Daniel Day Lewis will walk away with the Oscar. He'll get deserved competition from Johnny Depp, but the difference between the two is that Day Lewis IS the movie. He is the sole reason to see THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Oddly enough, he reminded me of John Huston. I think because the voice he chose for his character sounded a lot like Huston.
Ciaran Hinds is in the film in a what amounts to throw away role. I love that man (he played Caesar in HBO's ROME). But here he stands around and nods. Why did he take that role? Frankly, no one else in the movie mattered, except Paul Dano who plays a young preacher at odds with Lewis' character. I didn't care for his performance.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD is a flawed film but worth seeing. It's long and it drags. My own thoughts intruded far too often. But Daniel Day Lewis, like the oil he knows and loves so well, is a force of nature.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd