so disappointing it compelled me to sign up to IMDb

Rating: 1/10 (17 April 2008)

i bought this movie not knowing really what it was about, i saw the previews and it looked like a dark, violent movie with some beautiful cinematography with a thought provoking plot, much to the same level and scope of "no country for old men". the movie started out with an eerie shrill of a violin... awesome, this movie is off to a great start, i can tell it is going to be right up my alley. the scenery combined with the soundtrack in the first 15 minutes built up big expectations for me, but after 2.5 hours there was nothing to show for it. absolutely nothing.
getting into the specifics, ill start with the soundtrack. first of all, the soundtrack was entirely way too loud in every scene, but i could tolerate that, even welcomed it in some cases. like when the music started to get really suspenseful-- and really loud-- and eerie-- and you can feel that something is going to happen-- you can't sit still-- on the edge of your seat-- and-- and-- ........ nothing... nothing?! why was the soundtrack playing music for 3 solid minutes making me think someone is about to get killed? the music builds up for an epic scene for no apparent reason. this just does not happen once, but numerous times (id even argue every time). even the soundtrack for the non-suspense scenes were entirely out of place and did not match the mood being conveyed by the cinematography. the entire movie i waited for something thrilling to happen, something that would really just blow me away, but absoluetly nothing happens. i don't often judge movies by the title, but i was expecting a movie titled "there will be blood" to have a respectable amount of violence, but i didn't even see a major conflict in the entire plot. a few people die, but stretched out over a nearly 3 hour movie it was not enough. the lack of violence is completely overshadowed by the absence of a climax. about half way through, i was in disbelief that absolutely nothing had happened yet. i dragged through the final second half of it, because i absolutely convinced myself that something so awesome had to happen at the end that i would be speechless... but as you might guess NOTHING HAPPENED! for the last 20 minutes i was begging him to kill something, kill the dog! kill everyone in town! set the town on fire! LET THERE BE BLOOD, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO SOMETHING!!!! i nearly lost my sanity praying for a saving grace for this movie, but it absolutely disappointed me. nothing happened, there was no blood, it wasted 157 minutes of my life.
after torturing myself with this movie, i looked here (IMDb) to see its rating, and i was shocked to see such a high rating. death proof's high rating almost made me sign up to IMDb to warn people, but i could not in good conscious let people walk into this movie like i did with big expectations for this movie. save yourself some time, go see No Country For Old Men.