TheSheykhi Main theme is about how Money, Power and Greed turn a hardworker miner to a heartless monster but this theme putted into a very boring story. The film was very powerful in Technical viewpoint and Daniel Day-Lewis presents one of the best performance in history. Paul Thomas Anderson tried to show the details perfectly, which it cost him a Film that is boring and over runtimed.

ryanwmullally There Will Be Blood is an absolute amazing and intense film with a great performance from Daniel Day-Lewis as anti-hero Daniel Plainview. This is a gripping story with family, religion, greed, and milkshakes.Many people say that Daniel Day-Lewis gives the only good performance in the film, but Paul Dani also gives a great performance as Eli Sunday.The movie is about an oil prospector named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis). He dosen't care about ANYONE except himself. When one of his workers die he adopts his son H.W, and uses him as a prop to make him feel like he's a nice family man, when he's actually a ruthless monster. And that's all I'll say about it, because I don't want to spoil it, because if you haven't seen this movie, see it.Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for best actor, and he deserved it because his performance is so convincing and amazing, that it's scary. He's the only actor ever to win 3 oscars.This film seems heavily influenced by Stanley Kubrick, due to the music at the end, the atmosphere, the hidden and mysterious messages that go over your head, and Plainview beats Eli Sunday the exact same way the apes beat up the skeleton with the bone in 2001: A Space Odyssey. I think the reason why is because the director Paul Thomas Anderson actually met Stanley Kubrick. And he was nice Paul Thomas Anderson when he found out he directed Boogie Nights, but he was much nicer to him when he learned he wrote it.This is a masterpiece and really wonder what Paul Thomas Anderson does next.

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.

andrewroy-04316 For all of the build up and establishment of the world and characters, the final act delivered magnificently. The first half of the movie trudges along with Plainview a hard-working oil man with his beloved son, and seems like an unremarkable story of an oilman making ruthless and efficient business deals to get lots of oil. However, as the movie reaches its later stages, you begin to see the layers of Plainview's personality, and his true, single-minded desire for success and money at the expense of all others. Religion and Plainview's manipulation of Paul Dano's character was excellent, and I thought both the script and performances in the final two scenes with Dano and with Plainview's son were exceptional. A forceful, intense train that picks up speed throughout, There Will Be Blood is powerful and immersive in the world and mindset of Plainview.