Jan
11
2008

There Will Be Blood

Wow, what a brave film this is. True cinema auteurs in the mold of Welles and Kubrick are rarities nowadays but writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the best modern examples. I love all his previous films and ‘There Will Be Blood’ could turn out to be his masterpiece.

There Will Be Blood

Daniel Day-Lewis is mesmerising as Daniel Plainview, an oil prospector who has an intense need to succeed while making sure others fail. Eli Sunday is a young church reverend who has the charisma to try to match Plainview. Similarly, Paul Dano who plays Eli did a good job of sparring with Day-Lewis on screen. Many will find Jonny Greenwood’s score to be disconcerting but it perfectly compliments what is going on in Plainview’s head.

I wouldn’t award a film 9 crumbs out of 10 until I’ve seen it multiple times, so for now ‘There Will Be Blood’ gets 8 crumbs.

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