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Saturday 23 February 2013
2007
I will be talking about the big two movies of 2007, the big two rivals. No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. Two westerns released in the same year, each by iconic directors.
Since I have stopped watching or reading any reviews, I didnt know which one to begin with. I had never watched a Paul Thomas Anderson movies before (ashamed) so I thought I would watch it first, since no country for old men was more highly praised than there will be blood. I am not a big coen brothers fan though. I always thought of them as being overrated.. anyway I watched there will be blood and then i watched no country for old men... and I have a lot to say..
No Country For Old Men
First of all, i'll talk about the negative first which was no country for old men for me. I just dont get the Coen brothers' style. I love the acting, Javiar is an amazing antagonist, and I am very picky when it comes to villians. nearly everything was done well by the actors. But the Coen brothers messed a lot of stuff up in my opinion. First of all the minor stuff, the camera angles and transitions are not what is expected from "famous" directors. Some are very awkward, when directors have to try and experiment with camera angles they have to have a reason. It can't just be done because "oh, i'm good and i do weird angles with my movie". A great example of this is ofcourse Stanley Kubrick.. Take The shining for example (slight spoiler), when Jack Nicholson is locked in the freezer, the angle is shot upwards towards his face as he punches the door.. that actually had a reason, it did feel like it had some use, rather than just making a weird camera angle.. anyway the second and biggest problem is the storyline structure.. (might have spoilers) the structure is very very odd. It is like they are trying to reach something but they never do. Its like they are giving you a lollipop but taking it away every time it you enjoy it. then give you another one and do the same thing. In the end they show you the tastiest of lollipop's and then smash it right infront of your eyes. the structure was like a very complicated set of ropes slowly tying around one another, dealing with different characters and storylines. And it ends without tying the ends of the ropes, which will basically untangle the entire structure they worked on in the beginning.. Its just disappointing and unsatisfying which is very sad. Anyway this is just my opinion. Everyone has one, and this is mine....
There Will Be Blood
Now this movie... This is the movie that was the masterpiece. After watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot (which i might talk about if anyone wants). This might have spoilers so i would rather you watch the movie now then continue reading this :) please........ watch now ok... dont continue.... stop.... ok your back it was amazing right?? anyway now i can talk about it all i like~ so This movie is just, i didnt have any expectation other than great acting. but it was a masterful story and one of the best movies ive ever seen in the 21st centuries. I've always said, that heath ledger did the best performance in the 21st century, boy was i wrong, Daniel Plainview was the epitome of modern film. The way the story pans out is perfect, it all connects. though the transition in the end i believe should have done a biiiit better, maybe a few extra 10 minutes. The other thing is the AMAZING character transition in the middle.. im saying this assuming you had watched the movie btw. anyway, the transformation is perfect, in minute 1:13 its just <3 also the mix of religion and god with Eli is beautiful. it just flows naturally and beautifully. Also something else i must commend, is the soundtrack. It was burned by so many people that it was just screeching violins. people have no taste. it is beautiful the soundtrack is on of the best i have ever heard. I cannot praise this movie enough it is just beautiful and everyone should watch it... well you probably should have watched it because i told you, if you havent im disappointed u.u you should go into the movie with a blank mind.
Anyway if someone is reading this and they liked it, if you could be a good person and give me your feedback you can email it to me at omr-395@hotmail.com or on my tumblr xSlayer or anywhere else and if you want my opinion on anything just email me and i will write an article on it :D
Thank you, Slayer
Since I have stopped watching or reading any reviews, I didnt know which one to begin with. I had never watched a Paul Thomas Anderson movies before (ashamed) so I thought I would watch it first, since no country for old men was more highly praised than there will be blood. I am not a big coen brothers fan though. I always thought of them as being overrated.. anyway I watched there will be blood and then i watched no country for old men... and I have a lot to say..
No Country For Old Men
First of all, i'll talk about the negative first which was no country for old men for me. I just dont get the Coen brothers' style. I love the acting, Javiar is an amazing antagonist, and I am very picky when it comes to villians. nearly everything was done well by the actors. But the Coen brothers messed a lot of stuff up in my opinion. First of all the minor stuff, the camera angles and transitions are not what is expected from "famous" directors. Some are very awkward, when directors have to try and experiment with camera angles they have to have a reason. It can't just be done because "oh, i'm good and i do weird angles with my movie". A great example of this is ofcourse Stanley Kubrick.. Take The shining for example (slight spoiler), when Jack Nicholson is locked in the freezer, the angle is shot upwards towards his face as he punches the door.. that actually had a reason, it did feel like it had some use, rather than just making a weird camera angle.. anyway the second and biggest problem is the storyline structure.. (might have spoilers) the structure is very very odd. It is like they are trying to reach something but they never do. Its like they are giving you a lollipop but taking it away every time it you enjoy it. then give you another one and do the same thing. In the end they show you the tastiest of lollipop's and then smash it right infront of your eyes. the structure was like a very complicated set of ropes slowly tying around one another, dealing with different characters and storylines. And it ends without tying the ends of the ropes, which will basically untangle the entire structure they worked on in the beginning.. Its just disappointing and unsatisfying which is very sad. Anyway this is just my opinion. Everyone has one, and this is mine....
There Will Be Blood
Now this movie... This is the movie that was the masterpiece. After watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot (which i might talk about if anyone wants). This might have spoilers so i would rather you watch the movie now then continue reading this :) please........ watch now ok... dont continue.... stop.... ok your back it was amazing right?? anyway now i can talk about it all i like~ so This movie is just, i didnt have any expectation other than great acting. but it was a masterful story and one of the best movies ive ever seen in the 21st centuries. I've always said, that heath ledger did the best performance in the 21st century, boy was i wrong, Daniel Plainview was the epitome of modern film. The way the story pans out is perfect, it all connects. though the transition in the end i believe should have done a biiiit better, maybe a few extra 10 minutes. The other thing is the AMAZING character transition in the middle.. im saying this assuming you had watched the movie btw. anyway, the transformation is perfect, in minute 1:13 its just <3 also the mix of religion and god with Eli is beautiful. it just flows naturally and beautifully. Also something else i must commend, is the soundtrack. It was burned by so many people that it was just screeching violins. people have no taste. it is beautiful the soundtrack is on of the best i have ever heard. I cannot praise this movie enough it is just beautiful and everyone should watch it... well you probably should have watched it because i told you, if you havent im disappointed u.u you should go into the movie with a blank mind.
Anyway if someone is reading this and they liked it, if you could be a good person and give me your feedback you can email it to me at omr-395@hotmail.com or on my tumblr xSlayer or anywhere else and if you want my opinion on anything just email me and i will write an article on it :D
Thank you, Slayer
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