There Will Be Blood
starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Barry Del Sherman, Dillon Freasier, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds
directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
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A sprawling epic of family faith power and oil THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground he heads with his son H.W. (Dillon Freasier) to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value love hope community belief ambition and even the bond between father and son is imperiled by corruption deception and the flow of oil.System Requirements:Running Time: 158 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/HISTORICAL EPIC Rating: R UPC: 097363479246 Manufacturer No: 347924
Amazon.com:
Unmistakably a shot at greatness, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood succeeds in wild, explosive ways. The film digs into nothing less than the sources of peculiarly American kinds of ambition, corruption, and industry--and makes exhilarating cinema from it all. Although inspired by Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, Anderson has crafted his own take on the material, focusing on a black-eyed, self-made oilman named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. The early reels are a mesmerizing look at the getting of oil from the ground, an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Curious, diverting episodes accumulate during Plainview's rise:a mighty derrick fire (a bravura opportunity that Anderson, with the aid of cinematographer Robert Elswit, does not fail to meet), a visit from a long-lost brother (Kevin J. O'Connor), the ongoing involvement of Plainview's poker-faced adoptive son (Dillon Freasier). As the film progresses, it gravitates toward Plainview's rivalry with the local representative of God, a preacher named Eli Sunday (brimstone-spitting Paul Dano); religion and capitalism are thus presented not so much as opposing forces but as two sides of the same coin. And the worm in the apple here is less man's greed than his vanity. Anderson's offbeat take on all this--exemplified by the astonishing musical score by Jonny Greenwood--occasionally threatens to break the film apart, but even when it founders, it excites. As for Daniel Day-Lewis, his performance is Olivier-like in its grand scope and its attention to details of behavior; Plainview speaks in the rum-rich voice of John Huston, and squints with the wariness of Walter Huston. It's a fearsome performance, and the engine behind the film's relentless power. --Robert Horton
A sprawling epic of family faith power and oil THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground he heads with his son H.W. (Dillon Freasier) to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value love hope community belief ambition and even the bond between father and son is imperiled by corruption deception and the flow of oil.System Requirements:Running Time: 158 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/HISTORICAL EPIC Rating: R UPC: 097363479246 Manufacturer No: 347924
Amazon.com:
Unmistakably a shot at greatness, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood succeeds in wild, explosive ways. The film digs into nothing less than the sources of peculiarly American kinds of ambition, corruption, and industry--and makes exhilarating cinema from it all. Although inspired by Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, Anderson has crafted his own take on the material, focusing on a black-eyed, self-made oilman named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. The early reels are a mesmerizing look at the getting of oil from the ground, an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Curious, diverting episodes accumulate during Plainview's rise:a mighty derrick fire (a bravura opportunity that Anderson, with the aid of cinematographer Robert Elswit, does not fail to meet), a visit from a long-lost brother (Kevin J. O'Connor), the ongoing involvement of Plainview's poker-faced adoptive son (Dillon Freasier). As the film progresses, it gravitates toward Plainview's rivalry with the local representative of God, a preacher named Eli Sunday (brimstone-spitting Paul Dano); religion and capitalism are thus presented not so much as opposing forces but as two sides of the same coin. And the worm in the apple here is less man's greed than his vanity. Anderson's offbeat take on all this--exemplified by the astonishing musical score by Jonny Greenwood--occasionally threatens to break the film apart, but even when it founders, it excites. As for Daniel Day-Lewis, his performance is Olivier-like in its grand scope and its attention to details of behavior; Plainview speaks in the rum-rich voice of John Huston, and squints with the wariness of Walter Huston. It's a fearsome performance, and the engine behind the film's relentless power. --Robert Horton
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- There Will Be Yawns
Daniel Day-Lewis is his usual outstanding self and the movie is beautifully filmed.
But on the whole, the movie is way too long at over two and half hours and the plot drags, especially with the Paul Dano preacher character.
Directed by the overrated Paul Thomas Anderson (anyone remember Magnolia?).
