There Will Be Blood (2007)
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Paul Thomas Anderson
Written By: Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair
Starring: Ciarán Hinds, Kevin J. O'Connor, Paul Dano, Paul F. Tompkins, David Warshofsky, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hans Howes, Russell Harvard, David Willis, Dillon Freasier, Christine Olejniczak, Sydney McCallister
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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doctor7 | 99 99% |
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I have been told by multiple people that "There Will Be Blood" is the best film of the past decade, even with such expectations the film did not fail to deliver on any level. Daniel Day-Lewis is astounding providing what may very well be the best performance ever but let's not forget about the support cast. Paul Dano is astounding and so is everyone else; every bit role is just perfect. The cinematography, the music, everything about the film is amazing. It will go down in cinema history.
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djross | 93 99% |
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The greatest American film of the 21st century thus far. Elements of this movie convinced me that it is, in a very interesting way, a quasi-remake of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (not only the opening but the closing sequence as well, with the bowling pin equivalent to a bone, not to mention the soundtrack). More than anything, it is a potent reflection on the genesis, character and fate of the American spirit, with all its dynamism and destructiveness.
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Luna6ix | 94 99% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis gives his best performance, and the cinematography is jaw-droppingly beautiful, this movie is absolutely stunning.
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Jeb | 99 95% |
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I can't describe how good it is. There Will Be Blood is a classic from start to finish. This will go down in history as one of the most crushing, and powerful movies ever to hit the cinema. Amazing plotline and brilliant direction along with incredible acting from Day-Lewis and the rest of the cast. Has several memorable scenes too that puts chills down my spine. Just a masterpiece.
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XakkMaster | 100 99% |
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The term masterpiece is often overused, but not here. This is a superb example of film making. The landscapes, the vivid colors and camera work... It's a 21st century Citizen Kane; an intense character piece. Some scenes can go 5 to 10 minutes with very little dialogue, yet small details can be questioned and examined for months. Time will only increase the significance of this film and Daniel Day-Lewis continues to prove that he is one of the greatest actors to ever appear on the silver screen.
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Okkervil | 100 99% |
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Andersons modern epic is a masterpiece. Truly engaging, utterly beautiful and frankly stunning from the very first second to the very last. Wonderful support performances, particularly from Dano, and Day-Lewis' frankly awe inspiring outing as Daniel Plainview, make use of a brilliant script and Andersons unique way of pacing his movies. Not to mention the fantastic musical score. A true exploration of greed and human nature. Simply put in my opinion this is just about cinema's greatest moment.
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Shmendrek | 5 96% |
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Holy crap, this was worth the wait. I would add this to any list of quintessential American films in a heartbeat. DDL is a man possessed, each shot is a god-damned masterpiece, and the score is fucking perfect. And that final scene between Plainview and Sunday...gah. That really shook me up. I've been thinking about it for days. It's just amazing. See it.
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th_mertens | 97 99% |
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There will be blood has given me one of the most sincere feelings of true art. It's a phenomenal exploration of the psyche of Daniel Plainview, an incredible portraylal of cold blood capitalism vs. religious fanaticism, and a 'tour de force' from both Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano. Literally ever scene has proven its purpose throughout the movie and every note of the soundtrack accompanies the emotional strenght of the film. ... Pure Brilliance !!!!!!
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INDYATMN | 98 97% |
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Day-Lewis brings new meaning 2 the word intense as he crushes the earth beneath him& sucks on its marrow, making a character who isn't so much a man as he is a symbol 4 the jaws of capitalism vividly real. Anderson's direction grips u from the start, using a riveting score 2 turn gorgeous John Ford-like vistas in2 something else entirely. No bedrock of American values is left unbroken as he takes his pick-ax 2 religion as well. The film is a working paradox: a tale of nuanced & measured extremes
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CCLZA | 100 99% |
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Raw, shocking, hypnotic and superb from start to finish. A modern masterpiece above pretty much every film in the last years. Paul Thomas Anderson has paved his way to cinema history with this visionary tale of human nature.
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Bojangles | 95 99% |
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Yes it's evil, dark, and brutal. But it's also hilarious. I laugh a little more each time I watch it. DDL's antics are not to be taken TOO seriously (you'll know when it's not funny anymore.) This film also re-iterated a point for me that the kiddies should all take note of: Avoid watching the trailer of an anticipated movie 648 times prior to seeing the movie. Some effect can be lost upon full viewing.
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cagedwisdom | 100 90% |
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Absolutely outstanding. Superbly tells a story of greed, religion and family. Stunning character development and depth. Daniel Day-Lewis is unfathomably good. I really don't know what to say about his acting performance. What cinematography, what a script, what acting and what an atmosphere. On top of all this, it probably has the best ending scene I have ever seen. Everyone needs to see this.
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Anomaly | 96 99% |
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PT Anderson has matured as both a writer and a director (obviously influenced by Kubrick), Day-Lewis is brilliant, the other actors hold their own, Greenwood's score is as amazing and manic as Day-Lewis' performance, the cinematography is breathtaking, the violence shocking, the humor unexpected and hilarious. Amazing.
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JohnnyZombie | 98 99% |
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Excellent. P.T. Anderson has made his masterpiece and what may just end up being the greatest movie of this decade. It doesn't feel great at first, but after you walk out of the theater you realize that it has nestled a place into the dark recesses of your mind.
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Nathan S | 6 99% |
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It's a little hard to verbalize what's so great about a film that is practically flawless. It more than lives up to the hype and is, for lack of a less cliche phrase, a tour de force of direction, performance, and cinematography. Daniel Plainview is a character of literary nuance, and DDL plays him with an acute, baking intensity.
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Tripwyre | 100 99% |
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Excellent. The kind of movie that puts you to sleep in the theatre, but keeps you up at night. This stuck with me for months afterward: I was constantly replaying it in my head, trying to understand the movie's rich themes, and relive its wicked character study of a man who embodies the darkness of American capitalism. The cast is outstanding, especially Daniel Day-Lewis, whose top accomplishment is how likable he is all the way through, no matter what. The cinematography and score are perfect.
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Farzan | 97 98% |
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There Will Be Blood is flat out amazing. Day-Lewis gives one of the greatest performances in film history, and Anderson's direction is truly remarkable. People complain that the film was too slow, but this film has many scenes that will flatten your jaw to the floor, and give you much time to admire and contemplate everything that has happened in the film. TWBB is filled with a wide variety of emotions and feelings, all intertwined and well worth thinking about. Truly a unique experience.
