedy. There were scenes where I laughed, and I think I was meant to laugh. But that doesn't change how I felt about the piece as a whole. If it's a masterpiece I've misunderstood I'm cool with that, and there's a someecard to back me up.
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05-14-2008, 04:08 PM	#3
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Love the card EH1812. Brilliant! iSm, I got the humor, but I'm still meh on the movie. Overlong and over tedious. I did find the restairant scene funny.
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