Film #5: There Will Be Blood

Wow, this movie blew me away! Yes, it's long. Yes, it's epic. But, yes, you really should see it.

Daniel Day Lewis is an amazing actor. If anyone can think of a film he's done where he's horrible, please tell me. But he seems to breathe, sweat, and salivate talent. Perhaps his roles have been larger-than-life for his past few films, but he can REALLY pull it off.

What I thought was really great was how the antagonist, that punk Eli, was SO MUCH like him. They both would do whatever it took to get what they wanted. They both really wanted the same thing, I think. Hmm, but what IS it.... ?

And you cannot talk about this movie without talking about the scene where Daniel gets "saved" ("I'VE ABANDONED MY CHILD!") -- it's so intense, but I'm so glad that they didn't do the whole thing where he actually IS saved. He was just doing what he had to do to get what he wanted. And the final scene just proves that he and Eli are two cuts of the same cloth. Granted, Daniel is the exterior cloth (you see what you get), and Eli in the interior (all the bad ghosts are in private).

Another scene that is just phenomenal is the fire scene -- I'm not spoiling anything because this gets talked about a lot for its technical complexity. It was beautiful and tragic. I think its great that an oil FIRE has to be put out via DYNAMITE. Even if it is true, is that not ... a wonderful statement?