| Posted by: bigred760 at February 17, 2008, 7:41 pm | | Topic: There Will Be Blood Forum: JoBlo | | What I wrote about it after I saw it: This is Daniel Day Lewis's movie; sure Paul Thomas Anderson wrote (adapted from a book) and directed There Will Be Blood, but Lewis deserves most of the credit for his portrayal of Daniel Plainview, an oil baron at the turn of the 20th century. The man is probably just the biggest asshole to ever appear onscreen. He lies, deceives, blasphemes, murders, and basically alienates everybody to get what he wants, and feels deserves. And while he does all this, you can't help but be fascinated by the character, and therefore the actor portraying him. Anderson obviously does deserve some credit for doing practically everything else: writing a great character for Lewis, and leading the actor through the movie. There are some visually beautiful and impressive shot and scenes throughout the movie, including a fire that breaks out at an oil derrick, scenes involving the main character in silhouette, and long shots of him doing what he does best - working to improve his oil prospects. While Lewis deserves most of the credit, Anderson gets a lot, props also go out to Paul Dano for his turn as Eli Sunday, a young preacher, whose religious views make him somewhat of a nemesis to Plainview. The three help make this movie a great character study of a man who's symbolic of greed, ambition, and basically evil at the beginning of the 20th century. Daniel Day Lewis proves once again why he's one of the best actors of this generation (if only he'd show up onscreen a little more often). 9/10 |
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