There Will Be Oscars

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2008)

I just arrived home from a matinée screening of "There Will Be Blood." I LOVE seeing movies in the morning  that way, a great film lingers with me for the rest of the day. Actually, this one will linger with me for a lot longer, and may haunt my nights as well. I am absolutely stunned by this film. I was mesmerized from the first frame to the last. I loved "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia", but this one tops them both. Robert Elswit's cinematography is beautiful, even in the dark nighttime scenes. Jonny Greenwood's score is unique  Kubrick-ian, dare I say it  and fits the images perfectly. And I predict Daniel Day-Lewis will win the Best Actor Oscar, I can't imagine anyone else topping his towering performance. Paul Dano also deserves a Supporting Actor nomination (though I still lean toward Casey Affleck in "The Assassination Of Jesse James" in that category). And Paul Thomas Anderson finally should score a Best Director nomination for this; he's been nominated before for his screenplays, as he should for this one as well, but watch how he sets up his camera angles and lets the actors do their work (especially in the brilliant final scenes). I cannot wait to see this film again.
Wow, between "There Will Be Blood", "The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford", and "No Country For Old Men", 2007 has been a very good year at the movies!