N(quite)P #2: There Will Be Blood

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I was disappointed when the movie veered from a social to a psycho/religious drama. After thinking about it the next day, I started liking the movie for what it was.  I don't think it's one of the greatest movies ever made, or anything, but the musical score was fantastic. I think Paul Dano at least got a BAFTA best supporting actor nomination.

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Julius <daniel.julius at gmail.com>

>
>Hey Daniel I just read yr fine review, and while I don't really have the
>time right now to respond to it w/ the depth I'd like to, I just wanted to
>quickly state that I think yr contention that Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack "is
>among the best scores ever composed," is in absolutely no way overstated.  I
>was in a vicehold because of it.  When we left I said to my date that I
>wanted to find out who did it, and she thought I was joking.  I avoided all
>press about this film until I saw it, and I really had no idea it was
>Greenwood who wrote it.  But from the very first swelling drone during the
>blackscreen fade into the mountainside, I was enthralled, and put on edge,
>and completely enveloped.  Utterly, utterly masterful
>--
>Dan
>
>
>On Jan 27, 2008 9:22 AM, Daniel Harper <daniel.e.harper at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If anyone is interested, I have reviewed both the book and the movie on my
>> blog.
>>
>> The book: http://danielharper.blogspot.com/2008/01/booklog-oil.html
>>
>> The movie:
>> http://danielharper.blogspot.com/2008/01/movielog-there-will-be-blood.html
>>
>> I'm no professional reviewer, but comments are welcome!
>>
>> On Jan 14, 2008 9:51 AM, <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Sign me up. I can't recall looking forward to a Movie as much as "There
>> > Will Be Blood."
>> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> > From: "Monte Davis" <monte.davis at verizon.net>
>> > > 1) See it on the big screen. It's the most PHYSICAL movie I've ever
>> > seen,
>> > > tensing and wringing out the audience, and would surely be diminished
>> > at
>> > > home.
>> > >
>> > > 2) AtD-ness:
>> > > - 1898-1927
>> > > - a bit of hard-rock mining and then early oil in California (more
>> > like
>> > > mining than today's oil industry)
>> > > - a tycoon in the making -- although Vibe is a pussycat by comparison
>> > >
>> > > 3) un-AtDness:
>> > > -  up close and personal. Bigger social, political, economic contexts
>> > are
>> > > only lightly implied, quite unlike the nominal inspiration (Upton
>> > Sinclair's
>> > > _Oil_!) or Frank Norris, Dreiser, etc.
>> > > - myth and magic are ever-present, but less articulate, more under the
>> > radar
>> > > than in TRP
>> > >
>> > > 4) why you should see it ASAP:
>> > > - Daniel Day-Lewis' performance is awesome and terrific in the full
>> > sense of
>> > > both, and will be talked about for a long long time.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: "Monte Davis" <monte.davis at verizon.net>
>> > To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:34:00 +0000
>> > Subject: N(quite)P #2: There Will Be Blood
>> >
>> > 1) See it on the big screen. It's the most PHYSICAL movie I've ever
>> > seen, tensing and wringing out the audience, and would surely be diminished
>> > at home.
>> >
>> > 2) AtD-ness:
>> > - 1898-1927
>> > - a bit of hard-rock mining and then early oil in California (more like
>> > mining than today's oil industry)
>> > - a tycoon in the making -- although Vibe is a pussycat by comparison
>> >
>> > 3) un-AtDness:
>> > -  up close and personal. Bigger social, political, economic contexts
>> > are only lightly implied, quite unlike the nominal inspiration (Upton
>> > Sinclair's _Oil_!) or Frank Norris, Dreiser, etc.
>> >
>> > - myth and magic are ever-present, but less articulate, more under the
>> > radar than in TRP
>> >
>> > 4) why you should see it ASAP:
>> > - Daniel Day-Lewis' performance is awesome and terrific in the full
>> > sense of both, and will be talked about for a long long time.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> ...the insanely, endlessly diddling play of a chemist whose molecules are
>> words...
>> --Daniel Harper
>>