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So the author is biased and should be ignored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-74238927857434029882008-03-29T18:36:00.000-04:002008-03-29T18:36:00.000-04:00I'm looking forward to seeing it. Australia's most...I'm looking forward to seeing it. Australia's most high profile critics have given it a very high mark (with some reservations). 5 stars is VERY rare from David Stratten.<BR/><BR/>http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2143983.htmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765600092661953652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-37389089899037026642008-03-04T17:18:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:18:00.000-05:00If only the critics did hate this movie we wouldn'...If only the critics did hate this movie we wouldn't be submitted to so much crap about it. The truth of the matter is that the majority of the critics out there love There Will Be Blood, and they shouldn't. They should know better but they don't. It's a case of The Emperor's New Clothes.<BR/><BR/>http://cinemoose.com/there-will-be-blood-and-the-emperors-new-clothes/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-39600689644430112582008-02-29T10:54:00.000-05:002008-02-29T10:54:00.000-05:00LOL. This thread has gone to some curious places. ...LOL. This thread has gone to some curious places. <BR/><BR/>MM- <I>I just found this statement they were making about chance vs. fate to be unsatisfying, but I was wholly satisfied by the statements in "Blood" about greed, selfishness, etc. His downfall is the stuff of greatness, akin to Citizen Kane.</I> Word, dawg. I don't know why really, but something inside of me was hesitant to invoke CK, but now I'll freely throw this out and feel better about it. Plus, this specifically will come in handy when I attempt to be coherent about the argument in the future.<BR/><BR/>Homage- Some great observations here. You're helping me externalize some my issues with this, so kudos! 'Spoiled' may be just a tad generous-- I think the timing has a lot to do with the criticisms and both films are going to be interesting to approach with some age.<BR/><BR/><I>THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER IF IT HAS STEAMPUNK IN IT!!!!!!!!!! LOVE, CORY DOCTOROW</I> What, no book plug?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03124837715578686416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-46136282579062244552008-02-29T09:38:00.000-05:002008-02-29T09:38:00.000-05:00Bunch of tubby virgin dorks...Cant wait to read ab...Bunch of tubby virgin dorks...Cant wait to read about up-coming the 'Clone Wars' movie, that is if you dont stroke out during Indy 4.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-77232684171309048732008-02-28T19:37:00.000-05:002008-02-28T19:37:00.000-05:00Ah-ha, I found the definition straight from the ho...Ah-ha, I found the definition straight from the horse's mouth:<BR/><BR/>"Now what do I mean when I say a film is perfect? I described Atman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” as perfect, that’s what I mean. A perfect film is serious or funny or anything in between, but in its way it owns wisdom about life, and we learn something from it. Our attention is fully engaged by it. If we are movie critics, our notebooks rest forgotten in our hands. It is cast so well that the roles fit the actors like a second skin. It has dialogue that functions to accomplish what is needed, and nothing more; it can be poetry, prose, argument or bull----t, but we believe the characters would say it. There is not an extra or a wrong shot. The compositions make everything clear but not obvious, and they work on an emotional level even if we’re not aware of it. And when it’s over we know we’ve seen one hell of a film."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371623025793618686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-49648551720824909282008-02-28T19:34:00.000-05:002008-02-28T19:34:00.000-05:00Ebert knows that no film can be truly perfect; his...Ebert knows that no film can be truly perfect; his definition of "perfection" here is a film with no scenes that ring falsely, no moments that are extraneous or "wrong".<BR/><BR/>By the way, I think writing an article about "critics" disliking a movie is a bit silly when said movie has a 92/100 on Metacritic, and you bash exactly two critics with dissenting opinions. Not everybody's tastes are the same. Let it go.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371623025793618686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-76926257521909486272008-02-28T15:16:00.000-05:002008-02-28T15:16:00.000-05:00Great article and I wholly agree that Emerson need...Great article and I wholly agree that Emerson needs to be removed from his position.Drexelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07344144319755135993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-19817146167626628172008-02-28T13:42:00.000-05:002008-02-28T13:42:00.000-05:00"Personally I think you care a little too much abo..."Personally I think you care a little too much about what critics say."<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>"Why do you think so many people rush out to see horrible movies like Step Up 2 regardless of the review scores?"<BR/><BR/>(Good) critics are intelligent people whose opinions should not and does not preclude anyone else having their own opinion or experience of a movie. However when everyone's seeing a movie you hated, or everyone's giving terrible reviews to a movie you loved, it's interesting to speculate on what's going on.<BR/><BR/>"Wow...someone needs to get a job."