Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 334

Alex · 06-20-2008, 07:29 PM

There Will Be Blood is a movie that is settling in memory better than it was experienced.

I believe my comments after initial viewing were that I admired it, loved what he was trying to do, but I thought it went off the rails by the end.

MouseWife · 06-20-2008, 07:39 PM

The ending did leave me with my jaw dropped. I was a little p'oed that I'd stayed up until midnight to finish it.

I loved the area shots. I loved when they showed the coast. I told my son, when they showed the one young man in the house, I guess it was his grandfather who was gone? I told my son that is exactly how it must have been in the day. That is so interesting to me.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-20-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

There Will Be Blood is a movie that is settling in memory better than it was experienced.

I believe my comments after initial viewing were that I admired it, loved what he was trying to do, but I thought it went off the rails by the end.

Ditto. I was right along with it for a while, and did indeed see the humor through it, but it just never seemed to completely gel into anything more than an interesting concept.

flippyshark · 06-21-2008, 07:58 AM

Just watched No Country For Old Men, and then rewatched the last half hour or so of it, because it definitely threw me the first time around. I'm sure I saw it discussed here long ago, but the search function won't grab it because so many of the words in that title (no, for, old) are too common. Anyhow, after a day's reflection, I think this one is going to stick with me for a while. Did others here love or hate it?

There Will Be Blood is tonight's viewing for me. (I'm only a year or so behind.)

innerSpaceman · 06-21-2008, 10:53 PM

I didn't love it ... but I couldn't stop thinking about it for about two weeks ... which led me to consider it a much better film than the one I thought I'd watched.

I thought TWB Blood was a much better movie, but it didn't leave me constantly thinking about it for a fortnight. (Though I would hardly call it a film that left my mind as soon as I left the theater.)

Alex · 06-22-2008, 07:34 AM

Love it. As a piece of craft the best I saw last year (for simple joy of watching it was surpassed by Once).

LSPoorEeyorick · 06-22-2008, 08:17 AM

It took me awhile to ponder it, because I so enjoyed it for the majority of the movie, but the end so threw me that I didn't know what I thought about it until I saw TWBB. By comparison I think I loved NCFOM a lot because I disliked TWBB so.

alphabassettgrrl · 06-22-2008, 10:09 PM

I enjoyed Kung Fu Panda.

Pirate Bill · 06-23-2008, 12:46 PM

I just watched DOA: Dead or Alive last night.

Lame plot. Terrible script. Bad acting.

Super yummy hot chicks. Very very nice T&A. Lots of fun fight sequences. And the humor is surprisingly funny (considering the bad writing every where else in the movie).

I loved it!

Gemini Cricket · 06-23-2008, 01:04 PM

I was in the mood to watch musicals so I watched The Sound of Music and West Side Story back to back. Say what you will about the corniness of both (I can't help but chuckle at the dancing scenes at the beginning of WSS), but they are both solid films. There is some really cool cinematography in both. And there are some wonderful performances in both (Andrews and Moreno specifically). And "America" is still one of my very favorite musical numbers on film. The use of full shots were brilliant.

06-20-2008, 07:29 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	There Will Be Blood is a movie that is settling in memory better than it was experienced. I believe my comments after initial viewing were that I admired it, loved what he was trying to do, but I thought it went off the rails by the end.
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06-20-2008, 07:39 PM	#2
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	The ending did leave me with my jaw dropped. I was a little p'oed that I'd stayed up until midnight to finish it. I loved the area shots. I loved when they showed the coast. I told my son, when they showed the one young man in the house, I guess it was his grandfather who was gone? I told my son that is exactly how it must have been in the day. That is so interesting to me. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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06-21-2008, 07:58 AM	#4
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Just watched No Country For Old Men, and then rewatched the last half hour or so of it, because it definitely threw me the first time around. I'm sure I saw it discussed here long ago, but the search function won't grab it because so many of the words in that title (no, for, old) are too common. Anyhow, after a day's reflection, I think this one is going to stick with me for a while. Did others here love or hate it? There Will Be Blood is tonight's viewing for me. (I'm only a year or so behind.)
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06-21-2008, 10:53 PM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I didn't love it ... but I couldn't stop thinking about it for about two weeks ... which led me to consider it a much better film than the one I thought I'd watched. I thought TWB Blood was a much better movie, but it didn't leave me constantly thinking about it for a fortnight. (Though I would hardly call it a film that left my mind as soon as I left the theater.)
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06-22-2008, 07:34 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Love it. As a piece of craft the best I saw last year (for simple joy of watching it was surpassed by Once).
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06-22-2008, 08:17 AM	#7
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	It took me awhile to ponder it, because I so enjoyed it for the majority of the movie, but the end so threw me that I didn't know what I thought about it until I saw TWBB. By comparison I think I loved NCFOM a lot because I disliked TWBB so.
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I enjoyed Kung Fu Panda. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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06-23-2008, 12:46 PM	#9
Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	I just watched DOA: Dead or Alive last night. Lame plot. Terrible script. Bad acting. Super yummy hot chicks. Very very nice T&A. Lots of fun fight sequences. And the humor is surprisingly funny (considering the bad writing every where else in the movie). I loved it!
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06-23-2008, 01:04 PM	#10
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I was in the mood to watch musicals so I watched The Sound of Music and West Side Story back to back. Say what you will about the corniness of both (I can't help but chuckle at the dancing scenes at the beginning of WSS), but they are both solid films. There is some really cool cinematography in both. And there are some wonderful performances in both (Andrews and Moreno specifically). And "America" is still one of my very favorite musical numbers on film. The use of full shots were brilliant.
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