ToddB
03-05-2008, 06:34 PM
Worst freaking movie I've seen since Joe vs. The Volcano.
And Joe made more sense.
Daniel Day-Lewis is good, but his character is so unlikeable that you are hoping he dies a third of the way into the movie.
First off, the first fifteen minutes are devoid of any dialogue. None. Not even a single word! I leaned over to the wife and said, "I thought we were seeing There Will be Blood, not 2001." She looked confused so I had to explain that the first half hour of 2001 has no dialogue, just a bunch of monkeys running around. Totally killed the joke that I had to explain it...
Secondly, by the first half of the movie, you are looking at the screen with a "Whaaaa?" look because the movie has no real plot.
Then, after Paul Dano shows up playing "Paul Sunday" and begging Day-Lewis's Daniel Plainview to come to his town and drill for oil, he shows up ten minutes later as "Eli Sunday" and never ONCE mentions his "brother." So, the wife looks at me and says "Ok, so are we on 'multiple personalities' now?" I completely agreed.
Lastly, the final scene, which has given us the now infamous "I drink your milkshake!" line, makes the movie even MORE confusing because you think that either a) Eli and Paul are twins and the writers decided to never bring him back, or b) Eli and Paul are the same person, and the writers thought we'd never notice that the put half of Primal Fear into a movie about a turn of the century oil man.
All and all one of the worst movies ever made. And it got nominated for Best Picture.
And Hollywood wonders why ticket sales are down...
And Joe made more sense.
Daniel Day-Lewis is good, but his character is so unlikeable that you are hoping he dies a third of the way into the movie.
First off, the first fifteen minutes are devoid of any dialogue. None. Not even a single word! I leaned over to the wife and said, "I thought we were seeing There Will be Blood, not 2001." She looked confused so I had to explain that the first half hour of 2001 has no dialogue, just a bunch of monkeys running around. Totally killed the joke that I had to explain it...
Secondly, by the first half of the movie, you are looking at the screen with a "Whaaaa?" look because the movie has no real plot.
Then, after Paul Dano shows up playing "Paul Sunday" and begging Day-Lewis's Daniel Plainview to come to his town and drill for oil, he shows up ten minutes later as "Eli Sunday" and never ONCE mentions his "brother." So, the wife looks at me and says "Ok, so are we on 'multiple personalities' now?" I completely agreed.
Lastly, the final scene, which has given us the now infamous "I drink your milkshake!" line, makes the movie even MORE confusing because you think that either a) Eli and Paul are twins and the writers decided to never bring him back, or b) Eli and Paul are the same person, and the writers thought we'd never notice that the put half of Primal Fear into a movie about a turn of the century oil man.
All and all one of the worst movies ever made. And it got nominated for Best Picture.
And Hollywood wonders why ticket sales are down...