There Will Be Blood
February 11th, 2008
Written By: Adam Sussman
Daniel Day-Lewis, the actor who made “Gangs of New York” somewhat entertaining has once again pulled of an amazing performance. This is a Paul Thomas Anderson film, the guy that made “Punch Drunk Love”, “Magnolia” and one of my all-time favorites “Boogie Nights”. Remember that scene with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mark Wahlberg, “I am such an idiot”?
Anyhow, the film was 2.5 hours long and I could have watched it for another 4. It has every element free market capitalists love; competition, greed, oil tycoons and religious nut cases. This movie deserves to sweep the Oscars for everything and was one of the best movies I have seen for a long time.
Spoiler – Don’t read this if you have not seen the movie.
There were a few moments when I thought the ending touched on DiCaprio’s performance of Howard Hughes in the “The Aviator”. Paul Thomas Anderson seemed to touch on that familiarity since both my wife and I made the same comment as we left the film, but Day-Lewis’s acting was so riveting, you did not care and you only wanted more.
March 6th, 2008 10:13
This was an awesome movie. Best part is when he b*tch slaps the priest and makes a fool out of him.
May 6th, 2008 15:44
This movie is really capable to capture Oscar !! What do you think??
May 12th, 2008 08:20
What a great flick!