There Will Be Blood & Pizza

I went and saw "There Will Be Blood" a few weekends ago. It was an amazing movie. I'm still working through all of it in my head... I don't know if other people will enjoy it as much as I did. The movie feels slow at points.. and long.. but I couldn't look away. It was strange.

The music was amazingly done. Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead scored the entire thing. It was eerie and compelling. I don't know if it is something that I could listen to while not watching the movie.. perhaps I'll dig around and see if I can find a copy of it online.

Initially I had gone to the theater to watch an entirely different movie. When we discovered that wasn't playing... the guy I was with suggested this movie. I haven't been following movies much lately, so I had no idea what it was about.. who was in it.. anything. I was hesitant at first since he claimed it was about railroad tycoons or something... but I saw a huge poster for the movie next to the ticket counter and noticed Daniel Day-Lewis's name on it. I figured, "what the hell.. he is an amazing actor, let's give it a shot." Well yeah, he was fucking amazing in it. I don't know how he does it.. but he can embody a character better than any other actor I've ever seen. Perhaps it is the scarcity of roles he chooses as well... but each time I see him it is quite the experience.

Something else I noticed.. I think I found where he derived his image from.

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Anyone else see it?

Paul Dano is also spectacular in it. He has come a long way from the kid he played in The Girl Nextdoor. He was in other stuff before that, but I think that was the first movie I saw with him in it. He can't rival Daniel Day-Lewis on the screen... but he holds his own. The last scene between the two of them.. you just have to see it.

Alright, sorry for the hiatus. I'll try to post more, and keep the posts up.

Later