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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:35:04 AM

Title: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:35:04 AM
it was a good movie, but what's so great about it aside from the main character. fill me in eb.

I wasn't a big fan of the acting. Felt staged. When dude did that preaching shit goodness graceness I wanted to leave the room because it reminded me of actually going to church, it was so obnoxious.

i enjoyed No Country a lot more. Ratatouille A LOT more. Death Proof and Hot Fuzz TONS more.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 01, 2008, 01:36:21 AM
Don't feel confused or anything, Daniel Day Lewis makes the film and makes it worth watching.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:38:01 AM
Yeah, his acting was great. I'm not so sure about every one else's performance though. The kid felt totally lifeless to me until
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he was blind.
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Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Crushed on August 01, 2008, 01:38:19 AM
unforgivenposter.jpg
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:42:36 AM
Man that kid's wife turned out to be pretty hot.

(http://www.moviemaker.com/images/uploads/colleen%20foy_2.jpg)

I'd hit that. Look at them cute cheeks. I could slap em with my dick.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 01, 2008, 01:44:18 AM
Quote from: Crushed on August 01, 2008, 01:38:19 AM
unforgivenposter.jpg

all black people look alike
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on August 01, 2008, 02:00:32 AM
He had a bowling alley.  IN HIS HOUSE.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: etiolate on August 01, 2008, 03:26:01 AM
The scenery, the score, the camera work, the intimacy of character, the uneasiness that fills the whole film, the preacher kid WAS awesome and great final scene.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: VALIS on August 01, 2008, 03:47:28 AM
Have you ever seen a more suspenseful movie where not much happens? It feels like something sinister is lurking in every single frame, and yet, outside of the final scene, what really happens? Some shit falls on miners in the well, a scaffolding collapses, nothing major. Yet the movie feels fucking evil. It's greed that's the lurking horror, not some ax murderer.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Bloodwake on August 01, 2008, 06:18:38 AM
Quote from: VALIS on August 01, 2008, 03:47:28 AM
Have you ever seen a more suspenseful movie where not much happens? It feels like something sinister is lurking in every single frame, and yet, outside of the final scene, what really happens? Some shit falls on miners in the well, a scaffolding collapses, nothing major. Yet the movie feels fucking evil. It's greed that's the lurking horror, not some ax murderer.

This.

First film to rewatch immediately after purchase of TV today: There Will Be Awesome.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Eric P on August 01, 2008, 07:28:04 AM
Quote from: VALIS on August 01, 2008, 03:47:28 AM
Have you ever seen a more suspenseful movie where not much happens?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/4months3weeks%262days_poster.jpg)
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 01, 2008, 09:37:17 AM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:38:01 AM
Yeah, his acting was great. I'm not so sure about every one else's performance though. The kid felt totally lifeless to me until
spoiler (click to show/hide)
he was blind.
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unforgivenposter.jpg

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he went DEAF not BLIND. there's a difference. no subtitles for a week mister
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I thought it was amazing. The cinematography was amazing, the score is great, the writing was great, and the acting was amazing - not just DDL. Dano's performance as the pastor was very compelling, especially if you've been to an evangelical church and witnessed the theatrics involved. His greed is really comparable to the DDL character's

But DDL's performance stands out and really makes the film. It's really a slow descent into hatred. The dude kind of floats through life hiding himself with the most convenient mask possible, and then after a certain event he just snaps. No more mask, no more bullshit
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: DJ_Tet on August 01, 2008, 09:40:46 AM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:35:04 AM


I wasn't a big fan of the acting. Felt staged. When dude did that preaching shit goodness graceness I wanted to leave the room because it reminded me of actually going to church, it was so obnoxious.




Those two statements contradict each other.  If the acting wasn't good, that church scene would have felt fake, right?

