Review of There Will Be Blood (2007) by Mark V — 02 Jan 2014
Just an awesome movie. Great character study. The movie has NO dialogue in the first 15 minutes. Bold movie for a movie. However, it pays off as it doesn't need any dialogue. Much of the movie asks the audience to just take in everything, because there is a lot to take in. The shots are long, there is very little cutting back in forth, even when there is dialogue between two characters. Often two scenes were edited together with a cross fade, reminded me of old western movies. Not the biggest fan of it, but it made sense.
*Spoiler*?
My favorite scene is when H.W. comes back from boarding school and he meets Daniel out in the field. As Daniel talks to H.W., it is a far shot and they are in the background. What's in the foreground? The oil pipeline. It's the shot that is most indicative of the whole film.
The build up of the whole film really delivers at the final scene. An intense showdown. Daniel Day Lewis excels at this character. I will never look at a milkshake the same way again.
This review of There Will Be Blood (2007) was written by Mark V on 02 Jan 2014.
There Will Be Blood has generally received very positive reviews.
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