There Will Be Blood (2007)

ear on 2/16/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Three times is a charm and my esteem for this film has reached a pinnacle. Paul Thomas Anderson is truly a great director and "There Will Be Blood" is his finest achievement to date. He has captured an important part of the American story and provided us with one of the most fascinating characters on film in Daniel Planeview. Daniel Day Lewis's portrayal of Daniel Planeview is breathtaking in its complexity and emotional scope. Planeview loves and hates with equal passion and his inner workings are slowly revealed. His nemesis Eli Sunday is equally complex and Paul Dano's Sunday is quite effective in trying to indict Planeview's conscience.The films final conflict between these two opportunist is powerful and telling. Between the bookmarks of this powerful epic we witness one of the most interesting father son relationships ever filmed. This is a film of great beauty and internal conflict. This is a film that stays with you for days. This is probably the best film of the decade. It provokes strong feelings. This is the definition of great cinema.

ozfinger on 3/16/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

This movies garbage. Paul Thomas Anderson had one good film Boogie Nights.

ToryK on 7/17/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Baloney. Boogie Nights is good stuff, but he's made two movies that were better since then, this one included.

Seb on Dec 11 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

right on ear, and whoever says that a film is boring without backing it up with sufficient evidence carries no weight in any discussion. i think that anyone who says this film is boring doesnt understand the complexities of cinema at its finest. they also have an attention span of a moth. every minute of this film is engrossing. the first 20 minutes that had no dialogue was the best part of the film. movies that have a lack of dialogue usually draw detractors, usually people with limited attention spans. if you cant appreciate slowburn storytelling then you dont have the right to converse on this website. every word in there will be blood means something. it really encompasses the mannerisms of a specific time; when people only spoke when they had something important to say. this is rather evident in the characterization of daniel plainview. if you cant appreciate nuance and the beautiful cinematography in this film without having explosions in your face every five minutes then 'ozfinger', you should move your conversation over to a transformers discussion......moron