Slightly overrated...

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2008)

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with this comment. After all the hype, I went to see if it was as good as they said it was. Nope. It's good, but it isn't excellent. I've seen better. Sure, the acting is fantastic and all, but the story just didn't grab me as much as it did other people. Entertaining? Sure! It's a fun watch. But at the end of it, I wouldn't put this one on my top ten list. Definitely worth watching, though. Better than most movies based on books. I think it deserved the Oscar more than No Country for old men because I hated the ending of that one. Basically, it's a story about greed and oil. Daniel Day-Lewis does a wonderful job. So do the other actors. Seven stars out of ten. Good, but not great.