Very intense scene, very intense movie.  As PD said above, people forget Dano's great turn.  Without him, the movie would have failed, he was a worthy adversary for DDL to play off of.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 01, 2008, 11:49:11 AM
Quote from: Eric P on August 01, 2008, 07:28:04 AM
Quote from: VALIS on August 01, 2008, 03:47:28 AM
Have you ever seen a more suspenseful movie where not much happens?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/4months3weeks%262days_poster.jpg)

Good answer.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:20:11 PM
Quote from: DJ_Tet on August 01, 2008, 09:40:46 AM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:35:04 AM


I wasn't a big fan of the acting. Felt staged. When dude did that preaching shit goodness graceness I wanted to leave the room because it reminded me of actually going to church, it was so obnoxious.




Those two statements contradict each other.  If the acting wasn't good, that church scene would have felt fake, right?

Very intense scene, very intense movie.  As PD said above, people forget Dano's great turn.  Without him, the movie would have failed, he was a worthy adversary for DDL to play off of.

I guess it's contradictory, but it made me feel uneasy. It made me hate his character.

Quote from: Amber Lambchops on August 01, 2008, 09:37:17 AM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:38:01 AM
Yeah, his acting was great. I'm not so sure about every one else's performance though. The kid felt totally lifeless to me until
spoiler (click to show/hide)
he was blind.
[close]

unforgivenposter.jpg

spoiler (click to show/hide)
he went DEAF not BLIND. there's a difference. no subtitles for a week mister
[close]


I don't fucking remember, thanks for reminding me. Shows how unforgettable it was.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on August 01, 2008, 01:27:53 PM
This thread is so homo. Go watch some anime and read the koran you terrotist  :maf
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:38:35 PM
.......
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: DJ_Tet on August 01, 2008, 01:50:31 PM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:20:11 PM
I guess it's contradictory, but it made me feel uneasy. It made me hate his character.




"nicca that's what it's supposed to do!"


(http://www.cinecon.com/displayimage.php?sid=521)
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 01:55:22 PM
Quote from: DJ_Tet on August 01, 2008, 01:50:31 PM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:20:11 PM
I guess it's contradictory, but it made me feel uneasy. It made me hate his character.




"nicca that's what it's supposed to do!"


(http://www.cinecon.com/displayimage.php?sid=521)

I know! But still!  :lol His acting still didn't impress me. It came off as forced to me. It wasn't natural like DDL's performance.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 02:29:20 PM
rofl
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: DJ_Tet on August 01, 2008, 02:59:49 PM
Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2008, 01:55:22 PM

I know! But still!  :lol His acting still didn't impress me. It came off as forced to me. It wasn't natural like DDL's performance.

That's fair.  One thing that interested me was that Dano was originally up for only the brother role.  He stepped into the preacher role at the last moment for some reason.  Considering DDL had been preparing for the Plainview part for over a year, I thought Dano did a bang-up job.

I can see where he was annoying, though.  I think it's kinda like the Baby Mario cry in Yoshi's Island, some people it just rubs the wrong way (even though that's what it was supposed to achieve.)

I think the main goal was for the audience to be completely uneasy everytime the preacher was on the screen, and much like Jaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, Dano delivered a very hated performance.  For that he deserves credit, he created a very interesting character in a character piece.



edit:  By that same token, though, I find that to be the biggest flaw in the movie.  HW wasn't a really developed character (like it was said above he only becomes interesting after going deaf/mute) and other than a 20 min segment with DDL's 'brother,' there isn't a single interesting character in the movie.  A three hour character piece with only two interesting characters is a stretch.  The movie could have been better from this pov, however that has little with what I like about the movie (cinamatography, setting, special effects, set building, and the two performances.)
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: Himu on August 01, 2008, 03:08:28 PM
I'll admit. The scene where he flips out on his father...

that was a good scene.
Title: Re: what was so great about there will be blood
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on August 01, 2008, 03:33:30 PM
That film was all about the milkshake drinking. I have that vid bookmarked on youtube...