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A sprawling epic about family, greed, corruption, and the pursuit of the American dream. Set in the booming West coast oil fields at the turn of the 20th century, "There Will Be Blood" follows the ris...( read more 
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MCT:September 7, 2008VERY BORED ICANT BELIVE IT WAS NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWRD AND THAT DANIEL DAY LEWIS WON IT INSTEAD OF JOOHNY DEPP
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MCT:September 2, 2008A slightly different approach in his storytelling for Paul Thomas Anderson, though slow burning as ever it doesnt really develop in the multi-faceted ways that his other films do. Set around the life of a hardened oil digger, its a tale of family, redemption and cold bloodedness which takes place over the course of about 20 years around the turn of the 20th Century in the oil rich fields of Western America. The direction is excellent as is the cinematography, but the thing that clearly stands out is the performance of Daniel Day Lewis. Captivating every moment on screen, its impossible to take your eyes off him. The development of the character over the period of the film is also fasinating. That said the story is not exciting or deep enough to carry over the lenght of the film and severely drags in parts. Worth watching, but mainly for an outstanding performance and some great visuals.
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MCT:September 1, 2008
Not my favorite from PT Anderson, but still a great movie. Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano knock it out of the park! the cinematography was fantastic and I really dug the score. Very creepy. One of the best films of 2007.
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MCT:September 1, 2008
There Will Be Blood has a bag of admirable aspects, it is stunningly filmed, Day-Lewis is sterling and the direction great but the slowness of the picture and the screenplay occasionally bog it down. That being said a mood is established straight away and this is achieved with no dialogue, the sweltering conditions are so accurately portrayed. Day-Lewis is Plainview, an oil man who becomes more and more self absorbed and obsessed as the film progresses, eventually resulting in the deterioration of the relationship with his son. The film has a interesting insight into the early days of prospection and the ongoing conflict between Plainview and Paul Dano's eccentric 'prophet' over the oil field adds another dark, fascinating angle to the proceedings. There is no light at the end of the tunnel in There Will Be Blood, and it is by no means an 'edge of your seat' blockbuster but the final scene involving the two leads and a bowling alley is so memorably staged and the dialogue terrific. The score is also used effectively, every note struck seems to characterise the events unfolding on-screen.
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MCT:August 29, 2008Amazing acting from both Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano is a tale which is so wonderfully filmed and scripted, that the whole emotional ride rightly deserved it's best film Oscar nomination. Defiantly one of the best films of 2007.
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MCT:August 29, 2008
Dear LORD, I thought my heart would burst watching this film. Outstanding and as usual, the supporting actor was robbed. Paul Dano is going to kick our asses... you watch.
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MCT:August 29, 2008
Certainly one of the best films I've seen in a while. Another Anderson gem with an astonishing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis. An epic story of a man's rise to power and the obsession he has to it.
This has all the elements of great movie. Breathtaking cinematography, excellent acting, directing and storytelling at its finest. Some might say that it's a slow movie but even if it is, it will never get boring. It will simply put show you the true meaning of entertainment. Another mention is the superb score in the film. It's eerie and something completely different, even chaotic at times.
Day-Lewis' performance is probably the most memorable in years. Daniel Plainview is one of the most despicable characters in movie history. In the beginning and during the film he shows his humane side of him but he gets so obsessed by the wealth and power that he will eventually lose it all. Like his final words in the movie... "Im finished" -
MCT:August 28, 2008
Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano are incredible in one of the best films of the year.Fantastic score with a unforgetable ending,a bit long but a fantastic film.
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MCT:August 28, 2008
This is probably the first time I have said this in any of my reviews,I have Never in my life seen acting done quite this well.Daniel Day Lweis was Stellar as always however what Paul Dano brought to the table was very intense!This movie is nothing short of visually Spectacular and and amazing story.You will not get bored,You will not be disappointed,I was glued the entire time **DO NOT MISS THIS ONE**
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MCT:August 27, 2008
PT Anderson has yet to direct a sub-standard film. His second, Magnolia, is in the top three of my all time favorite movies list. A list which is now one title longer..."There Will Be Blood" is a fascinating look at the burgeoning oil well drilling industry and a man who has made his fortune by it. Phenomenal performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors. Paul Dano, who I had never heard of before, impressed me almost as much as Day-Lewis. "There Will Be Blood" starts out as a fairly conventional movie. But there are whole scenes that are practically surreal (Eli Sunday's preaching, the baptism). I recommend it highly.
