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Movie Review: Oscar Nominee There Will Be Blood
Plainview: Are you an angry man, Henry?
Henry Brands: About what?
Plainview: Are you envious? Do you get envious?
Henry Brands: I don't think so. No.
Plainview: I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.
Henry Brands: That part of me is gone... working and not succeeding- all my failures has left me... I just don't... care.
Plainview: Well, if it's in me, it's in you. There are times when I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money that I can get away from everyone...
(source for photos and quotes:
IMdb)
Oscar Winners
Airborne Press Reviews of other oscar nominated films:
No Country For Old Men(Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay)
Juno(Best Actress, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay)
Charlie Wilson's War(Best Supporting Actor)
American Gangster(Best Art Direction)
August Rush(Best Original Song)
Once(Best Original Song)
Sicko(Best Documentary)
In Valley of Elah(Best Actor)
There Will Be Blood(Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Art Direction, Adapted Screenplay)
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BARACK OBAMA
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It looks to me like Barack is going in and I think I agree with what the NY Times said Sunday: Barack has become a movement. I could vote for him.
Obama is not my first choice, but I will have to say that it appears that he's galvanized all kinds of people who ordinarily might not vote.
Of course, he will never sway those like my brother who is in that right-wing category, but it's just the way it is. I can live with Obama and hope most Democrats can.
One side of me says that he has been crowned by the media and so this is it; but, then again, I'm not so sure. I like what he says; ideas of change, and I don't think any of us can deny that he has bridged the racial gap somewhat.
At first I thought, "Wow, his campaign is all about racial politics with 82% of blacks voting for him"; and yet, in those places where that has been the case, all these other ethnic groups voted for him. I think I can understand. If I were black and saw a guy like Barack who is articulate, smart, and has a chance to be President, I'd say "Let's do it." I think that it says lots about our country that we have a black and a woman who could be President.
I truly hope that we don't reach the Democratic convention and it not be settled. To really change this country, we need a Democratic landslide; and, if we don't get it, who knows what might happen. The thoughts of electing another Republican is onerous to me. KT
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