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jmarkthespot | 100 99% |
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He'll steal your land, drink your milkshake, then bash your brains in with a bowling pin.
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| 7 | Skenkere | 100 99% |
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Incredible on every level, in every sense of the word. It's reminiscent of epics of ambition like Citizen Kane, but it's also completely original. I have never seen better acting than DDL in this. This isn't just about greed and ambition, or oil, or religious fanatacism, it's a portrait of a complete and utter misanthrope. Johnny Greenwood's score is incredibly fitting and unique. The ending is staggering. I love Anderson, but still can't believe he made this. There Will Be Blood.
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PeaceAnarchy | 97 99% |
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This is a real masterpiece. The acting is of course superb, but so are the characters and story that the acting supports. The characters are really symbols, representing the aspects of humanity that the film is criticizing, but they still manage to be realistic and human. The story is somewhat conventional but the manner in which it is told makes it feel like something completely new. The direction is very good as well, with wonderful shots and a slow pace that always keeps you involved.
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Alex Watkins | 6 98% |
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Frames capitalism as a religion, and religion as a grab for power and control, each corrupting the souls of the men that seek redemption through it. It's essentially a two-hander writ large and played out against the desolate backdrop of the early 20th-century American west, where society seeks to force itself upon the barren wilderness. Certainly on the short list of the greatest films of the 21st century.
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JooJoo | 7 99% |
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In later years - when people talk of the early movies of this century - this will be the one all are judged against.
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frederic_g54 | 9 90% |
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(2nd viewing): From PTA's direction, to DDL's performance and Elswit incredible camera work, the film is nothing short of masterful. I think the whole brother' subplot takes away from the central father-son conflict, as if we needed extra confirmation that Plainview is a total dick, but it's still up there with PTA's best.
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Pickpocket | 10 98% |
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One of the greatest movies ever made. So complex and dark and funny and scary. Has everything a movie should have.
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omgfridge | 11 99% |
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Scary good. Everyone knows how good Day-Lewis was in it but it cannot be stressed enough. An epic masterpiece.
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Kavu | 95 99% |
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Brilliant in many ways. Beautiful cinematography, powerful story and maybe the performance of the decade by Daniel Day-Lewis.
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teknicolor | 100 99% |
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It saddens me to relate to DDL's character so much. All the characters are rich and well acted, the soundtrack is chilling and highly appropriate to the tone of the movie. There are so may layers to this movie it is almost necessary to see it more than once. Brilliant!
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TedDedon | 99 99% |
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From the eerie, quiet opening to the stunning final scene, There Will be Blood stands as the top historical drama of the entire decade. This is, without a doubt, the highlight of PT Anderson's career and more than likely the pinnacle of everyone else involved's. It's an extraordinary achievement that is just perfect in basically every way. Lewis is a juggernaut and the incredible direction highlighted by the creepy score makes There Will be Blood a highlight of modern American cinema.
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caiman | 96 99% |
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An excellent movie. From the very first shot Anderson is able to conjure a relentlessly unsettling atmosphere and sustain it for the entirety of the movie. The haunting, often dissonant music helps achieve this, as does the beautiful cinematography and deliberate pacing. The movie is also a supurb character study. This aspect, of course, could not have been achieved if not for the brilliance of Daniel Day-Lewis. He creates one of the most frightening and intriguing characters I've ever seen.
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Ocelot | 99 99% |
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[rewatch] During the "I am a sinner" scene, my mind brought a connection between this and another of my favorite films, Apocalypse Now. Where that film is about the horrors of man as a species, this is about man as an individual, and the destructive nature of the self. It is also the best film ever made about the American Dream, perfectly tying in the inherent conflict between capitalism and religion despite how intertwined they've ostensibly become. There may never be a movie this good again.
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NorthSider | 100 99% |
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This mesmeric piece will never cease to amaze. Day-Lewis plays a degenerating oil tycoonist who, as his business grows, dips deeper into greed and corruption. Suffice to say that Lewis' performance may very well be one of the greatest ever seen on film; and, if for no other reason, you should at least see this picture for its acting prowess. Anderson successfully slides the viewer through the thorough social criticism of Sinclair, granting deep insight into business, religion, and nihilism.
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Bitch Alert | 100 97% |
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The most refined and majestic yet subtle film of 2007, this story about a greedy oil prospector confronting economical and religious conflicts is one that will prove to be a future classic. Daniel Day-Lewis gives the performance of a lifetime in the difficult lead role.
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SarahG1988 | 100 97% |
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#Update: Currently my favourite film#
Absolutly outstanding filmaking and possibly is one of the best films of this decade. Beautifully shot and superbly acted by Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano. Contains a blistering score to...
One of my favourites
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jswinder | 96 98% |
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A carnivorous oil tycoon embarks on a soulless journey to riches spurred by an unmatched sense of greed and resentment towards "these...people". Some of the most descriptive camera work I've seen. A demonically impulsive score really sets the tone. Many say the final scene was overboard. IMO there's no way his character and what it represented could have gone out with a lesser bang.
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clayj41 | 99 99% |
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A character driven piece if there ever was one. This film seems to have a very polarizing effect on people, but no one can deny that Daniel Day-Lewis gives the performance of a lifetime. Paul Dano also shines in a role that is far too underappreciated. Daniel Plainview is a more complicated character than some might lead you to believe in what turned out to be the best film of 2007, which is no small feat.
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muutanet | 97 99% |
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Just perfect. Directing, cinematography, story, MUSIC, peformances, message, environment. All in all, just great movie. Sure Plainview was an unpleasant man, but how tormented he was. No real human contact. Man, how he tried to break his spell. The preacher was the only one who got the most heart of him. Pretty similar character opposites (or are they one and same character?) than in No Country for Old Men.
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saucyjack | 94 97% |
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A brilliant treatise on greed and religion with Day-Lewis providing yet another acting performance others can only dream of. An extremely disturbing look at the dark side of human nature with one of the more effective scores in recent memory by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood. Anderson's greatest film and would be the best film of most years, but I preferred No Country For Old Men by a hair.
