Gobsmacked
You think because you’ve seen Dirk Diggler and the rain of frogs, read the rapturous reviews, and expect greatness from Daniel Day-Lewis that you are prepared for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie There Will Be Blood. You’re not.
P.T. Anderson has the chutzpah to aim for Treasure Of The Sierra Madre and Citizen Kane territory, and the result is ASTONISHING. He is going for nothing less than a new narrative form. On his fifth attempt, he has made A Great American Movie.
And I love the ending. It’s weird, and it fits.
Now I have to collect myself, but you get my drift. First I’m going to listen to the Radiohead discography from Kid A onwards.
There Will Be Blood opens February 13 only at the Gateway Cineplex in Cubao.
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February 7th, 2008 at 01:48
omg. this would surely be my greatest valentines day ever! have seen it already in the worst dvd copy you can imagine. but it did not change anything. i fell inlove with TWBB right away. it’s an instant classic. a masterpiece.
February 7th, 2008 at 02:30
and prior to listening to greenwood’s score for blood, i wasn’t even interested with radiohead. but now, god, they’re great.
everything about this movie is crazy. and i love it.
February 7th, 2008 at 08:56
“If you screen it, they will come?”
I may get a chance to see this tonight.
February 8th, 2008 at 01:05
So I got to see this after hearing about how good it was since last December. I’ll have to say that I definitely enjoy PTA’s writing here. The acting isn’t overly-dramatic when compared to Magnolia or Boogie Nights. That interplay between Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano is quite the sight to see…especially when they slap the heck out of each other.
February 8th, 2008 at 21:14
I’ve abandoned my child!! I’ve abandoned my boy!! Aren’t those among the creepiest movie lines you’re heard in recent years? Genius!
February 10th, 2008 at 11:34
I liked this one better than “No Country for Old Men”. That creepiest line for me was that rather absurdist “milkshake” reference. Radical. But not entirely my cup of tea, to be honest about it.