ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT on DVD: There Will Be Blood Drinks Lions for Lambs, Dewey Cox's Milkshakes Comments

RT on DVD: There Will Be Blood Drinks Lions for Lambs, Dewey Cox's Milkshakes

by Jen Yamato | April 07, 2008

Summary

P. T. Anderson's Oscar-winning oil opus There Will Be Blood hits shelves this week, so if you missed Daniel Day-Lewis' astounding turn as the prospector with a heart as black as crude in theaters, now's the time to play catch up. Also new to DVD are the musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Leonardo di Caprio's environmental doc The 11th Hour, the parking lot thriller P2, and more. Back to Article

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Apr 07 2008 04:55 PM

Is The 11th Hour the lowest rated certified fresh movie ever?

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Apr 07 2008 05:12 PM

co-script a remake of the 1984 slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Dear Lord NO!

TWBB was my 2nd favorite film of 2007, 1st was Into the Wild. Good stuff.

ALSO, "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" had Daniel Day-Lewis, and Paul Dano (Who plays the Jesus freak) In that film, Day Lewis' character also came to hate the Dano character.

(The Film is a bleh kind of film. One of those 2 out of 4 stars, 5 out of 10 things. . .and Jena Malone's worst acting turn)

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 07 2008 05:18 PM

Ill definately get THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Ill get the 2 disc set even though the features suck. Ill also get WALK HARD (2 disc Unrated) that was such funny movie.

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Shadow16nh writes:
on Apr 07 2008 05:24 PM

The failure of Walk Hard just blows my mind. There was no reason for this movie to not succeed, its head and shoulders above any of those mindless "______ Movie" abortions. The previews were funny, it was firmly supported by critics, it was a Judd Apatow project; what in the hell went wrong?

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Apr 07 2008 05:57 PM

About Walk Hard: I think what it was satiring made it more difficult to do well. The Johnny Cash film, while quite good, wasn't runaway popular. People saw the previews and had a hard time identifying what was being satirized.

I might be wrong, tho. I haven't seen the film, and am looking forward to getting it if I timed it right on Netflix. . .

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gortheartsme writes:
on Apr 07 2008 06:09 PM

Walk hard really was a funny movie. I saw it opening day and was not disappointed. I think people just were not ready for the amazing John C. Reilly to be at the helm, which is a shame, because he is a talent.

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The Great One writes:
on Apr 07 2008 08:55 PM

damn Reservation Road was terrible..Im suprised its tomatometer was higher than Lions for Lambs which was pretty damn meh but not as bad as Road, which had surpisingly bad acting from a cast who you thought would deliver

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PennsylvaniaJames writes:
on Apr 07 2008 09:09 PM

I also was very disappointed with the failure of Walk Hard. I saw it opening night as well and thought it was hilarious (although not as good as Superbad and Knocked Up). Perhaps it'll fair better in DVD format (which I think it will actually). I'll get it eventually, but not the first day that it comes out.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Apr 07 2008 09:48 PM

I caught a live show of John C. Reilly in character as Dewey Cox before Walk Hard opened and MAN! What a performer. By the end of the night he was sweaty and shirtless with the audience in the palm of his hand.

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Gimy writes:
on Apr 08 2008 05:56 AM

There Will Be Blood better be decent...thats all you cats on here were talkin' about, that...Juno and the overrated No Country. if its as well done as Country's first 3/4's...it should be sweet. if it had that absolutely horrible ending...then i'll forever assume "great movie, oscar worthy" means overrated horsesh3t.

Walk Hard sounds decent now(based on credibility) but seriously...Reilly needs to give Will Ferrell his DNA back. thats what turned me off about that movie's trailer...cuz Ferrell hasn't been funny in years and they appeared to be the same sort of character. and Ferrell only has one character...

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Shadow16nh writes:
on Apr 08 2008 07:48 AM

Of course "Blood" it's decent, it actually fantastic, my personal fav of the year anyways. Anyone who knows film should look forward to a PT Anderson/Daniel Day Lewis affair. It seems that every time a great film gets hyped by the critics there's always a percentage of people who decide to set themselves against it because they don't want to feel like sheep or something.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 08 2008 08:50 AM

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Hey GIMMY why do you always come on the DVD page to bash NO COUNTRY, I think ive seen you post that a bunch of times. WHy do you do it? You know you're just gonna get guff for bad talking one of the best flicks and intelectual endings in years.

