Saturday, April 26, 2008

There Will Be Comedy and Genius

There Will be Blood is a wonderful experience. The main character Daniel is an absolute monster, an absolute genius, but most importantly, everything you need to be to survive. I was never around in the frontier days but I am certain that girly-mens never made it very far.

Our hero, our monster, is one the most ruthless businessmen you will ever meet and one of the most ruthless people you should hope never to meet. The movie is his journey to the top, the very top, and it catalogs every bloody detail of his adventure. He likes no one and uses everyone.

His response to what he deems insulting arrives in the form of a death-threat and he constantly reminds you what he's going to do to you, in case you forgot. The movie is tragicomedy. It is the middle to late life of one man and all that he does. Its sad and its ridiculously funny.

Watch this movie, maybe you'll learn something about life. Or at the very least you'll laugh, I hope.

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