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td888 | 70 76% |
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I expected an epic tale about the origins of the oil-industry in the US, but (like the assassination of Jesse James) it's a long story about one guy and his inner demons. It's not a bad movie, but not great either. Also I hated the 'music' score, too loud and too annoying.
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Leonardis | 96 91% |
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Fairly slow at times, but Daniel Day-Lewis is amazing and carries the movie from beginning to end. I would argue that this is probably Paul Thomas Anderson's best movie. It's simply one of the gorgeous movies I have ever experienced, from the score to the performances to the writing. Excellent screenplay, Excellent everything. I highly recommend it.
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Andy | 30 3% |
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One of my friends saw the first 2/3rds of the movie. He's lucky. The ending stinks and everything that was interesting in the beginning fizzled by the end. Yes the movie is visually stunning. And yes it feels like you're really in a turn-of-the-century oil boom. But I don't want to waste my time watching some miserable psychopath ruin his and other's lives. I don't gain anything useful knowledge, personal insight, or new perspectives, as I would in an actually good drama.
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Obdurate | 95 97% |
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Enough has been said about Daniel Day-Lewis. The story itself works on multiple levels. The music is loud and abrasive, often to the point of excess, along with sometimes seeming out of place. I think that is the point because often the music drives ahead at full force while the action on the screen is slowed down. The editing is pitch perfect, building tension the entire time. The ending is both hilarious and tragic, making the movie work as both a dramatic character study and black comedy.
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filmfreak88 | 90 96% |
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I wouldn't say it is flawless but it is riveting nonetheless. And certainly one of the best films of the year 2007. Not to mention, another standout performance by the amazing Daniel Day Lewis. The fact that the main character, David Plainview, is so despicable and yet so fascinating, keeping me glued for the whole 2 1/2 hours that I barely even noticed the time pass by, is a testament to Lewis' mad acting skills.
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vincente | 91 95% |
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GravyMaximus | 95 98% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis. Oh my god. A cinematic masterpiece. Unbelievably deep.
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angrypierre | 96 99% |
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Extraordinarily good. Epic. Engaging... lot's of adjectives like that. Originally I'd been putting off watching it because I thought it would be 'a bit heavy', but once I started I sat there mesmerized for the duration. Worth every accolade thrown at it.
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Ytadel | 8 93% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis is god damned jaw-dropping. A glorious, staggering performance that anchors a more evil, dark, and brutal version of Citizen Kane, and a wonderful piece of filmmaking.
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BeeDub | 95 91% |
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Excellent film, though it didn't hit me quite as hard as it did others. The acting, directing, and general filmmaking are all masterful, but the screenplay isn't as incisive as it should be. I mean, what's the message? That greed corrupts? Gee, thanks for that.
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Dorkovsky | 10 99% |
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Very complex character study performed by one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. I loved the ominous brooding soundtrack, even when it felt out of place. They don't make films like this anymore.... wait, they just did! Long live PT Anderson!
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Josh Forrest | 100 99% |
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The greatest film of all time.
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brandt64 | 100 99% |
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An unsettling black comedy / sprawling western epic with a superb performance by Day Lewis. Whether the ending is loved or hated, it will surely be one of the most memorable and poignant in recent years.
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Huychu | 98 97% |
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From the exhilarating, nearly wordless sequence that opens the film, to the outrageous showdown of a finale, this is an out-and-out masterpiece. Everyone involved brings their all, which is amazing considering the murderer's row of talent on display here. Best actor awards should be renamed in honor of Daniel Day-Lewis, the visual style director Paul Thomas Anderson and Robert Elswit give the film is breathtaking at times, and Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood creates a symphony of dischord.
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adrian | 90 97% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis' performance is an astounding achievement, riveting from beginning to end. The combination of Anderson's writing and Day-Lewis' delivery results in so many unforgettable moments. The first 2/3 of the movie is so intense and awe-inspiring it's like a force of nature. The Johnny Greenwood score is awesome as well. Though the final act was a slight let down after all that came before, TWBB makes everything else I saw in 2007 seem like child's play.
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hellsditch | 84 81% |
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Unrelentingly bleak...hey, just like real life! I really enjoyed that aspect of it. That's a recurring theme for me I guess. Weird, unsettling endings usually = good movie.
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jonny_boy | 50 29% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis is amazing and I'm giving these points mostly to him. Story is extremely boring and I actually expected something to happen at least in the end, so I would've liked the film. Way too overrated in my opinion.
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TheDiceman | 100 99% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis is awesome in this excellent film.
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Velvet Crowe | 98 99% |
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One of the best film performances in the history of cinema, not a single scene is wasted in developing the movies plot and atmosphere. Daniel Day-Lewis' acting really drives the movie to the peak, and the ending will be remembered for years as one of the true classics in cinema history.
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| 3 | patrickva | 76 23% |
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The sum is less than the sum of the parts, which is a shame, because the parts are so well done.
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MartinTeller | 84 81% |
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Good, but not the masterpiece it's been hailed as. It is a compelling story, centered around a memorable character, and Anderson has a fantastic sense of timing and composition. The score is unusual, very haunting even if it occasionally calls too much attention to itself. Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance. I definitely wanted to see what he would say or do next. The character of Eli is far too blunt. And the ending is far too broad... a cheap and showy gesture.
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Mentaculus | 96 96% |
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Corruptable religion faces off against capitalism risen from the pit of hell to battle over an American town. There's no better analogy for the 20th Century than a bowling alley; a superfluous AND nutritious 'milkshake' for personal greed. The score ushers in a new age in cinema sound. -4 points for an ill-timed flashback that sinks slightly into melodrama.
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Philip | 65 42% |
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I've seen this movie twice, and I stand by my opinion. It might be technically flawless, but there is something missing. A certain something I can't put my finger on, but that makes the movie unable to move me in any particular way. I can see how others might like it but, myself, I can not quite warm to it.
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Difontaine | 97 99% |
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This film will confuse people no doubt but you just feel in 10 years it will be wearing more 'masterpiece' acolades than it knows what to do with. Day-Lewis is brilliant (natch) and the whole film leaves you guessing where it is going next - a real lession to most blockbuster tosh you could direct yourself with your eyes closed. Yeah, I'm looking at you, Nicholas Cage.
