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January 06 Sean's Movie Reviews are Back!!!It's been quite a while since I've done a movie review on here, part of the reason for that of course had been my absence from doing any posts at all. Despite not doing the reviews, I of course kept going to the theatre and saw over 60 movies last year plus a few repeat viewings. I saw Transformers four time. I would have stopped at three but they had to go and bring it back on the IMAX.
So this year I'm going to do something a little different. I'm going to have a list on the righthand side of the page right under my Xbox info of all the movies I've seen this year with a rating out of 5 and the date of the initial review. So on with the first one for 2008:
There Will be Blood
This was quite the movie. I think it's my favourite from P. T. Anderson. While I enjoyed Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love, they didn't grab me quite the same way as they did for a lot of other people. Day-Lewis was fantastic as was to be expected but not quite as good as he was in Gangs of New York. Paul Dano has come a long way from The Girl Next Door and improved on the good work he did in Little Miss Sunshine. Everyone else from Ciaran Hinds to the kid who plays his son were very good as well. I'm sure there will be some acting Oscar nominations.
The story has a very Howard Hughes/Citizen Kane feel to it with Daniel Plainview's (Day-Lewis) slow descent in paranoia and becoming a recluse as he becomes more successful over the years. The writing was really good, although I'd say a good portion of the first 10-15 minutes is dialog free. The score by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood was different, but I really dug it. There were also some great visuals as well. That being said, it wasn't perfect either. The movie takes place over a period of 29 years and yet Day-Lewis doesn't look like he's aged a day apart from his movements and same goes for Dano. I know that's just nitpicking but it's small details like this that I notice sometimes. It also runs a but longer than it needs to I thought at 2:40. As much as I liked this, it doesn't top No Country for Old Men for me personally. Rating: 4.5/5 |
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