'There Will Be Blood' review by Michael Phillips

An epic story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

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[Gi1BrO]

He says that the climax doesn't come off, but he picked it as the best movie of the DEACADE

[kalel0192]

Your whole view on this is so ridiculous, it obviously doesnt make sense. Did you even watch either of those movies? He played evil guys, but they have fundamental differences. One has hatred based from nationalism and other factors, the other is animosity thats based on greed and corruption from wealth. Your whole view is insulting, you didnt even consider the movie, you just wanted it to be bad.

[twotonguestalking713]

@Gi1BrO Sometimes, even professional critics tend to change their minds about movies.

[dlh9690]

@Gi1BrO That was just his reaction after seeing it for the first time. If you watched the "At the Movies" show where he named it the #1 movie of the 2000s, he specifically mentions that he's changed his mind about the climax since this review.

[PsychoProductions369]

Draaaaaaaaaainage :D fav line from that

[lehighmark]

i drink your milkshake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thatcanadaguy2]

@TheJimFlow yeah i know i replied to my own comment saying i mixed him up with somone else

[JELLYSICCLE1]

There will be oil

[SamHain1031666]

@winginater Not so much pointless, more long winded if anything. Like there will be a scene that shows teh oil diggers getting off the train, its a pointless scene and its not a short scene either. No moment springs to mind but i remember watching it thinking christ this scenes extremely long and there not really talking about anything of any particular importance. I honestly think the film could have been scaled down to maybe an hour and 50 minutes, maybe less with some good editing

[winginater]

@SamHain1031666 Which scenes did you think were pointless?

[1234macro]

there will be pokemon

[Ichiboy900]

@winginater I think the Citizen Kane comparison was intentional, just look at the movie poster