There Will Be Blood
Saw the singularly most brilliant actor alive (other than my man), Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood a couple weeks ago. At first I didn't like the movie, immediately wanted to dismiss it with an, oh yeah, another guy flick, but a day later it was still hovering in the forefront of my mind. What was the movie about anyway? Why did the director even make it? Why waste the money...ohhh I was fighting it. Still couldn’t get it out of my head. Then a couple days later I woke up in the middle of the night like 3am-ish and realized, “It’s a movie about love!" The love of a hateful man for his son. A truly, deeply, passionate love.

All of a sudden the heart of the movie became so clear. But still there were so many unanswered questions. Why’d he hate the preacher kid so much? Why’d he do what he did at the end? (I won’t give it away for you fellow stragglers.) But why? Was it about the battle between Church and commerce. Religion and oil. Money and God, greed and faith. OMG, it isn’t many a movie that provokes such deep thinking days, even weeks after seeing it. No, no, this is an extraordinary film, masquerading as a guy flick, truly. Mr. DDLewis may I now kneel at your alter of talent? He is a god of characterization the likes of which comes by us maybe once every other generation. Do not miss him. If you have not yet, do see it. I will warn you that it is extremely graphic and disturbing, yet hauntingly touching. Lessons in love...