There Will Be Blood (DVD, 2009)

Good movie. Daniel Day-Lewis is an independent oil man along with his son. They find themselves at odds witha young preacher named Eli,who is played by Paul Dano. Both men are driven by their own ambitions and wants to the brink of insanity. Great moveie for those who are fans of Daniel Day-Lewis.

Daniel day lewis is very talented and this movie is possibly one of my favorites. highly recommended.

We were unable to view this picture at the movies so we were very happy that we were able to obtain it through e-bay.

In perhaps his most enigmatic character study yet, Daniel Day Lewis brings us as close, and even closer than we would want to be to an oil tycoon.
I highly recommend this movie to a viewer who appreciates dramatic acting, excellent camera work, and a beautiful soundtrack.
Unfortunately, this film is not received well, generally because this film is not a Vin Diesel action film... it is a film which grips at your emotions, and is better viewed as it is: Art.

It has a great story line with great acting. I purchased it because I like to own movies that I can watch over and over.

THIS FILM IS JUST ONE OF THE STRONGEST PERFORMANCES OF DANIEL DAY-LEWIS TO DATE. HE IS AMAZINGLY BELIEVABLE AND BRILLIANT IN HIS ROLE AS DANIEL PLAINVIEW, A HIGHLY AMBITIOUS & CUTTHROAT OIL PROSPECTOR, WHO KNOWS NO BOUNDS IN CREATING HIS EMPIRE. THE FILM IS GRITTY AND ABSORBING AS THE PLOT UNFOLDS. DAY-LEWIS'S ACTING IS TOP NOTCH AND THE YEAR'S BEST PERFORMANCE.

DRAINAGE !!!!!

This movie has a wonderful cast and a great plot line. The story twists and turns and has basic human emotion at every level. As Daniel grows richer, his humanity lessens. Its an awesome film!

Daniel Day Lewis is amazing! Bought this movie 'cause we live in a VERY rural area; missed it when it was playing here. Story line was captivating

This was the best movie I've seen in over a year hands down.
It was easy to see why Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actors Emmy award for this picture. Great dialogue, story line, acting and beautiful scenery added up for a really nice experience.
I would recommend this picture and buying it on E-Bay used is practically the same as renting it at BlockBuster if you are a sharp bidder.

With the introduction of "I like to think of myself as an oilman," Daniel Day Lewis electrifies the screen in this movie which actually has little blood. And he speaks in a swagger that will be forever his, much like Marlon Brando owned Vito Corleone's whispery muttering in "The Godfather."

Daniel Plainview (Day Lewis) starts out as a silver miner but becomes an oil man. His partner is his son H. W., who intrigues his clients much like Tatum O'Neil wowed them in "Paper Moon." We can tell the progress of his oil skills as H. W. grows up from a baby to a man in the movie. But H. W. is dispensable just like anyone else in this story of greed and madness.

The other main character is Eli and Paul Sunday both played by Paul Dano. This young man was first Paul, the salesman of his father's land to Daniel Plainview as a source of oil, and then becomes his brother Eli--a fire and brimstone preacher of the Church of the Third Revelation. The conflict between Plainview and Eli Sunday is the real core of this movie. First one is up and then the other. And it is a moving conflict to the end--all but the very ending, which is abominable.

The Oscar winning cinematography in this movie is fantastic and is darkly photographed. The dirtiness of the oil business comes through loud and clear, and we sit appalled at some of the horrible things that can happen. Also a strange music haunts the screen just to let us know that this movie is a bit weird.

Daniel Day Lewis certainly earned his Oscar, but I admired him more as Hawkeye in "The Last of the Mohicans" or as his character in "The Age of Innocence." Paul Dano was great as the extreme preacher who also approaches madness in this movie.

There are some quotes that will be forever associated with this movie: "I like to think of myself as an oilman.", "Just say 'I am a sinner!'", "I just drank your milkshake!", and "I am done!" just to name a few.

This movie is not for everyone, and you will be totally turned off as to how it ends--in a bowling alley no less. They certainly could have come up with a better way to end the conflict.

Bought to give to a friend who doesn't subscribe to NetFlix, excellent movie and the DVD was in exceptional condition, and very good price.

I first saw this movie on pay-per view and was blown away. It wasn't what I expected from the previews, but after half an hour in the movie I was alread blown away by Daniel Day Lewis' acting ability. The plot revolves around Lewis who is as he says "an oil man" who hunts down land where oil may be profitable. Lewis lets nothing get in his way religion, love, and eventually not even his son. Lewis' ability to tie such a dark character to the plot with such ease is why I rated this film at an excellent. A must have for any true movie lovers.

Daniel Day Lewis does a superior acting job in this movie. He is at the top of his game in this movie, the best I have seen him yet. That could be why he won the Oscar for best actor I guess. Movie has a good plot and is very entertaining. It would have been better if we could have looked into Plainview's character somewhat more. The only part I did not like was the ending. Not that it was not good but the writers seemed to have doubled up on the scenes and jammed too much info in the last scenes and it sorta ended abruptly while the remainder of the movie spread out through the years. If I were the writer it would have had a different ending. But it is a great movie and well worth watching.

This is a good film, with a compelling story, 1st rate direction & an accomplished, effective cast but, at it's core, it's Lewis' film & he delivers one of the finest lead performance that I've ever seen.... He is, simply, outstanding, & the reason i had to have this film....
Also, the story hits home....
Cheers! captbbones

Daniel Day-Lewis gives probably one of the five best performances in the history of world cinema, up there with titanic and legendary performances like Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces or Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless. Day-Lewis is powerful and incredible. As director, P.T. Anderson is his equal. The music is also amazing and the cinematography pristine and precise. Better than No Country for Old Men, though not as simply entertaining as Juno. 5 stars out of 5.