<BR/><BR/>I bet you say that to all the screenwriters.<BR/><BR/>"THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER IF IT HAS STEAMPUNK IN IT!!!!!!!!!! LOVE, CORY DOCTOROW"<BR/><BR/>CREATIVE COMMONS MASHUP BLOGOSPHERE DISNEY GOATSE CROWDSOURCING MEDIOCRE SCI-FI!!!<BR/><BR/>MM, I'm not sure what all that was about. You can have your comments board back now.Homagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816188498688673553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-4843396139108866352008-02-28T13:41:00.000-05:002008-02-28T13:41:00.000-05:00Nice story, I totally agree. The mainstream media ...Nice story, I totally agree. The mainstream media and its mouthpieces always miss the point when things are truely great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-19066126597317949982008-02-28T10:08:00.000-05:002008-02-28T10:08:00.000-05:00Personally I think you care a little too much abou...Personally I think you care a little too much about what critics say. It sounds like you took their words as an attack on your favorite movie. It sounds like you are passionate about your opinions concerning both film, so why do care what Ebert said. It sounds like you judged No Country For Old Men based on what he said and not what you thought. As a filmmaker and fan, I loved both movies. I feel they are very similar in content as far as the human nature. The "No Country" ensemble functions in a way that Plainview does as a single character. Both film where amazing and succesful in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-14810641690648916642008-02-28T09:12:00.000-05:002008-02-28T09:12:00.000-05:00A Few Notes:-My biggest problem with the TWBB vs N...A Few Notes:<BR/><BR/>-My biggest problem with the TWBB vs NCFOM debate is that, to me, one movie is "Drama" and one is "Melodrama". The 'Streetcar Named Desire' vs 'Jurassic Park' analogy was right on. Whatever Themes that the Coens and/or McCarthy were trying to hit on, they only decided to hit on them in the last 20 minutes. To me, it would be no different, say in 'Jurassic Park', if all of a sudden there's a CUT and Sam Neil's character has been eaten, and then Laura Dern ripped off 2 Monologues about how 'Archaeology is dangerous' or how 'Evolution is cruel' or 'Man is too obsessed with Zoology'. NCFOM--whether you are analyzing the Writing or the Filmmaking--was still just an Action/Chase Movie that decided to be 'about' something near the end. And for those who will say "you just dont get it", it's about 'modern evil' or 'determinism' or whatever...I say that if you want to argue about the merits of Themes then TWBB is way more innovative and deep than NCFOM's Themes. TWBB deals with Contemporary Themes while 'determinism's best Story is and probably always will be 'Hamlet'. And while you may say that Determinism is a larger Theme than 'The Pitfalls of Capitalism', I would say: "Yeah, maybe. But if you were going to set out to write a Story about Determinism, why is 4/5ths of it just a Genre movie?" NCFOM is just all-around lazier.<BR/><BR/>-Cigurh's Coin-Flip Scene and his Sitting-In-The-Chair Monologue were just as awkward, in-your-face as Plainview's 'I hate people' speech. They cancel each other out in their obviousness. It's hard to defend the merit of either, but to me it's a kind of a tit-for-tat sort of thing where you are throwing members of the audience a bone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-69115194681651314252008-02-28T08:24:00.000-05:002008-02-28T08:24:00.000-05:00Minimalism in terms of character arc and developme...Minimalism in terms of character arc and development aren't, necessarily, indicative of poor craft. Rather, they can be representative of a mastery of the craft; you have to know the rules before you can break them.<BR/><BR/>And while both films are, to me, two of the best films of the past four decades, TWBB suffers from the grand tradition of political commentary - a tale about oil, wealth, religion, etc. and the other psychoses that have driven American philosophy for so long, is anything but a crude bludgeoning commentary on contemporary society. And while the same thing could be said for NCFOM I suppose, like Requiem for A Dream, it's a grand reminder that dreams are just as susceptible to the staggering limitations of reality as any other fantasy.<BR/><BR/>To an extent I see NCFOM representing the end of the dream that begins in TWBB.<BR/><BR/>Great article though. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-88672886575779953512008-02-28T07:04:00.000-05:002008-02-28T07:04:00.000-05:00I am extremely disappointed in Ebert. He is the on...I am extremely disappointed in Ebert. He is the one critic I always admired. Day Lewis was astonishing in his malevolence in TWBB. Truly magnificent. Complaining about the lack of women is asinine. Women were subservient in that era. What little involvement they had was, sadly, historically accurate. The movie had no need for female characters as women would not have been involved. I fail to see the issue here. Not seen "No Country" yet, but I am very curious to see this "perfect" movie, given how much I liked "Blood".Charlie Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714296623514958258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-81072287258048958402008-02-28T06:55:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:55:00.000-05:00Now, I've not yet seen There Will Be Blood, so I c...Now, I've not yet seen There Will Be Blood, so I can't comment on that. But with regards to the characters of No Country being weak, I would disagree simply because the characterization is purposeful, rather than weak.