There Will Be Blood

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trevor a 35mm eith Paul Dano Q&A! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review Jay W Looking at the rating, you can tell that I don't like this film as much as most people. And this isn't because I hate most people. I can see why people like this film. It has an all-time great opening. Showing the audience exactly the type of character Daniel Plainview is, all without any spoken dialogue, it is all shown through visuals and limited music. You find yourself rooting for his struggles because of all the hard work and determination he demonstrates in his silver mining. Daniel Day Lewis is doing a terrific job as always. Despite not loving this movie, I can see why the man won his Oscar in this film. He is one of the best in the business, and this film gives him his time to shine. The music and sound design is also very well done. Its ambient noises do a great job at ratcheting up the tension of any given scene. I don't have any problem with the presentation of it. The movie sets up the scene well, I love seeing the old timey oil drilling technology on display. Where the movie falters is through the characters and story. Daniel Planview is absolutely an awful human. He is in every scene of the movie; he can't be avoided. The supporting characters aren't much better either. Everyone is a different shade of terrible. I understand that we don't always need likable characters, but there should be something that I admire or find compelling about the character. The problem is that Daniel loses focus on what his goals are part way through the movie. At least in "Breaking Bad", Walter White may be a bad guy, but he has a singular drive that leads the audience through the story. In this movie, Daniel doesn't even know what he wants. Sure, he wants money, but what for? What is he wanting to buy? He just wants to have more money than his neighbor. At the end of the film I find myself asking, what was the point of it all? What was gained from this series of events? Although, after all of this, I am thirsty for a milkshake. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Byron H 4/4 The best film of the 21st Century so far! Both a character study & a movie epic. The American dream is foretold through the eyes of Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) who gives a performance that rivals Heath Ledger's Joker as THEE villain of the century so far. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Mr M Certainly no masterpiece. Too long, especially when most of it is not very interesting. The ending was complete nonsense Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Gaz B Very charismatic and brilliant performance from Daniel Day Lewis as he slowly goes mad as oil man Daniel Plainview. Great cast , score and cinematography. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Daniel C. M A heartwrenching character study about greed and pride. Never feels as long as it actually is; it is guaranteed that you will finish the movie in absolute shock. A modern masterpiece and a will-be classic in the future. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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