Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on January 28, 2008 at 07:52:02

In Reply to: RE: There Will be Drool. posted by Larry I on January 28, 2008 at 07:26:43

...have given him two awards (Gangs of NY and There will be Blood) which are variations on the same theme. I really REALLY want to see this great actor in something completely differenent next time around. I've had enough over the edge, scenery chewing finales from him for now. He IS a great actor...and these roles are far from the actor himself. But I've been the4re.

I disagree somewhat on your take of PTA, the film and DDL's performance. There are beathtaking moments in this film for me. A lot of it is visual storytelling, and much of it is incredibly staged and acted.

But I too was a bit disappointed in PTA's handling of his actors, somehting he's normally brilliant at: DDL's character descends into cliche by the end of the film - totally over the top, Ciaran Hinds is woefully underused and Paul Dano needed to be reined in a bit as well. I realize the script and style of TWBB is very different from PTA's previous material, but this films doesn't seem to have the same emotional trith at the very end, which was the hallmark of his earlier film.

That said, this is a bold risk taking movie that I loved for about 2/3rds of the way through.

FYI - you do know there were two brothers, the twins played by Paul Dano??? The one who provides the tip, Paul, isn't seen again, the preacher is Eli.

I also think there have been mseveral fine performances by actors this year, and DDL's doesn't seserve the Oscar ot anything else.