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fleet_fox | 95 91% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis delivered a truly phenomenal performance; capturing the power of greed, fear, insanity, and comedy. Sometimes period pieces cannot be appreciated because they delve too deep into historical details -- turning the experience into more of a documentary than a narrative set in the past; this is not the case for There Will Be Blood. The cinematography is spectacular; the essence of the environment and the tension amongst the characters is captured beautifully. Best of 2007.
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Hawkins | 99 99% |
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Oil rejects water. Guy only drinks spiked milkshakes for a reason. Yet the oil man and holy water healer can't help but aggressively baptize one another, and amidst false bloodlines and duplicitous twins their reverse-magnetic antagonism keeps insisting they (and the institutions they embody) are closer to kin than they'd like to believe, until finally Eli greets Daniel as "brother" hoping to solicit him for in-law perks. Family bond is capital.
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Neonman | 98 99% |
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A film of absolute defiance and confidence in the face of (un)conventionalism and genre definition, every aspect of this supreme masterpiece is brooding with OTT uber-perfection. Hits me on a level that not many other films (or forms or art) can reach.
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pilgermann | 80 76% |
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A big, strange, visually rich film, but I feel unsatisfied with it. I'm giving it a fairly rating for the time being. I'll have to watch it again sometime soon, but I think it has some good performances, a fairly unique atmosphere (Kubrick influence is there), and some intense and intriguing moments, but it's longer than it needs to be, and it's not all that complex. Well worth watching, though.
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Anselmi86 | 98 98% |
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Not much about this movie isn't absolutely breathtaking. Daniel Day-Lewis easily gives one of the greatest male performances of ALL TIME, no joke. The cinematography and music are both hypnotic and certain scenes are so well-directed by Anderson that it's frightening.
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csidle | 100 99% |
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Unbelievably beautiful. Crazy performances. Eerie score. Never a dull moment. Switches from curious power plays to hilarious cartoonish actions by Plainview. Certainly a classic and absolute favourite of mine.
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feublo | 90 90% |
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(2nd watch 01/08/22) The power of capital and it's sinister existence in even the highest, religious, devotee. It simply, will never be enough. PTA plagues the screen with dark accents and haunting sound design, leading us to an unforgettable finale. (1st watch 09/18) Powerful as it becomes progressively dark and disturbing. Jesus, I've never felt more uncomfortable watching DDL towards the end...Extremely tasteful and destructive imagery that I'll gladly revisit.
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svnhf | 93 95% |
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What holds this movie together is the absolute fantastic performance by Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano and the chemistry these two men have together on the screen. I love how the central oil plot really is just a backseat to the development of the Plainview character and how he is eventually driven drunk and insane by money and income. It also has such incredible pace, despite starting a bit slow, and everything is laced together, acted and timed perfectly. Outstanding, amazing and fantastic.
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Filligan | 95 92% |
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From Day-Lewis, who has been garnering universal acclaim for this movie for a reason; to Paul Dano, who also impresses beyond all expectations; to the direction, which feels almost Kubrickian it, along with the film's style, is that good; to the music, which is pulse-pounding and amazing; There Will Be Blood is an endeavor in superior filmmaking and storytelling, the likes of which no one should miss.
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Melvin Smif | 100 98% |
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Tragic, beautiful, haunting.
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chemtrails | 80 90% |
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What an evil movie, love it
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peyez | 10 99% |
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Ebert wrote that among this film's imperfections is its lack of female characters. That line of thought betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of one of this film's core themes: namely, the suffocating and soul-devouring nature of men. The crux of the film's emotional heft relies precisely on a near-complete scarcity of femininity. It's why the few scenes with young Mary Sunday are so integral—why they feel like oxygen or sunlight. One thing that women do is make the burden of men more bearable.
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DavidBlast | 90 92% |
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According to this Anderson fable, America was built on capitalism and religion, until one finally swallowed the other. It's hardly a controversial statement to say that Daniel Day-Lewis the greatest actor in the world. This movie is why.
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garethm | 83 74% |
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Daniel Day Lewis is masterful in his portrayal of the brutal and sinister Daniel Plainview whose greed and unrelenting manipulation of anyone he can use, drives his journey from a lowly miner to successful oil man. It is visually stunning throughout but although the highly acclaimed soundtrack is at times fantastically sinister, at other points I found it just plain strange. It can be rather slow moving and perhaps a touch long but it should be a must see for anyone in the mood for an epic!
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lrampartl | 99 99% |
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Days after seeing it, I'm still buzzing about it. I've got to think that, well, this movie is... perfect.
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1qw3er5 | 9 91% |
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milkshake/10
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krmr | 56 13% |
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I was really really excited to see this, but was pretty damn disappointed. Yes, Daniel Day-Louis was amazing, yes the visuals are great, yes there were some amazing scenes, and the music was amazing (although used at all the wrong times). But it just wasn't dense enough. Only two characters in the entire movie are fleshed out in any way. Some plot points go completely unexplained and others come completely out of no where.
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chemical404 | 83 97% |
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It has the same quality of hypnotism as 2001 - Space Odyssey. Brilliant soundtrack and cinematography. I almost forgot to breathe during the first 15 minutes. But I wasn't that much captivated with the story, as it progressed. I felt that there are way too much to grasp in only one view, and I am sure the rating will change after I re-watch it. Either way, it's one of the best American films of the decade.
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| 2 | Liquefied | 89 98% |
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last scene is so impressive.
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| 2 | cruelclown | 87 86% |
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I can watch the first half of this movie again and again, but the second half contains some irritating and disrupting elements - the film itself has a similar structure to that of Plainview's; it is unsuccessful in portraying Plainview's fall from grace. Greenwood's soundtrack also deserves praise.
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backwardsuit | 88 95% |
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Pretty close to reinventing the language of cinematic storytelling without any flashy pretense about it. Music & camerawork is as hypnotising as it is mysterious & layered. Yes Day-Lewis is monumental but none of the rest of the cast seem weak beside him either which is really saying something. The story itself is engaging and intense but also wonderfully open and full of subtext.
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| 2 | kazamm | 35 12% |
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If I was rating Daniel Day Lewis; I'd give it a 95. But overall, the movie is over rated; horribly directed and cut; with a shallow story line.
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Derekstar | 100 96% |
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I've seen this film twice now and I still feel under-qualified to review it. The movie's perfect, and somehow it still got better upon a second viewing. In a few years I'll revisit it again, and again a few years after that, and again a few years after that. I'll undoubtedly learn a little bit more each time. This film one of those that I will probably keep with me the rest of my life.
