Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Now theres a thinker.

So, I saw There Will Be Blood last week, and truly loved it. At the moment, what with awards season, people seem to be choosing their favourite between that and the other big winner, No Country For Old Men. It would seem that people cant possibly like both (kind of in the same way people felt they had to have a favourite between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings 6 years ago, or the Blur / Oasis battle in the 90’s), and although I personally thought the two films were brilliant, There Will Be Blood edges ahead for me. It really is incredible and I urge you all to see it. Daniel Day Lewis’ performance will make your fucking head explode. Look out for the milkshake line.

HOWEVER, after seeing it, I really thought I had it all figured out. ‘Ah,’ myself and my chums mused over beers, ‘so Eli and Paul weren’t really twins, it was a split personality thing’. Further to this, I then told people of my discovery, much in the same way I would brag when I’d finished a particularly informative film class when I was in college (yes, I studied Film at college. No surprises there). But as things tend to always go with me, it looks like I was totally wrong. I have just put the paper down, after reading an article about the film, and as much as the critic did think the same as me after watching, apparently they must have been twins as their father mentions Paul to Eli. So now I’m just confused. I think I may have to read the book. Now, does anyone have any idea where I can get a copy of ‘Oil!’??

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