So, I saw "There Will Be Blood" last night with Beau. I think it is a very good movie. The acting is excellent. In no way did Daniel Day-Lewis disappoint. I know some critics have felt like his performance was "ACTING", but it felt to me like he was inhabiting a character appropriately. I am not sure what the marketing department were thinking when they advertised this movie because I was expected a whole lot more violence and action than what the movie presented.

My only quibble is that there is a segment of the movie after which a lot of time passes, and I wish I had known a bit more about character development during that period, but this is a relatively minor quibble. It did drag a bit in spots, but I was generally riveted.

TWWB and No Country for Old Men both have similar styles in that there is a sparseness of dialogue. I think the directors used the landscape to strong effect in both movies and the lead actors did their absolute best physically representing the roles in the absence of dialogue.

I think Daniel Day Lewis' role is the more difficult one - but I could be convinced otherwise. DDL work is more overtly impressive.

He really is a good actor. :-)

Violence and action = bums on seats! I'm looking forward to the movie.

There's a press screening of Juno here tomorrow. I may try and sneak in.

I'm still really oddly upset about Ledger. It sort of feels like that was one of the turning points for universes...like, in one reality he doesn't die, but we got stuck in the one where he does die, and it's not good.

I agree. And then I am a little upset that I am upset, because, you know, I didn't know him at all, so why I am so disconcerted.

I read a little interview with DDL and he seems to be having a very similar reaction to Heath Ledger's death.

I'm with Raq and P-C (and clearly, many of the rest of us). I'm oddly upset in a way I don't think I normally am for actors, even ones I like.

I think part of it is he was such a nice, unassuming guy and he seemed like someone you could know.

There are other actors like that out there, but I only ever read good stuff about him and his interviews showed him to be intelligent and interesting.

And it was so sudden, it's kind of like hearing about the really nice guy who works in the other department for you company (or the neighbor you waved to all the time but never really spoke to) suddenly died.

It sort of feels like that was one of the turning points for universes...like, in one reality he doesn't die, but we got stuck in the one where he does die, and it's not good.

Oh I've assumed since I was a kid that we were trapped in Bizarro universe -- before a lot of people on this board were born. Nixon beats a war hero for the Presidency? Followed by a male model, followd a peanut farmer(OK /nuclear engineer), followed by a senile B actor..

I just saw Meet the Spartans, and can pronounce it utterly devoid of entertainment value for straight guys. However, 70 minutes of Sean Maguire in a leather codpiece and the big "I Will Survive" musical number finale made it worth my matinee dollars.

Plus, the schadenfreude of seeing Sorbo forced to play second banana in a movie whose production values make Hercules: The Legendary Journeys look like Gladiator by comparison and knowing how it must have rankled to take the job.

I just saw Meet the Spartans, and can pronounce it utterly devoid of entertainment value for straight guys.

I got the feeling (from experience) that for this crowd, seeing 300 with the right MST-ing group was much more hilarious. Every preview I saw made me wonder how it could be possibly funnier than the original (intent of which or no).

Yeah, the original provided much funnier opportunities to peek inside Miller's head and make fun of him. Plus, y'know, it gave us It's Raining Men and Vogue.