There Will Be Blood

So, I'm one of those people who likes cheesy happy movies. I won't say I love them, but I do prefer them. I like to come out of the movie being happy. While it's embarrassing to admit, I'll enjoy a good Mandy Moore movie any day. I just am lame like that.

Now, movies I LOVE on the other hand, are more like Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, etc. I also really enjoy a good indy flick like When Do We Eat (friggin hilarious), Wristcutters: A Love Story, The King of California, etc. As you noticed, those tend to remain mostly on the happy side of things.

I'm a chicken. I'm scared of the dark. I don't like to sleep alone. I don't like to go outside by myself at night. And I CAN'T stand horror flicks. The cheesier, the worse it is. I get nightmares. I'm like a little kid. In fact, one time a girl was telling me about a scene from the Grudge and just picturing it in my head gave me nightmares. I didn't even see the f-ing movie! Even silly ones, like Scream scare me. So, most recent horror flicks are not going to be found on my netflix cue.

Before I go on to the next category, I will tell you a little story. One day I wanted to watch Old School. I was in the mood for a silly comedy. Alas, my future BIL had taken it. So my then boyfriend told me I should watch this really great movie, Dancer in the Dark. I watched it. Holy crap. Not exactly in the Old School category. It was a great movie and belongs in the next category of movies. But if you've seen it, you'll know why I wanted to slap my boyfriend on the back side of his head after watching it. He did it again with There Will Be Blood...it's been 5 years and he still hasn't learned.

Alright, well in the the next category comes the amazing movies. Those movies that aren't particularly happy, but they are just great movies. They make you sit there and think about the movie long after it's over. Some movies that have been like that for me are The City of God, Crash, Pan's Labyrinth, Dancer in the Dark, etc. Other people might not feel the same way about them as I do, but I don't really give a flying rats butt. There Will Be Blood was one of those movies for me. I couldn't get it out of my head. This is just a phenomenal movie. The story is great, the acting is perfect, honestly every part about it is perfect. My heart was wrenched out when the little boy is hurt. I couldn't stop thinking about something like that happening to my son. The whole movie you see this person go from sort of normal, but driven, to completely evil and insane. In a way you could really see it happening.

And I guess that completes my random babbling about movies that I like.