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MCT:August 27, 2008
Not an easy watch i must say but once you think about it for a day or two you realise that you haven't just watched a really crap film but a brilliant film.
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MCT:August 26, 2008THE BEST FILM OF 2007!!!
I don´t know what to say ´cause everythings has been told before, but personally I think that There Will Be Blood is much better than No Country for Old Men. -
Unbelievable movie. The suspense, acting, and characters were so on cue to display the feeling of the time so authentically in this film.
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MCT:August 21, 2008Yes, DDL?s performance was amazing. (But I think Paul Dano was underrated in this film, big time.) Yes, it looks good?I?m sure that has something to do with cinematography or whatever. But, really, did it HAVE to be this long? I was a little bored at points. If it weren?t for DDL, the scenes b/n him and HW, and the end (which I thought was clever, but it seems to get bashed around here), I would have rated it 2 stars.
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MCT:August 21, 2008
I think this is a visually beautiful film. The acting is superb and the story is extremely unique. Check it out.
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MCT:August 20, 2008
Having viewed There Will Be Blood for the second time last night I am still reeling in the wake of its perfection. Paul Thomas Anderson takes his direction to a new level, filming on a larger scale than he ever has, and doing so with the creativity and conviction that will ensure his place as one of the finest film makers of this generation. Every shot is stunning in its composition, framing, and lighting, serving the complexity and multi layered nature of the story. Despite Anderson's seminal direction and cinematography the film is owned completely by the performance of Daniel Day Lewis. He provides a towering character study of a man driven only by a sense of greed and competition. Many a story has centered around the destructive nature of greed but no actor has captured it with quite as much passion and intensity. By its conclusion, his Daniel Plainview is a shallow, souless man, destroyed by his own unwavering quest for wealth. Day Lewis is in almost every scene and is utterly commanding whenever on screen. His complete transformation and exploration of the Plainview psyche is on par with that of De Niro in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, Pacino in the Godfather, or any one of Brando's best performances. The performance is easily the best of the decade if not one of the best in film history. Dano is worthy support as Eli Sunday, and the mere fact that his character can share the screen with Day Lewis is a testament both to the writing and to his performance.
Johnny Greenwood's score is is the perfect counterpoint to the film, bordering at times on creepy, its edgy, off kilter sound enhances Plainview's descent into madness.
This is an emotionally draining, yet completely stunning masterpiece, and an exercise in film making perfection. -
MCT:August 20, 2008
Paul Thomas Anderson has been one of my favorite directors for over 10 years now. His second film Boogie Nights was so perfect, so crazily wonderful that I instantly knew he was a filmmaker that would forever be remembered. His follow-up Magnolia was also a brilliant piece of filmmaking, his version of a rambling Altman film. With his fourth film Punch-Drunk Love, it was almost like he was taking some time off, doing something small and fun, it was far less ambitious than his previous films, but also very well made and a fully interesting film. There Will Be Blood is probably my favorite film of 2007, an incredible masterwork, something that I didn't even believe he was capable of. Which in my eyes, moves him among the all time greats, with only five films under his belt. My only complaint is that it takes him two to three years to make a new film, but they're well worth the wait.
Blood began as an adaptation exercise, P.T. wasn't sure himself that he was capable of creating an epic period piece, so he began by adapting some chapters from the book Oil!. Once he realized that something good was coming together, he wrote the entire film. He only saw one actor with the gravity to be able to play Daniel Plainview, Daniel-Day Lewis; and rumor has it that if he had said no, the film would have been scrapped. Let's thank the movie-making gods that it came together.
The film begins with Plainview working by himself deep within the earth, painfully digging out his silver-mine. On a trip back down the ladder a rung breaks free and he takes a long tumble, waking up with a broken leg he must claw his way out to survive. It's a gritty scene that shows us exactly what kind of man he is. The film moves to a few years later, when he discovers oil for the first time; another accident kills one of his workers, which leaves him with an adopted son. Time jumps again, to when he's really coming into his own, giving his already famous "I'm an oilman..." speech.
