http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/Tranquilrain Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:53:21 GMT Reviews by Tranquilrain http://www.viewpoints.com/There-Will-Be-Blood--137482-review-7f5c2 The main character Daniel Plainview  (played by daniel day lewis) was a person you rather loathed from start to end and it only got worse as time wore on. He was despicable and he never got any better. It was disturbing that this character didn't move or grow but I felt for this film,  it was not necessary.  The point of the film was to make people see what happens when you live a life full of greed and excess- not caring for anyone but yourself. Everything was all about gain, a means to an end- for Daniel Plainview.     — I think that the importance of the film, of this story is to show how greed/money/power really does corrupt society. it happened back then [the film is set in the old west and in the 1800's and 1900's, based on upton sinclair's novel- OIL!] and i believe it continues to take place in present society in many ways. It is very relevant to our current time.    — Daniel Plainview is greedy, selfish, corrupt,... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:53:21 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/There-Will-Be-Blood--137482-review-7f5c2 Tranquilrain 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/No-Country-for-Old-Men-Book-review-ae094  All of the acting was amazing and unforgettable, especially the evil villain, cold + calculating force of what I would term as death or the grim reaper- played by Javier Bardem. He was, in many ways, all-knowing, almost omnipotent in presence.     — This character known as, Anton Chigurh, was one of the most bone-chilling, sinister, and without feeling- of characters I have seen in recent years. He made your skin crawl. He was like a machine. The only comparison I can conjure up- is that it was reminiscent to the way I felt when I first viewed The Terminator - when that kind of terror was new. Maybe not half as violent, maybe not completely identical but he evoked a similar fear in me. This character seems unstoppable, indestructible, as if he is not human. — The action in "No country for old men" was non-stop, at the edge of your seat, slow, paced- out tension that just kept building. It... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:32:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/No-Country-for-Old-Men-Book-review-ae094 Tranquilrain 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Hewlett-Packard-HP-HP-PHOTOSMART-A526-PHOTO-PRINTER-InkJet-review-75ce0 I got the HP Photosmart printer for Christmas and absolutely love it. It is small, compact, and easy to use. The quality of digital photo printing by far exceeds any of the digital printing companies out there. For those who love to take pictures and for those whose memories are everything to them- this is the perfect product for... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:02:04 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Hewlett-Packard-HP-HP-PHOTOSMART-A526-PHOTO-PRINTER-InkJet-review-75ce0 Tranquilrain 5