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There Will Be Blood Film Review

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There will be blood was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson who also was the screenwriter. Some of the actors include Daniel Day-Lewis who plaid Daniel Plainview, Paul Dano who played both Eli Sunday and his twin brother Paul Sunday, and Hans Howes who played Mr. Bandy. Over all the movie was well scripted and the actors played their parts very well and made the movie very realistic. Although there were some parts to the movie I didn’t find very appealing I would definitely recommend this movie to friends and family.
What viewers can expect from this film is quite a bit of drama and yes just like the title inferred there will be blood. But other than the few deaths the film is quite dramatic with Daniel competing with the big oil companies and …show more content…

I could tell not only because they give you the dates on the opening scene but the clothing worn by the characters and the vehicles were distinctly from that era. The movie spans over the course of 22 years from 1898 when Daniel was working on his own little mine to 1920 when Daniel is wealthy and H.W. is grown and married. Also the film does not utilize flash backs but it does flash forward over some years to show how Daniels work progresses. I think the theme of this film is that wealth in turn does not bring you happiness and I can see this both through Daniel’s and Eli’s eyes because even though they had quite a bit of money Eli spent all of his wealth and became depressed and Daniel became so lonely that he became morbidly …show more content…

I think he did a phenomenal job playing Daniel Plainview because he really got into his role and made his character very believable and he seemed to take his role quite seriously. I also think that his performance made movie what it is now because again he took his role very seriously and it showed because to me it made the movie very realistic and gritty because right from the start we can see some of the problems Daniel deals with and how he acts in general. Also I do not think that any other actor could have played Daniel the way Day-Lewis did and if they tried the movie wouldn’t have the same

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