| Posted by: ilovemovies at February 21, 2008, 5:11 am | | Topic: There Will Be Blood Forum: JoBlo | | There Will Be Blood is an uneven movie that ends very weakly. But it's also visually stunning, strongly acted, utterly compelling and fascinating to watch and has moments of great, awesome power. Up until the final moments of the movie, Daniel Day Lewis gives a towering performance and all of the supporting actors are great as well. I especially liked all of the scenes with his son and how that relationship develops as well as the relationship between Daniel and a man claiming to be his brother and I liked where that went even though I sort of saw it coming. The movie has some truly astonishing visuals. The cinematography is utterly breathtaking. Beautifully photographed, some shots just take your breath away. Paul Thomas Anderson directs masterfully. But he makes one big miscalculation and unfortunately, it's a pretty big one and one that stops the movie from being a masterpiece. The last twenty minutes of the movie are over the top and extremely cartoonish and feels like it belongs in a completely different movie. And it unfortunately affects Day Lewis's performance too. Up until that point, he had given a pretty amazing performance but he overacts in the final moments of the movie and the final moments also happen to unintentionally hilarious. The ending just didn't sit well with me. With a stronger ending, this movie could have been a masterpiece. It could have been the best film of 2007. But as flawed as the movie, it's still great and it's still for sure, especially considering that 2007 has been a rather weak year, in my top 10 for sure. 8/10 |
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