Divisive Cotton
Now I just have my toy soldiers
This is a trailer for the film that has received rave reviews!
When's it coming out in Blighty?!
When's it coming out in Blighty?!
There Will be Blood
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Louloubelle
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oooh
that does look really interesting!
that does look really interesting!
Reno
The In Kraut
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Saw it a few weeks ago and it's a pretty amazing film. The first half is the most incredible stretch of filmmaking I've seen in a while and Jonny Greenwood wrote what is just an incredible soundtrack, the music/sound design is almost like a character in its own right. I'm still not quite sure what to make of the entire film, the second half lost me slightly, but it's unlike anything else out there right now. Reminded me both of Kubrick's and of Terence Malick's films.
Saw it a few weeks ago and it's a pretty amazing film. The first half is the most incredible stretch of filmmaking I've seen in a while and Jonny Greenwood wrote what is just an incredible soundtrack, the music/sound design is almost like a character in its own right. I'm still not quite sure what to make of the entire film, the second half lost me slightly, but it's unlike anything else out there right now. Reminded me both of Kubrick's and of Terence Malick's films.
Just saw this. It's certainly a very original slice of filmmaking but not without its flaws.
If you think Daniel Day-Lewis is normally a bit of ham then I would steer well clear, it'll only rile you up.
There are some scenes where it seems as if the two actors playing the main rivals are competing to 'out-act', which are a bit off-key. Having said that, it's worth seeing for the first twenty minutes alone and a brilliant scene involving a well.
I'd like to read the book and get a sense of its narrative arc because there were moments in the film which were rather disconnected. You often didn't know where you stood in terms of character and story development withing the narrative timeframe, IYSWIM.
If you think Daniel Day-Lewis is normally a bit of ham then I would steer well clear, it'll only rile you up.
There are some scenes where it seems as if the two actors playing the main rivals are competing to 'out-act', which are a bit off-key. Having said that, it's worth seeing for the first twenty minutes alone and a brilliant scene involving a well.
I'd like to read the book and get a sense of its narrative arc because there were moments in the film which were rather disconnected. You often didn't know where you stood in terms of character and story development withing the narrative timeframe, IYSWIM.
butchersapron
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I did think it was an excellent movie. However the ending, whilst very very good, did seem to be from a different movie. Plainview's character had been unravelling but by the end, it was like a scene from The Producers (not helped by the priest sounding more and more like Gene Wilder
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I'VE FINISHED!
I did think it was an excellent movie. However the ending, whilst very very good, did seem to be from a different movie. Plainview's character had been unravelling but by the end, it was like a scene from The Producers (not helped by the priest sounding more and more like Gene Wilder
)I'VE FINISHED!
elevendayempire
Registered Loofah
Fucking brilliant movie. I loved the reversal at the end.
I thought it was fantastic and that DDL was pretty subtle (until the end) - especially since the trailers made it look as if he was reprising Bill the Butcher again.
You could only make a film like that with a star like him though - it hangs off the main actor's performance so heavily. In fact, what other films can anyone think of that do this? Or is that a dumb question? It must have been tremendous work for DDL.
You could only make a film like that with a star like him though - it hangs off the main actor's performance so heavily. In fact, what other films can anyone think of that do this? Or is that a dumb question? It must have been tremendous work for DDL.
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HeroineSheep
Where was I again?
I thought Day Lewis was incredible and it was his performance that really drew you in. Paul Dano's also amazing (managed to do so much saying so little in Little Miss Sunshine). It isn't a film to suit all taste - gave a free ticket for it to a friend of mine and she said she was pissed off with me because it was so boring. 
Guess she's off my Xmas card list then.
Guess she's off my Xmas card list then.
HeroineSheep
Where was I again?
Yeh, but a hammy performance playing Capote is kinda fitting
I read who DDL based the voice for Plainview on, and I can't remember. Anyone? It's a helluva thing
John Huston? It is quite something when you hear him speak for the first time.
And I thought Seymour Hoffman deserved all the accolades he received for Capote but then he can do no wrong with me He was brilliant in Charlie Wilson's War as well.
HeroineSheep
Where was I again?
Reno
The In Kraut
Yeh, but a hammy performance playing Capote is kinda fitting
I read who DDL based the voice for Plainview on, and I can't remember. Anyone? It's a helluva thing
Toby Jones did a much better job in the superior Infamous. He actually got inside the personality of the Truman Capote rather than delivering the mannered character assassination Philip Seymour Hoffman gave us. Unfortunately though shot at the same time, that film got released later and was ignored by most people.
I've been thinking about this a bit more and I've decided I'm just not convinced by both Paul Dano and Daniel Day-Lewis' performances.
It's not that they were not good performances, for the most part they're brilliantly done and uniquely convincing; it's just that there seems to be some mutually hyperbolic level that they both egg each on to achieve.
It's like they're competing and the director doesn't have the balls to tell them to calm down and act more convincingly.
I was reading the other day that the actor set to originally play Eli Sunday gave up after a few weeks on set because he was so intimidated by Daniel Day-Lewis staying in character at all times. After that Dano jumped in and they had to reshoot all the scenes with Eli Sunday very quickly and out of sync with the rest of the film, which was shot in sequence.
It's an interesting little insight and may explain why Dano and Day-Lewis are both at their worst in this film when playing in the same scene.
It's not that they were not good performances, for the most part they're brilliantly done and uniquely convincing; it's just that there seems to be some mutually hyperbolic level that they both egg each on to achieve.
It's like they're competing and the director doesn't have the balls to tell them to calm down and act more convincingly.
I was reading the other day that the actor set to originally play Eli Sunday gave up after a few weeks on set because he was so intimidated by Daniel Day-Lewis staying in character at all times. After that Dano jumped in and they had to reshoot all the scenes with Eli Sunday very quickly and out of sync with the rest of the film, which was shot in sequence.
It's an interesting little insight and may explain why Dano and Day-Lewis are both at their worst in this film when playing in the same scene.
I see your point, sort of agree but then ultimately don't, if that makes sense. The hysteria in their shared scenes is insane - the cinema was in hysterics during the baptism
- and in some ways doesn't gel, isn't as naturalistic as the rest of the movie. But in the end, it's so good to watch that I find the uneven tone is more than compensated for by DDL screaming "I HAVE ABANDONED MY SON!"Apart from the REALLy annoying pisspoor drone that makes up the first part of the soundtrack. That Greenwood fella got some bits right, but the beginning was bobbins, and the drums when the well caught fire were really out of place too.
Reno
The In Kraut
I thought that was among the most amazing bits in terms of music and sound design. It was an unpleasant sound and puts you on edge. It immediately made it clear that this is unlike any period film ever made. Both music and sound design were among the best I can think of and as important to the film as D D-Lewis' performance.
I didn't think it fitted at all. It was intrusive and didn't reflect what was going on.. IMO
Reno
The In Kraut
It was meant to be intrusive. It was the rare soundtrack that went beyond just underlining the emotions of the film and thereby telling the audience how to feel. It often made the viewer question what they were seeing, throwing them emotionally off balance, which for me was its brilliance. It almost becomes a character in itself.
We'll just have to agree to disagree I suppose.
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