tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post1346796129528207243..comments2024-03-23T01:47:24.261-04:00Comments on U, Me and Films: There Will Be Blood or How I loved the outrageous!SDGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331736603243732602noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-60327075898411588592013-11-21T11:25:03.425-05:002013-11-21T11:25:03.425-05:00Thanks! I know, I know but I am glad at least you ...Thanks! I know, I know but I am glad at least you love the film. You win some, you lose some you know. :)SDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331736603243732602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-43462538852748522992013-11-20T20:41:06.701-05:002013-11-20T20:41:06.701-05:00Great write-up! You know I'm not as fond of DD...Great write-up! You know I'm not as fond of DDL's performance (though, if I had 10 Best Actor nominees, he'd be in), but the film is one of 2007's finest offerings. 5/5 for sure. :)Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-43117904486792077312013-10-25T00:29:12.584-04:002013-10-25T00:29:12.584-04:00I knew it! Thanks. :)I knew it! Thanks. :)SDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331736603243732602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-28955177420270335992013-10-21T15:07:29.462-04:002013-10-21T15:07:29.462-04:00I've got your back on this one, too, man. This...I've got your back on this one, too, man. This is a perfect film, and it would easily rank among my all-time favorites.<br /><br />Also completely agree with this line: "No Country is as respectable Best Picture winner as you can find; a rare example of AMPAS doing something right despite getting it wrong." Both are phenomenal films, but yeah, I would give the edge to TWBB.Eric @ The Warning Signhttp://twscritic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-44547155492499231952013-10-11T00:04:14.369-04:002013-10-11T00:04:14.369-04:00Sigh! Life of a cinephile. :)
But you know there ...Sigh! Life of a cinephile. :)<br /><br />But you know there is so much I haven't seen that is waiting for me. There are so many movies I really want to watch again for various reasons but I always put them second to ones I haven't seen. Again, life of a cinephile, I guess.SDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331736603243732602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-42815817405818289352013-10-11T00:02:14.557-04:002013-10-11T00:02:14.557-04:00Thanks Dan! Glad we agree on both counts - movie a...Thanks Dan! Glad we agree on both counts - movie and DDL.SDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331736603243732602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-72544815893671265282013-10-10T20:29:26.542-04:002013-10-10T20:29:26.542-04:00It's true, the more movies you watch, the hard...It's true, the more movies you watch, the harder it is to be wowed. The life of a cinephile, indeed.<br /><br />That's why it's always great to revisit the flicks we love, like TWBB. What a masterpiece of a film this is. Perfect.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-49198851070897959352013-10-08T16:44:31.237-04:002013-10-08T16:44:31.237-04:00Such a great movie, especially with DDL's perf...Such a great movie, especially with DDL's performance, which ranks as one of his best. And yes, that is really saying a lot. Good review Shantanu.Dan O.http://www.dtmmr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-62549544351635058542013-10-05T06:18:47.157-04:002013-10-05T06:18:47.157-04:00Whoo! Deep Breath... This is going to be a long ri...Whoo! Deep Breath... This is going to be a long ride. :)<br /><br />First of all, I hope you know that I LOVE PTA. He sure has gone from strength to strength and I hope he continues to. But I have problem with every other filmmaker you mentioned to praise him. Where there are aspects of their film making I absolutely adore and admire them for their craft, I can never get behind any one wholeheartedly. Every often they seem purposely obscure, unreachable and worse, indulgent. Maybe that's why I gravitate towards someone like Nolan as much as I do to PTA.<br /><br />As for Nolan, I am glad you like at least some of his work. He makes intelligent, thought provoking movies that respect me as a viewer. Sure they make truck loads of money but as long as they are quality films, I don't think anyone should have problem with it(as long as he doesn't become Michael Bay or even worse, James Cameron). We seem to disagree on his Batman trilogy but even with those I think he changed the superhero movie genre. Even there he proved that superhero movies don't have to be run-of-the-mill movies that most others are. They can be deeper, substantial movies as well. I actually respect him more for that though even I certainly prefer some of his other movies.<br /><br />And lastly, I took these two names with Hollywood in mind simply because I don't think comparing them with someone like Nuri Bilge Ceylan or Andrey Zvyagintsev would be right. Mainly because I don't think they have reach of either. I don't mean to demean anyone but that is a sad truth.<br /><br />Thanks for the great comment though, Murtaza!SDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331736603243732602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996842231848527441.post-78407562370156980562013-10-05T03:53:11.004-04:002013-10-05T03:53:11.004-04:00Well, Shantanu, we all go through that kind of a f...Well, Shantanu, we all go through that kind of a feeling at some point of time in our movie viewing lives. Sometimes, I end up watching two brilliant films in a single day (as it happened very recently courtesy two '80s masterpieces The Hit and House of Games) and then there are times when I have to wait for weeks, even months, to experience the kind of exhilaration you seem to have talked about. I am in absolute awe of Paul Thomas Anderson's cinema. I personally feel he is the worthy successor to the rich legacy of Stanley Kubrick and Orson Welles - the undisputed giants of American cinema, IMHO. Among the active American filmmakers, I would rate him second only to the great Terrence Malick, who I believe is not only working at the heights of his power but is also changing the very semantics of cinema. I have tried to talk about it in my review of The Master. Please do go through it, if you haven't already. Here's the link:<br /><br />http://www.apotpourriofvestiges.com/2013/02/the-master-2012-american-filmmaker-paul.html<br /><br />Unfortunately, I do not and cannot rate Christopher Nolan as highly as you do. There is no doubt that Nolan has truckloads of potential and has all the makings of a great filmmaker... I absolutely adore his early works like Following, Memento, and The Prestige. Inception too is not fat behind by any means. But, I feel that he got a bit confused somewhere around mid 2000s and failed to segregate his creative yearnings from his commercial obligations. On the contrary, Paul Thomas Anderson has only gone from strength to strength. His films continue to be what he wants them to be and not what his producers demand them to be. Nolan, though, has a long career ahead... I hope he is able to sort out his dilemmas soon. Also, I feel that you missed out on a few formidable names (from the perspective of international cinema) when you called Anderson and Nolan to be the defining directors of their generation. A few names that, IMHO, deserve a mention are Italian Paolo Sorrentino, Turkish Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Semih Kaplanoğlu, Russian Andrey Zvyagintsev, Mexican Carlos Reygadas and Japanese Naomi Kawase. Murtaza Ali Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747183316188241022noreply@blogger.com