Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

dandyc-73537 The film crawls open with Johnny Greenwood's ominous score , and then never lets up. "There Will Be Blood," brutally exposes the hypocrisies of business and religion, and how their goals are not much different. The film follows Daniel Plainview and his interactions in Southern California that lead to him drilling oil in a small town. The most interesting elements of the film are the interplay between Dano and Day Lewis, and Plainview's relationship with his son. On one hand, we have a ruthless, misanthropic, oil tycoon who wants to drink the town's "milkshake." On the other we have a young, charismatic, aspiring evangelist who wants to take advantage of his town's guest, extorting him for money to build a new church. The oil tycoon wants nothing to do with anyone in the town, he just wants the oil. The priest just wants glory. Their conflict resolution is unexpected, but gratifying. The character study of Daniel Plainview shows a man who gains power and influence, while simultaneously losing all patience for anyone else who he perceives as a threat or competitor. Plainview's character arc literally starts with him rescuing a baby, and ends with him....well.."There Will Be Blood" is the 2nd best film that I have ever seen. The musical score, the acting from Daniel Day Lewis, the screenwriting and honesty from PTA, and cinematography make this film more than just a good character study, it's an instant classic.

seraphin01 So here I am, after wasting over 2:30 of my life on a movie that was SO highly rated I couldn't skip, I had to see it through (sadly I took my parents along, and my dad not being a big fan of cinema hated it so much I doubt I'll ever be able to make him watch another movie with me ever again, thanks), I really thought things will pick up at some point, that there will be a plot, action, drama.. ANYTHING..But no, there is nothing, long silences, embarrassing scenes, irritating music.. the plot? I'm not even sure, some guy that gets rich, looses it at some point without too much of a reason.. Anyway not gonna list all the things I hated about this movie, there are too many, only good things I can point though is the actors, mostly good, some under used for whatever reason.. but yeah that's about itas for the rest I wish the review wasn't some hype train rating, this movie deserves at BEST a 6/10, at which point I would have been a lot more careful to decide to watch it or not, and I wouldn't have put my dad through this for sure.. to me it's not even worth 5, only a niche kind of audience can appreciate that kind of cinema.. yeah the kind that lurk on online reviews and biais the rating like that..So to sum it up, that movie was just pure hype, I'm not even sure most people saw it whole, but the name rings nicely for sure.. other than that it's a terrible movie, so unless you're on your own to watch it, save your friends/family, don't make them go through 2:30 of that

The Movie Diorama If you were hoping for blood, violence and plenty of gore...put this film back and choose a Tarantino film instead. What we have though, is an extremely intelligent character study on an individual who is the definition of corrupt. Whilst mining silver, Daniel Plainview discovers an abundance of oil and rapidly starts his own oil extraction company. Success, money and power skews his moral compass as he slowly becomes one of the most unlikeable movie characters I've ever seen. He would do pretty much anything to maintain his company, much like any extreme tycoon enterpriser. Murder people? Definitely. Charm landowners to only then deceive them the next minute? Yeah, why not. Abandon your own son? Whoa now, a step too far. A subtle darkly comedic undertone surrounds the film, particularly with the theme of faith. Mind you, it becomes clearer during the final act where he repeatedly provokes someone into shouting "I am a false prophet!!". Whilst the narrative is savage and depressing, simultaneously the visual imagery is just as relentless. The scene where the oil well is accidentally set alight was a beautiful mess. I was entranced. I don't think prospecting or mining is a career I would want to pursue after watching this...! Daniel Day-Lewis deserved that Oscar, he was phenomenal. Yet another transformative performance. Felt sorry for Paul Dano who was excellent but completely overshadowed by Lewis. The musical score was abrupt yet fitting, really admired it. The film did slow down during the second act where Plainview meets a long lost relative, but picks up again in the third act. This deserves the critical acclaim, and perhaps with future viewings it will get the perfect rating. Cements Daniel Day-Lewis as one of the best actors ever.

simasgor Basically we all know that Daniel Plainview is a slick man. He's a businessman, greed was in that man's nature. We all saw it when the rig exploded and he didn't care about HW at all. The fire represent the bad in him, the devil that made himself him. And hypocrites do live in this world, just like Eli Sunday. You don't mix religion with economy. I disagree to Eli Sunday's point of view. But after all, greed is in one man's nature and it destroy humanity just like the whole movie showed us through Daniel Plainview.