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Summary: Almost a great film
Comment: The potential for this film to be a classic was ruined in the last 30 minutes. The storey looses
direction and concentrates to much on Daniels madness (for which you never actually get to
understand the reason). I think Daniel Day Lewis tried to hard to make this an 'epic' acting
performance.

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Summary: Overrated, but good performances
Comment: This film suffers from the fact that it progresses at snail's pace, and not a lot happens. Daniel
Day-lewis is the highlight of the film dominating every scene he is in but it feels like he is
treading the same ground as that of his role in 'Gangs of New York' as Bill The Butcher.
There
will be Blood would've have been a cracking film if the flow of the plot had been faster and more
dynamic. On a high note the dialogue between Plainview and Sunday at the climax was very good with
excellent performances from both actors.

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Summary: Very, very good, but not quite great.
Comment: Although I enjoyed this film I'd have to say that an awful lot is sacrificed to DDL's acting.The
fact that what everyone talks about is his performance says it all really.He is fantastic, but
that's largely due to the fact that nobody else seems to get a word in edgeways.Paul Dano does his
best, but like every other character he pops in and out of the film without any great rhyme or
reason.There are a few faults,like other reviewers, I was confused for a long time by Dano playing
identical twin brothers and there are other elements of the film that are confusing.Dano's
congregation grows without the town ever seeming to, and the religous elements are only introduced
in short, sharp bursts. But none of this really matters because the film is really about DDL's
portrayal of a monster so driven that he even sacrifices his son to his ambition. He ends the film
evil and alone and,as he says himself, finished.A fitting ending, but nevertheless very abrupt, and
like other sections of the film, with the feeling that something had been heavily cut.
/>I felt that DDL's performance, particularly the voice, was heavily modelled on John Huston,
especially Huston's performance of the evil father in Chinatown. Perhaps because of that I began to
note similarities between Dano's character and that of Brad Dourif's in Huston's film Wiseblood,
about a deranged young man who creates his own church.

The set pieces are fantastic, as
is the cinematography and the soundtrack, which is pitch perfect and almost a character in its own
right.However, far too much is only sketched in; characters, plot, motivation, location, for this to
be a truly great film. Nevertheless it still stands a head and shoulders above most other films
released in the last year and Anderson, like the Coen Bros.,has again shown himself to be a film
maker with a great deal of style and ability and with something worth saying

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Summary: Some get it, some don't
Comment: I really enjoyed reading the one star reviews of this film-they are entitled to their (strangely)
similar opinions of course. Make up your own mind I say. I thought it was brilliant, and the music
even greater.
there you go

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Summary: Fabulous, epic... but what's it all about?
Comment: What a very strange and remarkable film this is. Visually, it's brilliant, mesmerising, full of
staggering set pieces and resonant images (the old photographs which acted as inspiration are in the
extras and well worth checking out). Daniel Day Lewis' performance is towering; he completely
occupies the role and utterly dominates the film just as he utterly dominates everything around him.
That's the part, as scripted, of course, but there's more to his performance than that - his
charismatic presence in the film is remarkable, particularly as it's achieved with almost no
shouting, arm-waving or showboating of any kind, and it's hard to imagine any other actor creating
it... contrast and compare, for example, Leonardo diCaprio's boyish efforts at Howard Hughes in 'The
Aviator'. I'd suggest that this is the film that finally sets Day-Lewis among the all-time screen
greats.

Setting aside the bravura performances and direction, however, it's less clear
what the film is actually about. Plainview's character is so unique, so individual, that it's hard
to draw any broad conclusions. Over-vaunting ambition against family and personal relationships? The
ongoing struggle with evangelical religion - God vs Mammon? It's all powerfully realised, but
exactly what it is is more problematic. Puzzling too that this epic story ends less on a bang than
on a weirdly inconclusive whimper.

Maybe I need to watch it again. I certainly
will.

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