Here’s What I Think…

So I watched the Paul Thomas Anderson epic There Will Be Blood over the weekend on a DVD screener.  I was impressed with Daniel Day Lewis’ magnetic performance, at least two thirds of the way through the film, before he went way over the top towards the end.  But was anyone else bothered by the music?  It was so intrusive, so relentless and uninspiring and distracting, I almost stopped watching the film half way through.  And without any prompting, two friends who saw the film said the exact same thing.  I haven’t liked a Paul Thomas Anderson movie since Boogie Nights.  Magnolia lost me when it started raining frogs and I skipped Punch Drunk Love altogether because the serious side of Adam Sandler doesn’t really interest me… and well, I was still getting over the frogs in his last film.  But he came close to winning me back (like he’s up at nights worrying about my endorsement) with this epic tale of an oil baron.  The first fifteen minutes of the film are riveting.  And then we hear the first chords of that annoying repetitive score.  I’m out.