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dedalus7 writes:
on Apr 08 2008 08:54 AM

See, here's the problem when you don't follow Syd Fields three act script structure to a tee: the cavemen start to furrow their horrifically heavy brow, beat their furry chests, and go kill something out of pure frustration. "Me don't get it! Arrrgggh! No decisive conclusion! Me need closure!" How dare filmakers challenge audiences with ambigous endings and actually have them think, actually have the audience participate in some fashion. Shame on the Coens. Shame on Anderson. But now it's too late, for surely the Oscar win for No Country will only encourage the Coen brothers to make more of these kinds of movies. Furrow brows now.

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sliknik27 writes:
on Apr 08 2008 09:12 AM

I missed out on Walk Hard in the theaters, so I'm very excited to check that one out. John C. Reilly and the the always-beautiful Jenna Fischer make a winning combo.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Apr 08 2008 09:56 AM

I think *I'm* the reason Walk Hard didn't do well; commercials looked funny, I tend to LIKE John C. Reilly, and I think Judd Apatow has some reasonable skills (though I HATED "Knocked Up" and only marginally enjoyed "Superbad"), but when it came time to plunking down cash to see this, I just went "Meh; there's bigger stuff out there and besides, I'll probably rent it..."

I blame myself and consider it a travesty that unforgivable, misbegotten SH#T like the "_____movie" movies get success when films like this get trashed..

I'm so ashamed...

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arendr writes:
on Apr 08 2008 11:28 AM

If you don't like "different" endings, I'm not sure you'll like There Will Be Blood, Gimy.

But I shall be drinking that DVD up.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Apr 08 2008 02:39 PM

P2 was better than I expected, still not a great film but I enjoyed it more than Hostel or Saw. Walk Hard wasn't really that funny in my opinion(C ), it had it's moments but nothing to great. There Will be Blood was an interesting movie(B), and definitely worth seeing, but it really wasn't as awesome as it was made up to be. I have to rent Reservation Road, I'm still kinda looking forward to it, even though I keep hearing how it should have been better.

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Apr 08 2008 04:00 PM

There Will Be Blood is the best movie of 2007 by far.

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GLADIATOR MONKEY writes:
on Apr 08 2008 06:52 PM

In reply to this comment (#1676162)

Gimy,
What was so horrible about the ending to "No Country For Old Men"?

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AFuneralMaker writes:
on Apr 08 2008 09:58 PM

Many people fail to understand that No Country ended the way it did based on the novel. I've read the novel, if it hadn't ended that way then people would have bitched that it wasn't loyal. It sounds to me like those who bash No Country are the very people that think films like Bourne Ultimatum actually deserved the stupid Oscars it recieved because it was "So badass."

There Will Be Blood is the second best film of 2007 behind No Country...and while I'm on it I'd put Fincher's Zodiac at 3rd.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 09 2008 06:34 PM

In reply to this comment (#1677425)
Well come on you dont have to bash BOURNE, sure it wouldnt be in my top ten, but that doesnt mean its not a great flick.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Apr 10 2008 01:13 PM

I just saw the "Director's Cut" of Walk Hard (2 hours vs. 1hr 36 mins)

Basically, the first half was mostly great, and the 2nd half was rather horrible and REPETITIVE. I think the fault probably lay in the screenplay. I had the sense that things were rushed. There is a definate change in quality between the first half and second half.

One thing thought nobody seems to have mentioned...

Old Dewey Cox looks exactly like Tim Robbins does now except in extreme close-up.

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AFuneralMaker writes:
on Apr 10 2008 09:16 PM

In reply to this comment (#1678537)
No, Bourne doesn't suck. My point being that anyone who felt it deserved to even be in the Oscars is half crazy.

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zooman writes:
on Aug 04 2008 12:45 PM

I agree with FuneralMaker completely. In third place, far from There will be blood, I�d have to really consider Zodiac, maybe Juno, but also Ratatouille which is an extremely well accomplished film with meaning, beautiful and clever dialogue, amazingly good structure and pacing, and astonishingly well formed adult characeters even considering it is an animated feature. I think that's why movies like Babe can get nominations and better movies like Ratatouille can�t. If it had been out in 2006, it would have been the best of the year, as it is less flawed than the impressive Departed and has raison d etre.
Anyway, those five are surely the best of the year for different reasons each. Atonement, Into the Wild, and even Superbad don�t rest that far. Excellent year in movies!

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