There Will Be Blood

Seach really needs to work again, because this has to been at least the third "There will be blood" thread. Not blaming you though because it wouldn't be worth it to dig through so many threads just to find one.

Also, a Western?  I never thought of it like thatat all.   The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford is a good artsy type western that I reccomend checking out.

Paul Thomas Anderson, not to be confused with Paul WS Anderson who made the resident evil shitty trilogy(allthough i do love event horizon). PT Anderson is one of the best non independent directors out there right now and should be blown by a million virgins from here until eternity.

magnolia is the least interesting, i wouldnt say an awful film...good if your in the right mood for something like that.

Punchdrunk Love, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight & There Will Be Blood more than make up for magnolia

My film prof called it sueygenerous. Can't argue with that.

Personally, I didn't find TwillBB as enjoyable as No Country, but I'll allow it is certainly a more unique and cinematically important film than No Country. Both perfect for what they are, but TwillBB stands in a class of its own.

Yeah, the fact that I couldn't spell it further shows I wasn't going to argue with it. He hestitated before saying it, and I didn't know if the hesitation was cause he didn't think we'd know the word or he didn't think the film qualified. Maybe both, but it was thrown out there none the less.

I think he may have said something along the lines of it is beyond unique and goes to be something of its own, and is impossible to intentionally recreate. Which is interesting and along the lines of what you pointed out as well, that films are never self created, because the whole semester we studied the influence of older films on modern classics, focusing on Kubrick, Coppola, and Ridley Scott, or not Ridley Scott so much as just Blade Runner.

naw, i didn't mean a western, as in a shoot-em-up-action type western, I just like a progressional western........I guess I didn't explain clearly. my bad.

I only recently got around to seeing this movie, and aside from the fucking awesome camera work, I found very little to take from this movie...it was just kind of a dud I think, but I know everybody creamed their jeans over it, so maybe I missed the point, but it seemed to fit in with the rest of this dude's movies, beautifully shot, great acting, and absolutely nothing to say...who knows, perhaps I am just an idiot and am not smart enough, perhaps that's all it aims to be.

i don't understand why so many people hate Magnolia.  Do you also hate Short Cuts?  The idea behind these films is brilliant and extremely ambitious.  Besides the fact that PT Anderson has single handedly created stardom for the awesome likes of Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly, the film Magnolia is the reason why I became such a strong supporter of his craft.  But it did happen...That still gives me goosebumps.