Anyone interested in oil should see There Will Be Blood, since it is a great film that tells a fascinating and detailed story of the early days of the oil industry in California.
Okay, it's Oscar week. I try to see all the Best Picture nominees, which is much tougher now that I have a one-year-old daughter. I missed Atonement [so far], but my wife read the book, so half credit. And lord knows after seeing No Country for Old Men, I don't need to see another downbeat movie -- uh, sorry for the spoiler, but if you thought a movie titled No Country for Old Men (or Atonement) was upbeat, you get out even less than I do these days.
I don't think There Will Be Blood is the best picture of the year -- but it is very good. Certainly the performance by Daniel Day-Lewis should take the Oscar, and the cinematography and music are fantastic.
But as a depiction of the grueling work of producing oil, it has no equal. Assuming you've read The Prize by Daniel Yergin, this is a must-see. Just leave five minutes before the end and you'll be happy.
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Adam Stein Posted 6:37 am
20 Feb 2008
I guess you could call No Country For Old Men downbeat. If it doesn't win Best Picture, though, well...that will merely confirm everything that we already know to be true about the Academy Awards.
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Pompey Road Posted 10:22 pm
20 Feb 2008
We can expect oil wars in the middle east for the foreseeable future. Sadam made two mistakes, selling oil for euro's threatning the dollar standard and just happened to be sitting on the second largest known oil reserve in the world.
You should never put youself in a position as a country where 60% of your energy needs are not under your own control. If the oil is in a part of the world where neither the production nor the transportation of it is secure at some point in time. "THERE WILL BE BLOOD"
Be prepared to fight the energy wars for the next 50 years.
The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.
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