http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/02/25/2008-oscar-wrap-up-there-will-be-disappointment/ infrequent blogging from some dude Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/02/25/2008-oscar-wrap-up-there-will-be-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-712 CajoleJuice Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:36:31 +0000 http://thesomewhatmanlynerd.wordpress.com/?p=336#comment-712 I've mentioned my reasoning before on my blog, and I didn't feel like reiterating it. Basically, while No Country takes the wind out of its own sails at the end (yes, I realize it's intentional, but I still hate the massive tone shift), TWBB builds up to an incredible climatic ending. I’ve mentioned my reasoning before on my blog, and I didn’t feel like reiterating it. Basically, while No Country takes the wind out of its own sails at the end (yes, I realize it’s intentional, but I still hate the massive tone shift), TWBB builds up to an incredible climatic ending.

]]> http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/02/25/2008-oscar-wrap-up-there-will-be-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-711 orangehairboy Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:27:13 +0000 http://thesomewhatmanlynerd.wordpress.com/?p=336#comment-711 I love both There Will Be Blood and No Country, but geez, why does everyone think There Will Be Blood is better? The acting is good, but in the end, it's a story that has the opportunity to involve all of us (jeezuz, the oil industry still dictates public policy) but ends up being one man's story of single-minded, empty success. No Country for Old Men is a story about one man finding a parcel of money, but it ends up being a universal story about human existence, the yelps we make into the void, and the cold nothingness that so often is our only response. It's also a parable about the race to cheat death, a Texan version of The Seventh Seal. And in a true Hitchcockian fashion, it's also a kick-ass action and suspense film. I love both There Will Be Blood and No Country, but geez, why does everyone think There Will Be Blood is better? The acting is good, but in the end, it’s a story that has the opportunity to involve all of us (jeezuz, the oil industry still dictates public policy) but ends up being one man’s story of single-minded, empty success. No Country for Old Men is a story about one man finding a parcel of money, but it ends up being a universal story about human existence, the yelps we make into the void, and the cold nothingness that so often is our only response. It’s also a parable about the race to cheat death, a Texan version of The Seventh Seal. And in a true Hitchcockian fashion, it’s also a kick-ass action and suspense film.

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