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Vince Leo (Qwipster's Movie Reviews) | 82 90% |
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There Will Be Blood is a mesmerizing work, and perhaps a bit of a flawed masterpiece in its ability to transcend above and beyond the story at hand to cause us to reflect deeply on the history of the country, our thirst for oil, our religious zealotry, and the dark and disturbing nature of humanity itself [Full Review]
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3Names | 98 96% |
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(Sadly, my first review was mysteriously wiped away, so here goes a second pass...) Like CITIZEN KANE, it is an extraordinary allegory about the origins of an industry birthed by the forces of ego and hubris, that make theatrical dramas, such as TWBB, so impactful on the collective unconscious. It will surely be considered one of the greatest films in cinema for decades to come, and, unfortunately be the answer to the question, "What film lost out to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN for Best Picture?"
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Potzblitz | 100 96% |
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The greatest film ever made as far as I'm concerned. It's just perfect. Keep in mind: I've watched it twice over the last few weeks, so I'm still very much enthralled. Who knows, maybe my opinion will change with time... I really doubt it though. Watch this film!
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| 2 | st_fly | 95 98% |
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Excellent. This is a very simple film as in it tracks just one man's course over a period of some 30 odd years as he goes from being a down-and-out silver prospector to a powerful oilman, the movie doesn't focus on his adventures along the way but rather, its a very deep and keen character study of a complex man with the inherent capability of possessing almost absolutely malignant evil and spite and no person is left unscarred who crosses his path. Daniel Day-Lewis is simply breathtaking here.
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vesupria | 8 88% |
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It's nihilistic and brutal, and the atmosphere running through it (owing a lot to both the barren wasteland of the South that is it's backdrop and the ritualistic sound track) is very menacing. Whilst there is violence, it's sparse and well used. This film is more about dialogue and mood. The plot is moved forward by the inner conflicts of Christianity (spirituality) and capitalism (materialism). In the end both lie in ruin against the fields of oil and the unforgiving wrath of life (Nature).
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CMonster | 96 99% |
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Would it be weird if I said that I would let Daniel Day Lewis drink my milkshake?
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coffee | 99 99% |
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A masterpiece...
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| 2 | danastevens | 100 97% |
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For a story that's all about the harnessing of fateful chthonic forces, Paul Thomas Anderson has dug deeper than ever before, and struck black gold.
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lex | 100 98% |
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Immaculately crafted. One of those films that come out with the right plot, the right force and originality at the right time. Anderson displays his striking stylistic abilities as a director, turning oil sights into otherworldly infernos, while Daniel Day-Lewis comes out with the character portrayal of the decade making Plainview a mysterious, terrifying and enthralling presence.
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| 1 | critickalhit | 20 14% |
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A must see if you can invite your sharpest-witted friends to riff on it. Some critics said it was a good "film" the same way people who want to feel smarter because they read certain books say "literature." Culture changes. Yesterday's "film" is today's boring-ass oil guy getting dumped on movie. If you like watching people struggle and lose, you might like it. Otherwise, just watch clips of the funny scenes online... like the milkshake bit. Man, if the whole movie was that it would win.
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billkerwin | 92 89% |
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Daniel Day Lewis is awesome. A powerful film not soon forgotten.
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Groovy_Souls | 95 97% |
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Daniel Day Lewis truly was the only genius to match the directorial genius of Anderson. Both of their charisma shine incredibly. The supporting cast does just as good a job and the story is interesting, led by a thrilling score. Not much you could call wrong with this movie. A modern masterpiece.
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| 1 | torbern | 95 96% |
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Brutal, mesmerizing. The story of a manipulative, misanthropic oil man's descent into drunken, power-thirsty madness. Stunningly crafted and scored, this is a great, modern, quintessentially American film from one of the best directors working today.
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| 1 | sunhushin | 95 93% |
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One night I'm gonna come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm gonna cut your throat.
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| 1 | Poseur117 | 85 79% |
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A bit too pretentious for its own good.
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kgbelliveau | 98 96% |
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Truly Daniel Day Lewis is one of the greatest actors to ever grace our screens with his presence. He never fails to make his characters dance right off the screen and into our souls. We feel what his characters feel. We are left with anger when his characters turn out bad. He has a magical way of leaving his characters embedded in your mind.
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princeharry | 7 19% |
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An intense and beautifully directed movie, There Will Be Blood might be hard to sit through for some audiences. The payoff is worth it for those who appreciate the craft of acting. Unfortunately, amazing talent distracts from the story and may leave some audiences dazed and confused.
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| 1 | ScottBarnard | 98 97% |
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Paul Thomas Anderson's masterpiece. Nothing more needs to be said.
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| 1 | wuLFe | 95 92% |
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Another fine PT Anderson movie - Daniel Day Lewis is memorable as the protagonist, and the movie itself is a great, unusual tale told extremely well...
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Rexlito | 86 85% |
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It shows you a little bit of how America was built. It shows you that a biological family has no true replacement. SPOILER SPOILER SPOIELR There is one major flaw in this film. It was never clearly revealed that Paul Dano was playing two separate characters. At least one short scene should have been created to show this. I also hated the music after the last scene it ruined the amazing atmosphere that Daniel and Paul had just created.
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| 1 | newbiepsych | 97 95% |
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I agree with all the hype about this film, it's a true masterpiece with Daniel Day lewis giving a performance that is so magnificent it's unbelievable in a film with real epic perspectives and plenty of shocking moments, Paul Thomas Anderson delivers on this with one of the best movies ever. If you're looking for something gripping and fascinating look no further.
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P u l p | 91 98% |
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Everything at its best.
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svenerik | 100 98% |
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Phenomenal. I'm a few years late to the game, having been put off by the hype. There were many Kane-ian moments and absolutely heartwrenching scenes that will haunt me for the rest of my days. Day-Lewis is the greatest living actor, Plainview one of the most disturbing and memorable characters of the past couple of decades.
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mwgerb | 87 98% |
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Daniel Plainview is my favorite character of the decade. Daniel Day-Lewis' performance alone is worth seeing. Add in the beautiful score, the cinematography, and the story, and you have a fantastic piece of film.
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Tavington | 3 68% |
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Creepy soundtrack, otherwise brilliant. One of best D.D.Lewis's performances.