The film really takes off when he hears about some land ripe with oil and he moves into this small town, buying up all the land surrounding it, building the area's first oil rig and becoming a full blown oil barren. There is only one man that dares stand up to him, Eli Sunday, the local preacher and the son of the first man that Plainview bought land from. He feels betrayed because his family didn't benefit financially from the oil. He is constantly trod upon by Plainview, belittling him, even as he's becoming a well known religious profit.
The film is an amazing character portrait of a man drunk on his own power. Daniel-Day Lewis portrays Daniel Plainview as an incredibly cold man, he has absolutely zero compassion for anyone, except for his son; but he's even willing to throw him aside when it comes to his business. It's sickening, yet completely fascinating to watch as Plainview spirals down into his own lonely world, where only he and his oil exist. The film ends with him so caught up in it all, that human life means nothing.
The film will leave you feeling disgustingly refreshed, and give you a bit of an understanding of why the world is the way it is. These are the type of people that shaped the world, the ones with the lust for power and money, where nobody stands in their way on the way to the top. It's sad, but it's the truth.
There Will Be Blood is a full fledged masterpiece. Daniel-Day Lewis deserved the Oscar for best actor, while he's slightly over-the-top (I. Drink. Your. Milkshake!), he gives a fully realized performance, one that is also endearingly entertaining. Jonny Greenwood's score is so odd that it is a little jarring at first, but by the end, I couldn't have imagined another composer trying to capture the madness. Writer/Director Paul Thomas Anderson, proves that he can work in any genre; this is the best historical epic of the decade. The film is so beautifully made that you can practically taste the dust and oil. Every frame oozes reality, like we're witnessing history unfold before us.
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MCT:August 20, 2008i can't really say much about this film that hasn't already been said. top notch cinematography and performances from lewis & dano. ...i found quite a few of their scenes quite humourous as well. this is my favourite film of 2007.
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MCT:August 20, 2008
Outstanding act of Lewis in the role of teh charismatic prospector. Great screenplay.
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MCT:August 19, 2008
Beautifully shot, landscapes that are used are amazing. Day-Lewis' character is so involved and changes so much over time. Dano compliments Day-Lewis well matching his power in performance and being Plainviews almost complete opposite. The character development is exceptional. There is some comparison to No Country For Old Men but this is much better, it has more involved characters and There Will Be Blood has a more artistic feel to it.
A very good period piece with suitable acting. -
MCT:August 18, 2008
This story is quite interesting, but strange at the final scene I ever saw. And Daniel Day-Lewis does the greatest performance as an oilman, who not least by capitalising on what he perceives as weaknesses - others may consider them virtues - of those around him via his sheer ruthlessness. That should be correct for Day-Lewis who garnered a 'Best Actor' Oscar.
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pavacri23posted 99 days ago -
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most amazing actors of our time, simply amazing in this movie. The cinematography was breath-taking and the sceneries were gorgeous. I really felt like I was there. Not to mention I really enjoyed the music and plot twists! The only negative thing I can say was that it was about an hour too long. Other than that it was wonderful! :)
Plus, the ending was so so so perfect! I loved itposted 124 days ago -
YO ENCONTRE QUE LOGRARON A CABVALIDAD EL REALISMO DE AQUELLA EPOCA, ME ENCANTO BRAVISSIMO
posted 163 days ago -
This was a well shot well acted movie that will hold you throughout but it could leave you wanting.
posted 167 days ago -
Paul Dano should have got nominated for this at the Oscars. I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!
posted 178 days ago -
MCT said he would have had made a better title. After seeing the whole movie, I firmly disagree. The title works both ways: The blood of the Lamb of God and the blood shed by Lewis in the film. It is ironic, too, because obviously Lewis' character does not believe, only is "saved" to benefit his own agenda. An excellent film and the kind of character study for anyone who wants to get into acting.
posted 216 days ago -
Rotten tomatoes so far has given there Will Be Blood an 100% fresh rating, some saying it's P.T Anderson's best work which means a lot considering he directed Magnolia.
posted 298 days ago -
Thats not very nice tsigur, but if you want to see this film you must be pretty smart or born in swamplands.
posted 339 days ago -
I don't know Cody Franklin, but he sounds like a pretty smart guy and I agree with him 100%. On the other hand, he seems like a dusche.
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