There Will Be Blood - Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, Dillon Freasier (June 28, 2008)
This movie has me in a quandary. Do I talk about how much I liked the attention to detail, the historical aspect of drilling for oil, or do I talk about how little I liked the character of Daniel Plainview? Daniel is shown as a self-reliant man who adopts an orphaned baby. Does he adopt the baby for love or because the baby makes him seem like an honest family man? Plainview is an Oilman, and not a particularly honest one either. After meeting with a charismatic preacher, he becomes driven. Everyone is worthy of suspicion.
Daniel Day Lewis gives a brilliant performance as Plainview, but the film isn't the masterpiece that it's touted to be. The first part of the film is great, but towards the end, the character makes huge turns and as years are skipped over, we aren't given a real reason why that happens. Enjoyable, but violent. If you are intrigued by the story then it's worth seeing.
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If anyone who reads this review has seen this film, please drop me a note. I have a question about the order of events....
If you don't want me to, I won't publish your note, but I'd like to discuss what you saw in the theater.
Thanks!
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