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4/4
I drink your milkshake! Masterpiece
Terry - wrote on 09/19/2016
3 time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis pulls of another outstanding performance and picked up his second Oscar for Best Actor. The film also won the Oscar for Best Cinematography. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards altogether, including Best Picture and Best Director
Daniel Plainview is an ambitious, competitive owner of an oil drilling company in the early 1900’s. What starts off as an early discovery of oil from a drill culminates into a massive and successful oil business. Daniel has only his own interests at heart and has no regard for manipulation and using others, including his son, to get what he wants. In addition, he doesn’t want anyone else to succeed.
After receiving a tip from Paul, Paul Dano, about a large amount of oil situated beneath a plot of land, …
Rating of
4/4
More than average entertainment.
memento_mori - wrote on 06/27/2013
Daniel Day-Lewis. He drinks your milkshake. Then wins an Oscar.
Paul Thomas Anderson proves yet again that he is one of the most talented filmmakers working today in this miracle of a movie, where the script, acting, music, direction, cinematography and structure all outweigh each other. I have nothing but applause and praise.
Every scene is basically even better than the last. PTA knows how to pace and piece together a drama to convey the full story.
Daniel Day-Lewis is… someone else. Compare this Daniel Day-Lewis with the one from My Left Foot or Lincoln. I swear, whenever he is on screen: MAGIC. A well-deserved and earned Oscar.
The long, close shots of people's expressions and of landscapes baffle me every time. The angles seem so elegant and never in the wrong frame.
But …
Rating of
3.5/4
"There Will Be Blood" by Amanda
symp4thedevil - wrote on 10/08/2012
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel-Day Lewis this was my choice "Best Picture" winner at the Academy Awards and easily one of my favorite films of 2007.
Paul Thomas Anderson's style in this particular film has often been compared to Francois Truffaut, known for his unique character dramas, camera techniques, combined with an underlying message the viewer may not be ready for. It is a masterful combination that most films and flicks lack. Usually it is all flash and spectacle in Hollywood, a slow paced slow forming character drama, a political propaganda piece, etc.
Paul Thomas Anderson, in this rare instance, deserves to be compared to one of the founders of French New Wave because of his spectacular character study that celebrates classic cinema technique with …
Rating of
3/4
"There Will Be Blood" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/10/2012
There Will Be Blood follows the rise of oil tycoon Daniel Plainview from his humble beginnings as a prospector working the land with his own two hands through to solitary mansion-bound multi-millionaire. I'm not surprised that this was adapted from a book published in 1927; it has a real old-fashioned feel to it and a palpable sense of authenticity. Therefore anyone used to the constant fast cuts, CGI, pop music soundtracks and wibbly wobbly camera work of modern cinema may find it tough going. It's a character study pure and simple, and Daniel Day Lewis is simply incredible. He is an ACTOR, not a movie star, and at no point to you become aware of the fact that he is just an actor acting; he genuinely brings Plainview to life. Unfortunately for those who like their films with a lovable …
Rating of
4/4
There Will Be Blood review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 10/30/2011
An artistic film about Daniel Plainview’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) dark journey in becoming a wealthy but deranged, manipulative and lonely oil magnate. He adopts a son H.W. (Dillon Freasier) and teaches him the business of oil prospecting. Paul Sunday (Paul Dano) informs Daniel about his family’s ranch with oil underneath. His brother Eli (Paul Dano), the faith healer, negotiates the price of the land to benefit the Church of the Third Revelation. Some lines from the serious flick: Daniel Plainview – “I drink your milkshake. I drink it up!” “I'm finished.” “There are times when I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money I can get away from everyone.” “You're not my son. You're just a little piece of competition.”
The …
Rating of
4/4
There Will Be Daniel Day-Lewis
joshow - wrote on 09/18/2009
“I’ve abandoned my child! I’ve abandoned my child! I’ve abandoned my boy!” Two days after watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood”, I still find myself replaying Daniel Day-Lewis bellowing out the aforementioned lines over and over in my head. Day-Lewis is absolutely riveting as a self-made oil tycoon in Anderson’s gritty tale of greed, hatred and madness.
I couldn’t help but draw comparisons to Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Shining” while watching this piece. From the terrifyingly unsettling score by Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood, to the prominent theme of extreme isolation, PTA may have officially established himself as the modern day Kubrick.
Day-Lewis is captivating in his portrayal of ruthless, greed …
Rating of
3/4
There Will Be Respect
BmovieJosh - wrote on 09/18/2009
Personally I think that this film doesn't get enough respect. It came out in 08' the same time that the Coen Brothers film 'No Country For Old Men' did. 'There Will Be Blood' won a few Oscars including 'Bes Cina' and 'best Actor in a Leading Role.' I think it should have won best picture for the year. It was a higher quality film the 'No COuntry For Old Men.' 'There Will Be Blood' can be bought at Wal Mart for $3 now. LIke I said, it's Oscar winning and that cheap? Eh... The plot of the story is oil mining. They try their best to make money off oil and find out just what kinda job oil mining really is. This is a great film to watch if you have some down time and wanna kick back, realax, and eat some popcorn. Give 'There Will Be Blood' a chance.
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3/4
GREED STOPS AT NOTHING
shutterspeed777 - wrote on 04/21/2009
Reputed to be one of the most picky actors in the industry, DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (Best Actor 2007) is known to stay in his role/character for the entirety of the film shooting schedule. Bringing in a character like him into an outfit like this, immediately provides quality to the production. An epitome of evil and greed, Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) will stop at nothing to get what he wants. What really served as a twist was that Plainview's lust for wealth was matched by the local town preacher Eli Sunday (PAUL DANO). Just solidifies the fact that lust emanates from both sides of the human spectrum. But finally culminates at the same point: BLOODSHED.
Although a bit too overstretched time-wise, Day-Lewis saved the day by his superb acting performance.
Rating of
4/4
*Sarah* - wrote on 12/29/2008
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. Well, first things first, I didn't think that I would come across a film that would have the same impact on me when i watched Atonement. Boy was I wrong! Everything in this film is pure genuis on Anderson's part. Stunning cinematography,acting,score,editing....everything that I want in a film and more. An absolute masterpiece.
There Will Be Blood contains some intresting idelogies about surburben America. Most notably an incredibly isolated one. But two that come to mind are this Anti-Religious theme and Ant-capitalism. We see the character of Plaintiff, who feels uncomfortable around Eli Sunday in relation to his evangelical preching. Daniel Day-Lewis' …
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3.5/4
There Will Be Satisfaction
Nosferatu - wrote on 11/30/2008
There Will Be Blood is Paul Thomas Anderson's tour de force masterpiece about Oil Harvesting in the early 1900's based on Upton Sinclair's classic novel "Oil!". The film is about how greed and corruption build up and at the same time tear down Daniel Plainview (played by Daniel Day Lewis who gives a legendary performance in the Film). The film deals with typical film motifs, like greed, betrayal, corruption and faith, but does so in a way that is somehow eerily realistic, and relevant to the times. It also is packed with explosive performances from the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis as aforementioned and Paul Dano (Juno, Girl Next Door) and a script thats only true flaw is that it's too long. The music by Radiohead member Johnny Greenwood is not only superb, but it truly sets the tone of an …
