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Just to comment on a couple of the mentions of There Will Be Blood up above:
I think this film was outrageously overrated. Yes, Daniel Day-Lewis's performance was (as usual) wonderful, and the cinematography was very good, but the film was far too long, and it held no revelations - we're supposed to be surprised that ruthless oil tycoons are ruthless, or that power-hungry, self-impressed preachers can do more harm than good?!?
Anyway, I was very seriously disappointed...
And one other thing - Upton Sinclair wrote the original novel, not Sinclair Lewis. (I am a major Sinclair Lewis fan, and I get annoyed seeing this mistake made so frequently.)
Oh, and re Holiday, as I've said here before, it is a wonderfully smart picture, quite ahead of its time in its subject matter. It's by far my personal favorite of the Grant/Hepburn collaborations.
And re Michael Clayton, we must also note another outstanding supporting performance by Tom Wilkinson. He's practically my favorite character actor...
Did anyone notice that The Fall of the Roman Empire - an old favorite of mine - opens with the exact same events as Gladiator?
I think this film was outrageously overrated. Yes, Daniel Day-Lewis's performance was (as usual) wonderful, and the cinematography was very good, but the film was far too long, and it held no revelations - we're supposed to be surprised that ruthless oil tycoons are ruthless, or that power-hungry, self-impressed preachers can do more harm than good?!?
Anyway, I was very seriously disappointed...
And one other thing - Upton Sinclair wrote the original novel, not Sinclair Lewis. (I am a major Sinclair Lewis fan, and I get annoyed seeing this mistake made so frequently.)
Oh, and re Holiday, as I've said here before, it is a wonderfully smart picture, quite ahead of its time in its subject matter. It's by far my personal favorite of the Grant/Hepburn collaborations.
And re Michael Clayton, we must also note another outstanding supporting performance by Tom Wilkinson. He's practically my favorite character actor...
Did anyone notice that The Fall of the Roman Empire - an old favorite of mine - opens with the exact same events as Gladiator?