Friday, February 22, 2008
"There Will Be Blood"
Wednesday night Kevin and I saw "There Will Be Blood" at my neighborhood cinema. This completes my quest to see all of the Best Picture nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards.I was captivated by "TWBB" and not just by Daniel Day Lewis' performance. I very much appreciated the storyline and how it personalized the turn-of-the-previous-century's history of how oil collection and production became a monopoly. But Daniel Day Lewis was great, as well, creating an intense characterization from the ground up.
Yeah. I liked this one.
Now that I've seen the quinella, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that "There Will Be Blood" will take the Best Picture Oscar. I'm not 100% sure of it; "Atonement" seems more like the kind of movie that the Academy chooses, but in my entirely un-expert opinion, I think they'll lean towards "TWBB".
However, of the five movies, I personally prefer "Michael Clayton". It's a more complex story, with interesting characterizations and plot twists that kept me engaged throughout. It's a writer's movie. It's, frankly, a movie from the ground up; it's in the minority of the top five - only it and "Juno" were written specifically for the screen. The others were all adapted from a novel. So in my eyes, "Michael Clayton" gets the personal nod.
Note I'm not hedging my bets by picking two movies. I really think that the Academy is going to select "There Will Be Blood".
We'll see how right I am on Sunday.
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