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I'd only seen the the teaser for this film before tonight, and didn't know what it was until Tim announced it immediately before the screening.

Wow.

I'd taken it to be some period piece with some bitter feud building up for decades. And it was, but not of the sort I'd been predicting At All.

Daniel Day Lewis turns in one of the darkest but most believable characters I've seen in years. This is a heart dead but not cold, kept warm by the seething hate of all humanity, the love of nothing real, and one could just picture the black blood of oil and greed pumping through his caustic, poisoned, bitter veins.

So...not a nice guy.

An impressive film, a languidly paced film, with tension but not of the usual sort.

He's definitely going to be up for some awards on this one. He who? Daniel and Paul Anderson (the director).

OK, award show about to begin, more later....

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