There will be blood...at some point...

Call us behind the times, but Wendy and I finally got around to watching There Will Be Blood. Could not pass up all the critical acclaim, let alone one of the best tittles in awhile. I agree that Daniel Day Lewis' acting was top notch. He really worked the role well. This said, I thought the film was incredibly long and without purpose. The music was cool at times, but at other times, the music seemed to be trying to hard. You know when a film score is too over the top...that they are trying to make the film sound more dramatic than it is. Come on, the films about oil. Four to five hours of oil. I think I fell asleep for a few hours, woke up, watched a few hours and they were still in the same scene they were when I fell asleep. I was disappointed for the shear fact that I was waiting for the film to end. I was not engaged. i was not tricked by the clever music and scenery. After admiring Daniel's acting, I felt like I had nothing else to do the rest of the nine gazillion hours of film. I will wait with baited breath for the sequel....The Blood Will Scab Over...uncut directors edition. Oh boy.

On an Island in the Sun

Sorry for anyone out there that reads diligently- I have obviously been out for awhile. Literally on an island in the sun. I spent some time on Island 10 in Northern Ontario, fishing, writing, relaxing with my brother and father. I am home now and promise to get back to blogging. I will be uploading some poems this evening to Urbis...check them out. i will also perhaps watch a horror film or two (after the girls go to bed) and review. Only a few more weeks till school returns and I'm back to slangin the poetic knowledge to high school brains. I'm out like Freddy and Jason... until the sequel.