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Old 05-27-2008, 04:14 AM   #1
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There Will Be Blood was incredibly boring and pointless. Daniel Day Lewis did give an exceptional performance, but that movie was simply awful. The abrupt ending certainly didn't help it either.
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Old 05-27-2008, 04:25 AM   #2
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I am afraid there may be no hope for you.
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Old 05-27-2008, 04:28 AM   #3
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You're just now coming to this conclusion?
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Old 05-27-2008, 04:31 AM   #4
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I am afraid there may be no hope for you.
I can't argue with that, but I think I may be joined by that movie in the world of uselessness. I don't think a single word was spoken for about the first 10 minutes of that show. Slow paced, boring, but at least well-acted. There are enough movies that are well-acted AND good that I won't ever watch this one again.
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Old 05-27-2008, 05:33 AM   #5
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What you call slow paced, I call perfectly paced. One of the more beautifully shot movies I've seen.
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Old 05-27-2008, 05:43 AM   #6
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Remember he dismissed Melville and Gibbon as hacks.
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:00 AM   #7
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Remember he dismissed Melville and Gibbon as hacks.
Still do. Moby Dick was about 600 pages too long. Gibbon wrote just to see himself write.
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Repeated demonstrations of not having the gift. Stick to Spielberg.
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