hugely disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (18 March 2008)

much about this film was very good - Daniel Day Lewis's performance as Daniel Plainview was super, as was the cinematography. I thought the music by Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood's was great - creatively original yet not gratuitously so.
What let it down for me was the (lack of a) story line - at times it felt like a variety of scenes cobbled together, with only a vague sense of direction. Some scenes were just not credible - certainly not justified by the characterisation.
I was also bored, looking at my watch 3 times during the performance. hugely disappointing after all the hype.
my verdict: don't bother