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Movie Review - There Will Be Blood


Though it is a long film, the acting is so good that it makes it a great movie. Definately 4-Stars.

DESCRIPTION: At the turn of the 20th century, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) becomes a tycoon when he buys the oil rights to a Texas family's ranch. Meanwhile, as the simple village becomes a boomtown, a charismatic young preacher (Paul Dano), fights his community's growing greed. The movie is an adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!

It is a period film set in what appears to be western Texas The score is epic, angular, dissonant, brilliant and dominates the first 15 or so dialogue-free minutes that expertly sets up the story of Daniel Day-Lewis' Daniel Plainview rise as a Texas oilman. Daniel Day-Lewis who is just great in this film, is in almost every frame. Plainview is both the hero and villain of this film. The character is a misanthrope and we root for him anyway, partly because those whom he's up against are somehow even more unlikable. The final scene is unexpected and explosive.

1 comment:

Pat R said...

finally got to see the infamous There Will Be Blood... Daniel-Day Lewis' performance was top-notch. He takes well to the overbearing, violent father-figure role -- he also did this in Gangs of New York.