Daniel Day-Lewis's Performance in There Will Be Blood is the Best performance in years

My opponent decided to completely overlook the vast number of award and nominations both movies received which, unlike opinion, is not a personal matter. If he would look at that, he would have seen that "No Country For Old Men" received much more awards and nominations from several different places than "There Will Be Blood." Nevertheless, I will look over what he said with the utmost care. >>From your previous entry, it seems you did not attempt to prove me wrong.<< I believe by presenting another movie to counter yours, I am indeed attempting to prove you wrong. Therefore, I am proving you wrong. Attempting to, at least. >>I think it might too be a better movie then There Will Be Blood, but for that, I am not sure.<< When you say "…but for that…" what do you mean? I do not understand what "that" is. Please clarify. If I cannot understand what you a disagreeing with concerning my reply, then you have made a weak argument. >>Bardem's was great but was one dimensional.<< This I will speak heavily on. http://imdb.com... Quote: "It's no coincidence that Bardem's image haunts the film's poster art: he's a colossal presence, rolling through the picture like a Mack truck with its brakes shot to pieces, decimating everything--and everyone--in his path. Chigurh is likely to become one of cinema's veritable bad guys..." David N. Butterworth speaks about Bardem with a fearful yet enthusiastic tone. He gives Javier much credit where credit is due calling his performance "...as intense as any put on film." For the movie, he gives "No Country for Old Men" 3.5 out of 4. An excellent review in my opinion. However, what does he give "There Will Be Blood?" http://www.imdb.com... A 3 out of 4. A good score, but not good enough for the masterminds behind "No Country For Old Men", the illustrious Coen brothers. Now onto you calling him one-dimensional. Consider scene of the gas station. In this scene, Bardem was obviously decided on whether or not to execute this man. The result is an almost eerily humorous discussion between the gas station owner and Anton. I have to applaud Coen brothers for their genius involving this scene. I even found myself giggling when Javier gets mad at the station manager when he puts the life-saving coin into his pocket, telling him to put that coin anywhere else but his pocket. This shows that he can give the audience more than just a simple-minded killing machine. He can give them a self-appointed killer with his own morals and ways of life. >>Tommy Lee Jones was a very Tommy Lee Jones role. It did not require great acting from him, just for him to be himself.<< When you say that, I feel like you are suggesting that his acting in this movie was not special or eye-catching. Tom Ed Bell was the perfect example of the older sheriff unable to move along with the times and the criminals that come with it well enough to handle them. Going further, Tommy Lee Jones is an incredible actor, even earning an Oscar nomination for "In the Valley of Elah." To be precise, the very same category that Daniel Day-Lewis is in. >>And this was the first time anyone has ever seen such a role from Day-Lewis. He makes acting look like a serious artform by the way he really becomes his characters.<< This was not the first time he had received so much acclaim in cinematography. Not by a long shot. I will give you two quality films that he has starred in that has given him just as much acclaim as "There Will Be Blood", if not much more. http://www.imdb.com... "Gangs of New York" is my favorite movie of all time. Hands down, this movie usually is popped into my DVD player once a week, at the least. It is because of the amazing talent of Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting, vicious leader of the Natives, whose bloody performance with a knife is both chilling and wondrous. http://www.imdb.com... "My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown" is a 2 Oscar award winning film starring, once again, Daniel Day-Lewis as a quadriplegic that manages to live out his life by controlling his only working limb, his left foot. In conclusion, my opponent makes a rather short and weak argument. Daniel Day-Lewis's greatest achievement is not this movie, but his time on the silver screen in years past. I think everyone who reads this debate will easily see that. Despite making a few short flimsy attacks on "No Country For Old Men", he still refuses to recognize the number one obvious fact. That "No Country For Old Men" received more positive acclaim that "There Will Be Blood." That has yet to be even put into question by my opponent, a poor move on his part. That is all.