Good morning, class. Today I would like to introduce you to a new letter-- Mr. C. He is a calm, cautious, and concerned man. Careful, however, because he is also chameleon-like. Sometimes sounding like an "s", at others he will confound kids by his "k"- like clicking. For this reason, he can add a certain confusion to spelling. He enjoys coincidences, contradiction, and the seas of change.
mr. c and i have seem to have similar interests. for instance, i also greatly enjoy coincidence. yesterday, while walking around blockbuster, i heard a familiar song. when i looked at the tv screen i saw the only few minutes of Once i've been shown. when we watched Waitress, the movie we rented, there was the trailer for Once.
this serves as good segue into our next shared interest-- contradiction. i watched Waitress and decided it was possibly the worst movie i'd seen in a while. The next day I saw There will be blood, which is possibly the best movie i've seen in a while.
usually, no matter how good or bad a piece of film/art/written work, i have both some positive and negative comments. this i'm hard pressed to think of many (any?) criticisms of There will be blood. intense yet realistic and varied in emotion-- some glimmers of hope and laughs but all diminished against this hugely dark and raging devil character. the shots of sweeping landscape and then close-ups mirror the plot, which focuses acutely on daniel plainview but also gives a greater sense for the oil rush and those times, but could be pulled even further back to those oh so lovely timeless and universal themes of greed, power, and revenge. all the visual aspects are solidified by a stunning soundtrack that propels certain scenes forward and arrests others in a crazy suspense.
also, it's really refreshing to see a great movie with someone and then have an engaging conversation about it together. [part of the seas of change, perhaps.]
and if the beginning of the post really had you thinking you were going to meet Mr. C, well then this one's for you.
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