Note: This post was originally composed on July 12, 2007. It was then edited, and more text was added.

After bailing on GS guy I had a free night on my hands. I enlisted Jose as my trusty film critic companion (he did graduate TRF from Newhouse after all) and bought There Will Be Blood. Although this may seem random, it wasn’t. As much as I had heard about the movie and wanted to see it, I doubt that I actually would have ever gone out of my way to actually watch it. It wasn’t until Ryan (shout out to my homeboy) gave me the most confusing review of the movie, that I decided that it was a movie I had to see.

And so, I popped into Best Buy where they only had the single disc version (which by me was ok), and purchased that bad boy.

I have never been so silent, nor blinked my eyes less in the 158 minutes of that film, than in my entire life.

Daniel Day Lewis is the most underrated, under-radar actor of the film industry. He and Ryan Gosling. But Ryan has many years left.

But seriously. Robert DeNiro? Al Pacino? Really. I mean, they had their breakout roles, but Daniel is Marlon Brando calibur.

The Dark Knight? Holy shit. Normally, when I go into a movie with high expectations, I’m desperately disappointed.  Not this time. I was clearly not prepared for the complete mind-fuck that was this movie.  The one thing I wish (as does most of America apparently) had changed was Christian Bale’s choice with Batman’s voice.  (I would put a link to a video here, but I’m just going to forwardly point out that if you haven’t seen the movie by now, your life probably isn’t worth living.)

I’ve actually encountered a few people who have not been impressed (ass holes). It is my general feeling that these people have a) not seen the first movie and don’t QUITE understand what was going on, b) are saying they weren’t impressed because they just want to be THOSE people who are too cool to like anything everyone else likes, and/or c) are fucking idiotic pricks.

I can’t wait to see it 7,000,000 more times.

peace, love, and entertainment,

natalie marie.