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3dRevelation | 95 99% |
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Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano makes this film great. Daniel Day Lewis is great as Daniel Plainview, an oilmen, whose ways conflict with those of a local preacher (Dano) who is also great. The moral decline of Plainview as he acquires more wealth makes the film amazing, and DDL is perfect at playing him. I drink your milkshake! (Sorry had to include it somewhere).
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VinegarBob | 100 99% |
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There's so much to admire about this film: The striking cinematography and deftly handled editing, the weirdly discordant score, the utterly assured direction and first-rate camerawork, and of course Daniel Day-Lewis's towering performance. This is classic, powerfully cinematic storytelling at it's finest, and I'm confident it will still be watched and analysed a hundred years from now.
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Deadmarsh | 80 89% |
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Not quite the masterpiece this was advertised to be. Great performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, but besides that something is lacking. I very much disliked Paul Dano's performance.
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| 1 | aaronjames | 100 99% |
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DDL in the single greatest acting performance of all time. Also one of the most emotionally disturbing films of my life. Bravo. BRAVO!!!!!!!
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Ashby | 97 96% |
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This is without a doubt one of the best movies I have seen in a very long time. Paul Thomas Anderson proves once again why he probably is the best director of our time. Daniel Day-Lewis provides one of the most intense performances I've ever seen as his character slowly descends into madness. I honestly had no idea where this movie was going, but the way everything was set up between Plainview and Eli, the ending fit perfectly. I really don't have enough praise for this movie.
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| 1 | WulfstanLee | 100 94% |
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An incredible achievement. We all know how great Daniel Day-Lewis is, but Paul Thomas Anderson's mise-en-scene is equally impressive. The composition of his shots adds a lot of character that otherwise would be missing. A masterful soundtrack too, full of tension.
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| 1 | DavidThomson | 98 90% |
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Anderson who had been in love with human groupings suddenly turns his attention to a man who has never seen a group he did not despise. Just like the last section of Greed, There Will Be Blood is a study in lethal human ambition. This is the most haunting film I have seen, and I take it not just as vindication of the career of a man like Paul Thomas Anderson (now clearly the leader of his generation), but a sign that will and luck coexist still in America to make a resonant film about everything
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Noblet | 90 94% |
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Wonderful acting, score and photography. Daniel Day-Lewis absolutely dominates the movie as Daniel Plainview. I even liked the ending!
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deliz | 81 70% |
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Technically astonishing, an awesome character construction and good acting. I have no doubts that PTA and their crew gave us a cinema lesson. However, that's it, that's JUST it. The background of the story could be a lot more interesting.
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joel-w-m | 9 92% |
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Patient and poignant cinematography and a persistently discomforting Kubrick-esque score fittingly portray drawn-out scenes in a dreary landscape amidst a long-scale soul-crushing story about the corruption of capitalism. Daniel's narrative is compelling, but the parallelism in his feud with fellow false prophet Eli (Day-Lewis and Dano are both wonderful) is so brilliantly crafted (see the echo of the former's baptism in the devastating final scene) the latter could have used more screen time.
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sofielykke | 100 98% |
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a very physical experience. stays with you. genius
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philamental | 88 94% |
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A slow burning but always interesting character study with sumptuous visuals, a powerful score and an outstanding performance from DDL.
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ThereminJam | 93 97% |
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I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!
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natebarrios | 95 99% |
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Fantastic. DDL is incredible. PTA does a great job as usual. Elswit's cinematography is practically perfection. This movie grows on you, if you allow it.
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dardan | 88 91% |
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In addition a tale about nature or nurture, with the question of a Citizen Kanean trauma in the past of Plainview becoming increasingly relevenant and required to understand what precisely its vision of power entails.
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MArkjp | 85 80% |
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If you're not laughing your arse off after the final scene you're no friend of mine.
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chmul_cr0n | 98 99% |
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holy fuck!?!?! what is this, I don't even...
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| 1 | Potatoez | 95 95% |
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Intense, emotional, never let's your attention wander. Good soundtrack, good imagery, amazing acting.
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| 1 | brentholomew | 93 94% |
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maybe paul thomas anderon's best. outstanding on every level
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| 1 | ibad91 | 86 62% |
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A 3 hour triumph of acting, visuals, and sound that could have been 1 1/2 shorter.
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Boxcars | 10 97% |
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Both Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel-Day Lewis bring their absolute A-game with "There Will Be Blood"--a nearly unparalleled character study of a rapacious man and his operations and conflicts in both America's capitalist and religious realms.
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| 1 | zeytoun | 90 97% |
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Bewildering at first watch.
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Jakea350 | 94 92% |
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When I saw this movie in theaters, I just stood there during the credits. I was in a daze. Daniel Day-Lewis put on one of the most explosive performances I have seen in contemporary film. The soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood fit perfectly in the harsh and vacant landscapes. One of the best movies to come out in the past ten years.
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adamj1982 | 90 94% |
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Daniel Day Lewis is fantastic
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icromaholicx | 90 98% |
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Captivating. Brilliant performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.
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FunkyAstro | 100 99% |
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This is the greatest masterpiece written about the nature of capitalism to ever be composed. Libertarians will look to Lewis' character as the hero while leftists will view him as the villain. I learned this when debating with a Tea-bagger one night. I explained how he exploited and devalued the land for everyone around him. How he disowned his crippled son and went on to murder someone. I explained how he died alone a miserable moral-less drunk. He told me he never even thought of it like that.
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CinematicESP | 95 96% |
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Daniel Day-Lewis is the most intense actor ever. He and Paul Dano both frighten me terribly in this film. Beautifully shot and directed. Completely enthralling all the way through. PT Anderson has matured well. A masterpiece.
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Mohko | 95 99% |
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Brilliant in all aspects. Extra credit goes to Daniel Day-Lewis who is just amazing as Daniel Plainview. I was expecting different kinda film based on the trailer but it didn't really matter after I got used to it.
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Heer | 95 96% |
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Citizen Kane meets Punch-Drunk Love. Daniel Day-Lewis is amazing.
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sebby | 95 99% |
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I thought PTA was incredible before There Will Be Blood. I don't even know what to think now.
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prowler | 94 97% |
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draaaaaaainnnnaaaaggeeeeee
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axlertan | 92 98% |
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Excellent, impressive.
