Best film...

The wife and I finally watched There will be Blood tonight. We had not seen any of the Oscar nominated films prior to the awards. Since then we have seen 4 out of the 5 now. The wife tried to watch Atonement which would be the fifth, but turned it off part way through because she did not like it. I read the book and had no desire to see the movie. So which one should have been the winner? No Country for Old Men won the oscar. I have to say I think Michael Clayton was the best movie by far of the nominees. And the biggest disappointment for me was There Will be Blood. I thought it would be so much better than it was. Daniel Day Lewis was great as usual, but the movie was far to slow to hold my interest. And what was up with that soundtrack? I have to say it was the worst soundtrack I have ever heard. It did not match the images at all and every time they would do a big scene with only music and no lyrics it was horrible. The movie really needed a better editor too.

As a side note what was up with the rating for the movie tonight. It was rated R for "some violence". I have seen a lot worse in a PG-13 movie and have no idea why this movie was rated R. There was zero nudity, no profane language and minimal violence. Yet it still got an R rating. WTF? This is further proof the ratings board has no clue in what it does...