Midsomer Murders - Blood Will Out (DVD)

Advantages: Spooky, mad movie
Disadvantages: A bit long

...There Will be Blood - I think this title is very fitting for this movie. It's like a warning, there will be blood and oh my gosh, how definitely true this statement was. There Will be Blood is a 2007 film staring Daniel Day Lewis in the lead role. He actually went on to win the 2007 Academy Award for best Actor for his portrayal of Daniel Plainview. Overall the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards. The film is set in California at the turn of the 20th century and follows the fortunes of oil prospectors. Daniel and his son begin a ruthless quest for wealth and oil field domination and are determined that nothing will get in their way. The film starts out quite eerily in setting the scene. In fact for the first 15 minutes or so there is no talking and the only sounds we hear is from the spooky cello and piano music... Read review

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Advantages: Astounding cinematography, grpping plot, mesmerising lead performance.
Disadvantages: That ending might throw some viewers a touch.

...Brilliant as he is, the "auteur" tag flung about in relation to Paul Thomas Anderson from at least Boogie Nights has always seemed a touch premature. Yes, those films were astounding, but could were they REALLY the work of a wholly unique voice? The truth is, Boogie Nights was the best film Martin Scorsese never made and Magnolia could've easily fallen from Robert Altman's fingers (albeit with a touch of post-MTV sheen). Only Punch Drunk Love, his fourth feature, felt in any way distinctive (and even it had a fair wallop of the Kubrick's about it). With There Will Be Blood, though, Anderson has crafted a film that truly feels like it could have been made by nobody else. It is a bold, idiosyncratic epic shot through with a lo-fi, indie-flick intimacy. It is at once cacophonous and quiet. A contradictory, Old Testament fable... Read review

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Advantages: Alright story. Brian Blessed
Disadvantages: Not a great film really

.... The directing wasn't too bad. It was a low budget film and I think they didn't stretch their boundaries too far by going too outlandish. It was a mediocre directing job and nothing more. The way it was directed it reminded me a lot of Midsomer Murders. It was very much the same style of directing. He did tend to use a lot of wonky camera angles and to be honest I think he over done that. The scene at the beginning where the camera is flying over the landscape reminded me a lot of the Father Ted opening. There was little use of special effects in this film but in one scene near the end they did have some pretty bad special effects and it did take away from the film a bit. One other thing that annoyed me was when they went into the pub first everyone stops and stares at them. This has been done too many times it's about time film-makers made decided... Read review

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