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caocao | 88 98% |
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Simply excellent film making. Paul Dano somehow stands up to Daniel Day Lewis' titanic portrayal and he's not given nearly enough credit. His performance as Eli is crucial to the balance of the rest work. Yes, Day Lewis is amazing, PT Anderson is sure, the visuals are fantastic and even the score grew on me. Fantastic.
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Stain | 80 68% |
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Not everything makes sense, but a well-done piece of historical fiction that's definitely NOT "Masterpiece Theatre". The anti-_Giant_, as Duncan Shepherd summed it up
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MJVmovieMan | 81 81% |
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No question here that Day-Lewis is absolutely fantastic. There will be Oscar for the man. P.T. Anderson orchestrates the fate of his character slowly but beautifully. The film rests solely in the mastery that Day-Lewis brings to the role. Paul Dano's character, the running time and slow place hinder the film, however, but Day-Lewis keeps his descent into catastrophic blackness as our safe-handle to absorb the film's lengthiness. There is brilliance here, but it's no perfect film by any means.
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AFlickering | 8 98% |
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a nihilistic reading of citizen kane; if daniel ever sees his rosebud again it'll make him "sick" - by the end perhaps it has. and against this barren backdrop what smart man could accept such conceits as childhood's deaf innocence, religious faith, the american dream? every great symbol is torn down, until the only hollow, bitter, insane joy left is derived from a kindred union with the abyss that remains, milking its teat for the sake of nought but oneupmanship.
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twincinema | 85 85% |
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Every time there was blood on the screen, I pointed, and said to my wife, "there WILL be blood". Yes, I am tired of myself, too. Anderson's protagonists either appear tough and are emotionally fragile or appear weak and are emotionally fragile. Which of these types of masculinity describes you?
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joseywales | 92 98% |
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Absolutely wonderful. TWBB is one or two minor flaws away from being a true masterpiece.
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sw0 | 95 95% |
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"Dreeenaagee!!" What a masterpiece! The last scene did it for me.
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cowfrappe | 72 64% |
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Though I found the performances (Dano's especially) to be outstanding, I was sadly disappointed by the film itself. The score was arresting, though, and completrly original, but I felt that the film overall lacked some sort of narrative element, so it was to easy to get lost within the numerous indecipherable twists in the scrrenplay.
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Icarus | 90 88% |
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Fantastic score and sound design. Elswit's cinematography is something to behold, particularly the use of light and shadow. P.T.'s wonderful tracking shots make a few appearances to great effect. Anderson's writing abilities are again evident as in his previous films. The film works best as horror, critiquing modern profit-driven economics, and how that skews one's view of not only business, but also family and religion. And best of all, Anderson finds a way to make his monster a human being.
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| 1 | Herbert Eder (ItsVery.net) | 80 75% |
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The characterization of the ultimate capitalist. You may admire him in the beginning for his strength and determination, but his greed eats his soul away, and Daniel Day-Lewis totally deserved his Oscar for this performance. [Full Review]
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timmo | 95 88% |
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Oh man, Day-Lewis is fierce. The movie is intense. It doesn't say much that hasn't already been said, but it's still fantastic. I drink your milkshake. I drink it up.
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Ayavaron | 80 83% |
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The highly praised near-silent film at the beginning is somewhat boring but once the film picks up it remains exciting and reaches apotheosis at its hilariously horrifying ending.
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| 1 | FlorVdE | 4 87% |
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Great performances all around, though I want to single out Ciarán Hinds' brilliant understated part. It looks great, the soundtrack is thrilling, the story is engaging... and the final scene is one of the most amazing I've ever seen.
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HP_Buttcraft | 93 96% |
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One of the best movies about greed ever made. Lewis is superb from beginning to end.
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nataskaos | 94 97% |
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I might come back to this movie and give it a perfect score. My initial reaction is that this movie could have been a touch shorter, but that might just be a first thought kind of thing.
Anyway, DDL does maybe the best acting job I have ever seen in a film, and that's no hyperbole. The guy is so complex and so deep...no idea how day-lewis prepared for this role.
The kid who played HW was great too and a touch under stated. I really liked the dynamic that he added.
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longbaugh01 | 95 93% |
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I knew PTA was capable of directing a great great movie someday. I've always been kind of so-so about his films since Boogie Nights, but this, this film is so good. While Day-Lewis has had many memorable roles, this will be the one he is remembered for, and incredibly hard to top.
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lachapelle | 81 63% |
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The movie is all about people conning people. Daniel Day Lewis's nuanced and layered performance is a master class on method acting. He takes every part of this manipulative oil man and peels it back to reveal more. Cinematography doesn't waste a shot. I have a problem with the heavy handed transcendental tropes throughout the film (names, weather, etc). Outside of DDL, poor casting brings down the quality of this film. Dano is flat and O'Connor is miscast. Still, I recommend.
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Harmonica | 94 96% |
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It's what's beneath the surface that really matters. Only those willing to claw at the dirt and wade in upto their necks will find something at the end of it. There Will Be Blood is a treatise upon these lines. This is a work of great toil, about works of great toil.
PTA invests rich significance and wider meaning into apparently simple human actions. So too, Daniel Day-Lewis gives a stunning portrayal not just of one man but an embodiment of humanity through the ages at its best and worst.
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| 1 | lolo | 100 99% |
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Top Film at the lolo Awards 2007
Won 7 Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Editing and Best Original Score. Also Nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
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Moribunny | 53 41% |
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Involving, interesting and well acted, but not particularly deep or insightful. Kudos for letting Daniel Day-Lewis play a bad man again, although it may be overkill after his role in Gangs of New York. And it's a pity this is just another movie about an evil man (and possibly a stupid allegory about American entrepreneurship's rivalry with Christianity).
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AgentSnipe | 95 99% |
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A truly brilliant film from Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson specializes in films that run 2 hours and never get boring. There Will Be Blood is an epic with great performances and one of the finest closing scenes of any recent film.
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Magb | 90 85% |
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My new favorite PTA! This is a great film. It's a great drama, and a great character study. It's beautifully directed, and Daniel Day Lewis truly shines as Daniel Plainview -- one of the most compelling characters I've seen in a while. The film is as engrossing as we've come to expect from Anderson, and it has little of the excess that has bothered me somewhat about him in the past.