It was an excellent movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Daniel-day-lewis but the movie was a little slow getting started,took 15 min. before the first word was spoken. but did have a good story. With a surprizing ending.

A very sad movie, not one meant for the whole family. A good one to watch after the kids have gone to bed!

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film is presented in an assured and confident manner. Anderson is the most naturally gifted filmmaker of his generation, a fact that is evident here. Packed with breathtaking shots and scenes of boiling intensity, the movie makes no apologies about its tendency towards the grandeur inherent in telling an epic story that spans decades. Perhaps the first thing that will strike viewers will be the unavoidable use of imagery that comes naturally when setting a story in the old west. However, Anderson's latest effort also packs enough depth and complexity to let you know that it never relies solely on this foundation. Although ripe with symbolism, There Will Be Blood does not settle for merely the pretense of poignancy by imagery. Instead it gives us complex characters that prove to be the soul of the story.

The film is anchored by the powerful presence of Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman. Day-Lewis' performance is a thing of beauty. Equal parts larger-than-life and nuanced, his Daniel Plainview perfectly embodies the spirit of a salesman while putting across the multiple layers required for the portrayal of a man with an all-too-human desire for power. Critics of Daniel Day-Lewis performance will say that his portrayal is far too theatrical, a criticism also given to his portrayal of Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York. The reality is that Day-Lewis does not carry this to everyone of his performances. However, he knows when a character is supposed to be showman. Plainview is a salesman and without his swagger he would be nowhere as a businessman. What is truly outstanding is that, unlike lesser actors, Day-Lewis is able to bring out the more human aspects of Plainview that make him a fascinating character to watch.

Joining Day-Lewis is Paul Dano as Eli Sunday. Dano balances out his character appropriately, giving Sunday the calm and silent demeanor that stands in sharp contrast to his passion for religion. While Dano does not deliver the performance of his career in this film, he does show hints of tremendous talent in his portrayal of an evangelical preacher that stands in opposition of Plainview's search for power. The rest of the cast simply takes a supporting role amidst this struggle.

Providing the score for this conflict is Johnny Greenwood's haunting score. Greenwood manages to accentuate the barren desert setting with a score that is both minimalist and entrancing. Although it never rises to the showboating highs of Howard Shore, the music enhances the dark, pessimistic, and emotionally taxing tone of the film while never taking center stage away from the performances.

There Will Be Blood is an achievement in cinematography, acting, writing and film-making unlike anything released in 2007. It is a film that puts its focus on wholly unlikable characters and dares to take you in deeper despite this fact. Like Raging Bull, it is a character study of a man who you would not normally want to know and who you will be unable to forget about after it is all said and done. You may not want to revisit this film anytime soon, but it will be for all the right reasons. It is a powerful and emotionally draining experience.

Great Suspenseful flick. Lots of Drama. Daniel
Day Lewis at his best. Start to finish a great movie. If you liked Gangs of New York you will love There Will Be Blood.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson's THERE WILL BE BLOOD is a masterly, unflinching examination of a consummately evil man. Daniel Plainview (via a transcendent performance by the great Daniel Day-Lewis) is, as he likes to remind those around him, an oil man: he finds it, he drills for it, and he makes money from it. Following a tip from a visitor named Paul Sunday, whose family sits atop a veritable ocean of oil, Plainview travels to the town of New Boston, California, with his young son. Sunday's preacher brother Eli (both roles are played by the excellent Paul Dano) grudgingly accepts Plainview's ambitions under the condition that he help fund the town church. As Plainview's plans come to fruition, a series of events begin to fracture the insular world he has constructed for himself, pitting Plainview against Sunday and forcing him to become even more vindictive and ruthless. Anderson proved with BOOGIE NIGHTS and MAGNOLIA that he was adept at handling expansive storylines and layered plots; however, he stakes out a claim here as a new master of the cinematic epic. The film is visually stunning, and alternates between lush widescreen shots of the desert and meticulously composed, darkly lit close-up of his actors, presenting complex images of the American landscape and the souls that dot it. As a narrative, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is told with a sense of economy, yet never at the expense of the film's inherently grand scope. It's difficult to determine precisely what Anderson wants his viewers to take from the experience: the film is, in the end, appropriately complex and ambiguous. THERE WILL BE BLOOD forces us to confront Plainville, who seems to be a larger-than-life personification of evil; that we don't entirely understand him at the film's conclusion is not a shortcoming, but rather a tribute to the depths of this most vile creature and this most brilliant film.

I have been wanting to watch this oscar nominated movie for a while and finally got around to seeing it.

It is a strangely addicting movie. It starts out a little slow but little interesting things keep happening the entire movie. The plot and characters are great. The main characters did a great job of acting in this movie.

It is about a man who owns a drill company and his success keeps climbing, along with turmoil in his life. The most addicting thing about the movie is his personality and how it comes out throughout the movie.

I would recommend watching this movie!

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I love movies, but when they get over 90 minutes, especially over 2 hours, I usually get bored, no matter how good the movie is. So I wasn't too sure I'd make it through this one.

I'm glad to say I did! This move is excellent in all ways- the acting, the storyline, the special effects....Daniel Day Lewis is excellent and just perfect for this part. Even my teenage sons, who I wasn't sure would really appreciate the plot, loved it.

I defintely recommend it- it makes you think and entertains at the same time.