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Monday, January 7, 2008

Film There Will Be Blood Opens This Weekend

Posted by Chas Bowie on Mon, Jan 7 at 4:29 PM

Surely you’ve seen the previews and you’re already excited for this: P.T. Anderson’s There Will Be Blood finally opens in Portland this Friday. I think because of some agreement with the film studios, who provide the advance screenings for critics, I’m not supposed to say anything that could be construed as a review until as close to the release date as possible. So without getting into detail, I will say that it’s safe to start getting very psyched for Blood now. As much as I flipped my lid for No Country and I’m Not There, I might have to say that if forced to choose a favorite of the three, I’d lean toward the Anderson/Daniel Day Lewis film. Everything about the movie is stunning (boy, I hope the studios don’t get mad at me for writing that), and ever since I walked out of the press screening, I’ve been dying to see it again. If anybody caught this at the Cinema 21 sneak peek last week, can I get an “amen”?

Here’s the latest trailer:

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A-Fucking-Men. I was at the sneak and I'm STILL thinking about it daily.

Posted by Dave Depper | January 7, 2008 4:33 PM

soundtrack by jonny greenwood?

i was already there, but now i'm really
there!

Posted by lyle | January 7, 2008 5:14 PM

Looks dull. I'll catch it on DVD or piratebay.

Posted by indy | January 7, 2008 7:42 PM

I don't know... No Country was a clear winner for me (haven't seen 'I'm Not There' yet). I do want to see Blood a second time but that's just because it didn't blow me away the first time. No Country was flawless. I wouldn't change a single frame of that movie. Blood, not so much. It's an amazing performance with some amazing sequences and incredible scenes, I'm just not so sure how it all hangs together as a movie. It was a definite step in the right direction for P.T. Anderson, I'm just not sure he's totally there yet.

Posted by etchasketchist | January 7, 2008 9:21 PM

Amen, I had one of the worst seats in the house and it still shook me to the core... I'll be seeing this in theaters as many times as the law allows.

Posted by J Kent | January 7, 2008 11:53 PM

i was at the sneak and i hate to say it but i was disapointed. Better than 95% of the rest of the year's movies? Yes. The opening was mindblowing but the ending was artsy masturbation, and i hate to say it but I was a little bored about 2/3 through...

No Country was the year's best movie.

Posted by Christian | January 8, 2008 12:30 AM

"Arty masturbation" in a P.T. Anderson film? Is that possible?

Admittedly, I was bored to sleep (literally) by the pseudo-epic pretentiousness/portentiousness of 'Boogie Nights' and 'Magnolia'. But 'Punch Drunk Love' at least proved P.T. Anderson could make a movie under 3 1/2 hours long. To the "amen" choir--what are your thoughts on previous films, and how does this one compare/contrast? Is he still the Bob Pollard of film, Mr. Whatsaneditor?

Posted by Ian | January 8, 2008 9:53 AM

personally I got more caught up in DDL and forgot it was a PT Anderson film... I was excited to be watching the first showing of a movie that I believe will finally get DDL the credit he deserves (not that he's gone completely unnoticed/unappreciated). It was a perfect character study for me, I can't believe it's the same actor that was in In The Name of The Father and The Boxer.

The directing for me made the story come to life but the superb acting was where my focus was for my first viewing.

Posted by J Kent | January 8, 2008 12:26 PM

This is what's wrong with that movie:

http://www.slate.com/id/2181270/

Classic P.T. problems. Awesome buildup, let-down payoff. The last scene subsitutes yelling and screaming for actual dramatic conflict. when the credits rolled a profound feeling of "meh" descended upon me unexpectedly.

Posted by Etchasketchist | January 8, 2008 1:19 PM

pretentiousness/portentiousness...

P.T. could ACTUALLY masturbate onto film and not be as pretentious/portentious as this.

And yes, its about time somebody decided to take my money to let me see this film.

Posted by D | January 9, 2008 2:56 PM

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