Someone wrote on amazon...

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Someone wrote on amazon...

by Benjaminbrum @ Sunday, Jul. 13, 2008 – 11:46:31 pm

That there will be blood is a bad film.

Here's what I wrote. (And it turns out the guy hates lots of good films! Moron)

Wow. It seems that you've totally missed the point of the film. Day Lewis is astonishing in this film, his performance electrifying. I adored this film and the innovation shown in its execution. We live in a generation that is at risk of losing it's epic narrative thread. TWBB points us to the soaring, the large and monolithic. It's a meditation on good and evil and how when definitions are placed on those words they twist away. Yes, Plainview is a "meglomaniac jerk" but then compare him to Eli who's trying to trick and con his way into fortune. Then consider Plainview's treatment of his own son by turns kind, caring, dismissive and overbearing. Great cinema isn't meant to be easy, it shouldn't be easy to reduce or easy to forget. TWBB should be returned to, savoured, cherished not consumed, ticked off and thrown away.

You can read the original post here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1Z05PMI99D5A1/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B0012L6AC8&nodeID=#wasThisHelpful
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- SeasideMan ^Pro
- Monday, Jul. 14, 2008 @ 12:07:44 am
I haven't yet seen TWBB. But, I suspect it is a film I will like. I absolutely agree with you that great cinema is difficult rather than easy. But unfortunately, most films are made for a wide, mainstream audience that disagrees with us.

Tom.
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  - Monday, Jul. 14, 2008 @ 12:14:34 am
  Don't get me wrong I love broad, silly, films too.
  
  (I watch Mamma Mia and Kung Fu Panda and love them both)
  
  But there needs to be a steady stream of Cinema (capital c and spoken with emphasis!) to challenge boundaries, push thinking on.
  
  TWBB felt like I was being strapped onto the front of something and there's no way to stop it and you don't know where it's going and it's a wild and scary ride. It's an awesome film. Mark Kermode (who sometimes gets it wrong) made me scratch my head by saying that TWBB "rewrote the grammar of cinema" and having seen it I think he's right. I can't tell you what that actually means but it's an accurate description of the film.
  
  M Night Shymalan can get his piss poor excuses for cinema made and we continue to get "Superhero movie" and "Disaster Movie" and Meet the Spartans and other spoof films. I guess money made from those films gets ploughed into making great cinema.
  
  But even the mainstream was once "edgy". There were riots when Constable first exhibited his paintings. I just hope that cinematic pioneers will continue producing great films and aren't squeezed out by the blockbusters and fame vehicles.
  
  (And with that... I'm off to bed!)
  - - SeasideMan ^Pro
    - Monday, Jul. 14, 2008 @ 11:07:09 am
    The fact that such important films are still being made is a healthy sign. I generally can't stomach modern, mainstream Hollywood films any more.
    
    Tom.
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- Monday, Jul. 14, 2008 @ 12:11:55 am
You mean Americans?
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