I’ve been waiting to see There Will Be Blood for ages, and now that I finally have, I can fully recommend it to you.

I’ll just say it; it’s a dark film. Daniel Plainview is an oilman whose seemingly loveless nature is matched only by his competitive hunger. He travels around the country in search of promising areas to drill for oil, along with his adopted son H.W. Through the decades he becomes increasingly more powerful, ultimately consuming entire communities of unsuspecting farmers. Plainview, if not a complete psycho at the beginning, definitely ends up corrupted by power and greed. And yet somehow Day-Lewis manages to keep the audience engaged and somewhat sympathetic towards Plainview, who finally gets exactly what he wanted.

I think the only thing that really irked me about this film was the running time. At 2hrs 38mins, this one’s a biggie. Still, it held my attention the whole time, and the overall pacing of the movie was very nice. I’m not sure if I would sacrifice the potency of some of the scenes just to cut down on running time. Hmmm… Indeed…

I also hugely enjoyed the soundtrack for There Will Be Blood. Composed by Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood, it was a perfect accompaniment to some of the film’s unpleasant images and themes. It’s a shame his score wasn’t able to be nominated for an Oscar. I have a feeling it definitely could have had a good chance.

Memorable, unsettling, but ultimately unsatisfactory. I get that it’s honest, but I just can’t make myself care about these people who keep making stupid choices, no matter how ‘real’ it is.

My brother and I used to watch this all the time when we were little. We called it ‘Talking Bear’.

He recently bought it; I had forgotten all about it. What a riot. =)

I was a little hesitant to watch this movie, mainly because of the fact that it’s Keira Knightley and I usually don’t like her very much as an actress. But I watched it.

Several times. And it got me every time. The transition from summer perfection to wartime despair, that long, continous shot at Dunkirk, Briony’s conversation with the French soldier… It’s just plain beautiful. And the final scene in which Briony reveals the truth behind Robby & Cecilia’s fates always gets me all weepy.

I watch this when I already feel sad, because I guess I’m just the kind of person who likes to wallow in it. I would say this is a movie to watch if you’re prepared to be really affected.

To me the ultimate sign of a briliant movie is the mood in which it leaves you. This movie completely took my breath away.

The only thing I wish was that there had been at least some mention of her activities during WWII. That would have been nice.

(And Marion Cotillard absolutely deserved that academy award for this movie. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her.)

One of the reasons I watched this movie in the first place was the obvious originality of it, plot-wise. Juno isn’t the kind of girl you would expect to see get pregnant so young, and it’s refreshing to see a more realistic spin on the old ‘pregnant teen’ story. Although after a while, the ‘originality’ of it started to kind of rub at me the wrong way. It’s almost like Juno is too quirky. It wasn’t enough to keep me from enjoying the movie, just something that stuck out to me.

I’d reccomend this movie overall. It’s funny, it’s engaging, and it’s definitely memorable. Young girls, this is a great movie to watch with your parents! I saw Juno with my mother, and as we left the theater she kept remarking about how accepting and ‘cool’ Juno’s parents were. Great soundtrack as well.