<BR/><BR/>As I see it, Sherif Bell is our narrator, and it's his story that is unfolding for us, a story whos main players he simply doesn't understand. Chigurh is a charicature of violence, and the audience doesn't get an insight into him because Bell doesn't have an insight.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am greatly looking forward to seeing There Will Be Blood.Karl Hungushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402005407998764370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-22901052929785085242008-02-28T06:47:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:47:00.000-05:00Why do you think so many people rush out to see ho...Why do you think so many people rush out to see horrible movies like Step Up 2 regardless of the review scores?<BR/><A HREF="http://www.spymac.com/details/?2146727" REL="nofollow">http://www.spymac.com/details/?2146727</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-61247333128768642162008-02-28T06:40:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:40:00.000-05:00This is great piece of writing skills! Wish I coul...This is great piece of writing skills! Wish I could have one!<BR/>Tina<BR/>http://www.ekhichdi.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-1987642032177972282008-02-28T06:39:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:39:00.000-05:00Wow...someone needs to get a job.Wow...someone needs to get a job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-45821808788150235422008-02-28T06:27:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:27:00.000-05:00You think There Will Be Blood had loftier goals th...You think There Will Be Blood had loftier goals than No Country For Old Men? Are you daft? There Will Be Blood is a great movie, sure, but No Country For Old Men deals with two of the most importat themes there are: fate and determinism. Do we do what we do because we're being guided by an invisible hand, or is it our decision? Is there a pre-determined end-game for our lives? Can one man really make a difference in this cold, dark world? Important, searching stuff. Not only that, but it's funny too!Greg Melverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706293277453808485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-15080867632491434202008-02-28T06:25:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:25:00.000-05:00THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER IF IT HAS ...THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER IF IT HAS STEAMPUNK IN IT!!!!!!!!!! LOVE, CORY DOCTOROWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-18725865474991907262008-02-28T06:09:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:09:00.000-05:00Doesnt work as a movie...period. Great great great...Doesnt work as a movie...period. Great great great main character, however all the other characters are one dimensional furniture, event the preacher who COULD have been a more complicated protaganist, is instead left in flatland. Then the movie just evaporates in a pointless ending, with a climax henging on the death of a character we didnt really care about anyway...didnt work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-90566922562516157342008-02-27T02:55:00.000-05:002008-02-27T02:55:00.000-05:00Your other question - that of success and intentio...Your other question - that of success and intention - I'd answer by saying that (and I believe I may be borrowing this from Ebert, largely in spirit if not in letter) the best way we have of judging a film is by gauging its intentions, then evaluating how well we think it fulfilled those intentions.<BR/><BR/>It's fine to say that, say, XxX (xXx?) is a good film because it aims to be a shitkickin' action movie that moves a million miles a minute, yells at you a lot, and gives you a fun couple hours, and it fulfils those aims. I'd have no argument with that. (Everyone has at least one action movie that they feel this way about). <BR/><BR/>But nobody's going to seriously suggest that because XxX does exactly what it set out to do, that it's the best movie ever: because what it set out to do is a comparatively easy and well-worn path next to, say, what Safe sets out to do. To bring it back to the language I used earlier: XxX may be the Platonic ideal of what XxX can be, as a movie, but an imperfect gourmet dish is still a more interesting prospect for many than a perfect cheese sandwich.<BR/><BR/>I think movies should have noble aims. Some people I've said this to find it counter-intuitive, as if I'm saying that all movies should have a moral core and that a movie in which good triumphs over evil must necessarily be better than a movie in which moral lines are blurred. But yes, I think that movies - narrative art in general - have some sort of responsibility to do good in the world, even if that good is just within the field of advancing their art. <BR/><BR/>So I do think that a movie with nobler aims trumps a movie with simple goals. And while you're in the world of Blood, it seems that a cautionary tale about 20th century capitalism's ability to devour the soul is a pretty fuckin' necessary work. Hell, that IS a pretty fuckin' necessary work, and if you can pull it off to the flawed degree Blood does, while doing such good work the art, my hat's off to you.<BR/><BR/>For me, Blood seems to be aiming at this, while No Country aims to ask the question, "why is the world such a hard place?". Both are noble aims. Both, I'd say, come admirably close to the Platonic ideal of what a movie with such goals might aim to be. I'm struck often when discussing this pair of movies that we're somewhat spoiled at the moment, and wondering how the rest of the year can keep pace...Homagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816188498688673553noreply@blogger.com