Cinephiles can rejoice while the rest of us can wonder when something is going to happen.
Rating: 
- Exceptional movie but packaging is a disaster
As many other reviewers have already stated this is an exceptional movie with a great story line that holds your attention from start to finish.The acting is also superb, lead by Daniel Day-Lewis.Unfortunately the single disc DVD comes in a cheap cardboard trifold monstrosity.When placed on a shelf with other DVD's it is next to impossible to find.Are the plastic protective cases, with their fine art work, on their way to becoming extinct or isthis an abberation.I fear the worst.
Rating: 
- The Best Film I've Seen Thus Far This Year
"There Will Be Blood" is one of the few films made in recent years that will be long remembered for something more than raking in bucks or featuring the latest flavor of the month topless.That is to say, it's an instant classic.Shot with a lyrical confidence that evokes both Bernardo Bertolucci's "1900" and Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven," it nonetheless firmly establishes its own identity, and if "Boogie Nights" or "Punch-Drunk Love" alone haven't convinced people that Paul Thomas Anderson ... Read More
Rating: 
- How about NO Stars!!
Without a doubt one of the most boring pretentious pieces of twaddle I have ever had the misfortune to watch.Only two things wrong with this movie, 1)some one made it, 2) I watched it.
If you took away the dialogue, music, acting, scenery, cinematography and costumes, you would have "Ishtar" and that would still be an improvement over this movie.For the first ten minutes there is no dialogue but some of the worst background music you've ever heard that had nothing to do with what was ... Read More
Rating: - Alas Death to the Protagonist
I have a theory----If you're miserable, hate rich oil people, hate religious people, and have numerous personal issues yourself (maybe bad marriage, bad parents, bad kids) or you just feel deprived of something even though you have the world on a silver platter. And especially if like Oscar buzz movies despite it being yet another a dark cliche
Then this movie IS FOR YOU!
- There Will Be YawnsDaniel Day-Lewis is his usual outstanding self and the movie is beautifully filmed.
But on the whole, the movie is way too long at over two and half hours and the plot drags, especially with the Paul Dano preacher character.
Directed by the overrated Paul Thomas Anderson (anyone remember Magnolia?).
Cinephiles can rejoice while the rest of us can wonder when something is going to happen.
- Exceptional movie but packaging is a disasterAs many other reviewers have already stated this is an exceptional movie with a great story line that holds your attention from start to finish.The acting is also superb, lead by Daniel Day-Lewis.Unfortunately the single disc DVD comes in a cheap cardboard trifold monstrosity.When placed on a shelf with other DVD's it is next to impossible to find.Are the plastic protective cases, with their fine art work, on their way to becoming extinct or isthis an abberation.I fear the worst.
- The Best Film I've Seen Thus Far This Year"There Will Be Blood" is one of the few films made in recent years that will be long remembered for something more than raking in bucks or featuring the latest flavor of the month topless.That is to say, it's an instant classic.Shot with a lyrical confidence that evokes both Bernardo Bertolucci's "1900" and Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven," it nonetheless firmly establishes its own identity, and if "Boogie Nights" or "Punch-Drunk Love" alone haven't convinced people that Paul Thomas Anderson ... Read More
- How about NO Stars!!Without a doubt one of the most boring pretentious pieces of twaddle I have ever had the misfortune to watch.Only two things wrong with this movie, 1)some one made it, 2) I watched it.
If you took away the dialogue, music, acting, scenery, cinematography and costumes, you would have "Ishtar" and that would still be an improvement over this movie.For the first ten minutes there is no dialogue but some of the worst background music you've ever heard that had nothing to do with what was ... Read More
- Alas Death to the ProtagonistI have a theory----If you're miserable, hate rich oil people, hate religious people, and have numerous personal issues yourself (maybe bad marriage, bad parents, bad kids) or you just feel deprived of something even though you have the world on a silver platter. And especially if like Oscar buzz movies despite it being yet another a dark cliche
Then this movie IS FOR YOU!
