DARK, and then Darker, and then, ".......... I'm finished"

Rating: 6/10 (24 February 2008)

This movie is tedious. I can see most of the more recent comments are getting on the bandwagon to congratulate the whole cast for all the awards they may win tomorrow, ........but I hope not.
DD Lewis is a fine actor, and he does his job well in this movie. But best acting job ever? No.
I like it when actors, directors and the camera people work in consort. The camera is not just there to capture the moment.
This diatribe is worse than the film and I think I know why. There were so many things that concerned me that I would almost have to sit a watch it again. Nooo Noooo.
Once you realize his method of dealing with issues(and it starts probably with the preacher and blessing the rig) then the movies just has to play itself out. There are no winners in this movie, just losers. Think about how he made sure every single person that made him the least bit angry got paid back in spades. Everyone that comes in contact with the lead character will lose apart of themselves by the end of the movie. I took it as a metaphor when he threatened to kill the man in his bedroom. The dining room was not his bedroom but it was in a way part of this oil mans "home" where Lewis makes him admit that he was wrong about the son. This is done in front of all the other bigwigs. Struck me as a type of throat cutting.
Even some folks who have written comments about this being the best movie ever have lost some perspective on what is really good and bad.