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darkman | 74 61% |
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The performance of Daniel Day-Lewis is very good, but for me the movie has too much flaws to be really great. It's to long and the score is too obtrusive at times. The main characters are dislikable.
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nandorizzi | 50 36% |
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The movie goes very well up to the half. With worthy actings yes of Oscar, for part of Daniel Day Lewis. But the movie does not end well, being very boring and without ending.
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| 1 | blackbasset | 70 47% |
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i wonder if you'd all think it was such a perfect movie if it hadn't won an oscar, golden globe and so on... yet it is a quite good movie, but sometimes too predictive and constructed to my mind
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Paradigma | 90 97% |
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Re-view after five years. A solid magnificence.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 95 96% |
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Stunning, stark movie.
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Thoughtgraff | 95 93% |
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A score which echoes the themes in the film; editing that fills the audience with dread; sound design with embedded cues-This film is filled with meta language that describes it's various content components. And, on top of all of that it's extremely watchable. A subtle and sophisticated film.
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walkearth | 100 99% |
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Fourth watch: utterly spectacular. Like a good poem, gets better the more familiar one becomes with it.
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| 1 | pompousass | 20 44% |
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The hard dirty work, at the outset, of digging a well all by his lonesome is vividly and wordlessly captured by Anderson, yet it's hardly adequate to explain or excuse the character's subsequent aberrance, and his particular animus towards a hayseed faith healer (the initially very young and insufficiently aging Dano), each of whom has his own inflexible reasons for not deferring to the other: the Self-Made Man versus the Man of God.
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sharpcool | 90 95% |
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Similar to The Assassination of Jesse James in that it's a masterpiece of the slow burn.
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ewp805 | 95 97% |
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Stunning. Daniel Day-Lewis provides a performance of the century. Chock-full of memorable scenes and one monster of an ending.
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begoniabol | 95 98% |
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Wow what a movie. I just love the cinematography. It's mind blowing. The acting is amazing, story is great. Everyone should watch this movie. The only thing that I thought was weird were the soundtracks, but it was chilling
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| 1 | tef | 0 1% |
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I found this beyond boring.
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Corleone | 85 92% |
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Probably the best performance of the decade. Daniel Day-Hands down-Lewis.
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| 1 | Revolutiono | 10 99% |
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Chilling. I was too engaged in Daniel Day-Lewis's too-good performance to feel any sort of drag. Thanks also to Jonny Greenwood for being amazing.
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Optimus_mike | 100 98% |
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The best American movie since Citizen Kane
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UniqueName | 94 97% |
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Loved it, the odd music, the pacing, the milkshakes, the acting was phenomenal the story, will leave you talking about it for a while.
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Lebar | 85 92% |
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Now this is something!Daniel Day-Lewis is so COOL. Little bit long, but worth it all the way! BRAVO!
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| 1 | Manhatta | 100 98% |
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I hesitate to give this a 100 because as of now, I've only seen it once, and it was only a few days ago. But honestly it has stayed in my mind like few films have (although one of those would certainly be Boogie Nights), and I feel the urge to see it again stronger than my urge to see it the first time around.
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tathiel | 87 90% |
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Good story, only sometimes a little bit too long, imo. The characters are great, especially Daniel Day-Lewis gives a hell of a performance.
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| 1 | loofitube | 95 99% |
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It wasn't was I was expecting from a P.T. Anderson movie, and I wasn't sure what to think immediately after viewing. But I couldn't get my mind off of it for days afterward. The dialogue, the visuals, and Lewis' performance were incredible. Stunning.
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calharding | 95 96% |
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Words fail me at trying to describe Daniel Day-Lewis' performance in this film. "Flawless" immediately comes to mind. His character, Daniel Plainview, is the consummate misanthrope, in his own words being unable to see anything in other people worth liking. He manipulates and destroys lives to achieve his own ends. Featuring one of the finest scores in recent history and breathtaking cinematography, this film should be seen by anyone with eyes.
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Va3H | 99 96% |
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A milestone in modern cinema, that revolves around two separate men vying for power vis-à-vis greed and subterfuge. From the outset, p.t. Anderson captures the dreading silence of the desert; paralleling it with the absoluteness of Plainview's empty heart. Moreover, Daniel Day-Lewis' portrayal of Plainview is shrouded in ambivalent and fallacious intentions presented fantastically with a cacophony of atonal sounds by Jonny Greenwood; and quite possibly is the best performance in a film ever.
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Zealot185 | 95 97% |
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Never have surveying and property acquisition been made this exciting.
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Vandelay1 | 90 97% |
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great movie
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ronthedog | 88 91% |
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So much more than just a brilliant epic - Daniel Day Lewis is once again stunning as the lead, but this film is defined early on the by soundtrack - not the notes themselves but the way they are pasted onto the film to create another dimension rarely seen in this type of cinema.
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| 1 | Octane Death | 85 87% |
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better than no country. Daniel Day Lewis had me wanting to get in Daniel Plainview's head until the bitter end.
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Astfgl | 97 99% |
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A movie that is best described as a slow burn. Anderson has a way of casting truly horrific moments with such banality that the film is all the more shocking for it. Aided tremendously by the inventive musical score, this is a movie that will both take your breath away while you watch and stay with you for a long time afterwards.
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andayb | 95 99% |
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quite possibly the best cinematography in an american movie in years. multi-layered and well crafted story is accompanied by solid acting by day lewis as well as the co stars. the only downside is the early century rural american theme, which is quite oppressive to stand for over two and a half hours.
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KMcNeil | 7 70% |
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I might just be the only person in the universe who didn't fall head over heels in love with this.
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gtown1479 | 88 91% |
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I didn't love the ending of this movie, but maybe I didn't fully get it. Too bad I won't find out because I don't think I am watching this whole thing again soon. Don't get me wrong it was very good, and I liked the music in it. Day-Lewis was very good, but I really liked this Dano character who played the role of the minister. Nice film.
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jstry | 89 87% |
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Pros: Daniel Day Lewis's performance as the most evil of villains is definitely something to see and the ending really sticks with you.
Cons: At times, I felt like the scenes went on a little too long.
I don't think it was the BEST film of 2007, but it was up there.
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Quintonjamin | 100 97% |
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This movie is really long, but somehow I never thought of that while watching it. Everyone praises Daniel Day-Lewis and rightfully so because he truly became Daniel Plainview. Him and Paul Dano are amazing.
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