“There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from that terrific opening sequence), any sense of raw, intuitive drama.”

— Stephanie Zacharek

Review http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/12/26/blood/ of There Will Be Blood (2007)

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James Berardinelli (1967) American film critic

Review http://www.reelviews.net/movies/s/sw1.html of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).
Four star reviews

“Success requires a focused attention of your time and energy. This is true no matter what you want to achieve – to change the world or simply change apartments. All success stories come down to one person having a focused aim – so focused at times it can look like an obsession.”

Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach

Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (2016) https://books.google.ae/books?idnu0lCwAAQBAJ&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIMjAE

“The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.”

Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)

"The Storyteller" (1936)

“Both genetic and archaeological proofs of intrusions into Europe from Russia are plentiful, but in India these are significantly missing.”

Koenraad Elst (1959) orientalist, writer

2010s, Still no trace of an Aryan invasion: A collection on Indo-European origins (2019)

“I have been a storyteller from a very young age. Both my grandfathers took me on their laps when I was little and either recited epic poetry or told me firsthand adventure stories from their youths. It instilled in me a sense of wonder, and I’ve been wanting to pass along that same sense of wonder ever since.”

Ridley Pearson (1953) American writer

Enjoy my Interview with Ridley Pearson https://ethanjonesbooks.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/enjoy-my-interview-with-ridley-pearson/ (January 25, 2018)

“Missing rubs the soul raw.”

Sarah Dunant (1950) English writer, broadcaster and critic

Source: Mapping The Edge

“To a large extent textual evaluation cannot be bound by any fixed rules. It is an art in the full sense of the word, a faculty which can be developed, guided by intuition based on wide experience.”

Emanuel Tov (1941) Israeli biblical scholar and linguist

The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint, 2nd ed. (1997), p.232

“The emergence of civilization has everywhere followed a definable sequence.”

Edward O. Wilson book On Human Nature

On Human Nature (1978), Ch.4 Emergence

“"This sucks on so many levels." — Dialogue from "Jason X" Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself. "Jason X" sucks on the levels of storytelling, character development, suspense, special effects, originality, punctuation, neatness and aptness of thought.”

Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter

Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jason-x-2002 of Jason X (26 April 2002)
Reviews, Half-star reviews

“I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Source: Leaving Time

“There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from that terrific opening sequence), any sense of raw, intuitive drama.”

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