There Will Be Oscar Winners

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2008)

What can I say about "There WIll Be Blood." Daniel Day Lewis gave an outstanding performance, which is definitely worthy of an Oscar win. The film is based on a book titled "Oil" by Upton Sinclair. Daniel Day Lewis plays a man (Daniel Plainview) drilling/searching for oil in the early 1900's. He, has a way to baffle people into selling their land for dirt cheap prices (even by 1900 standards). Even though he says he will share some of the profits with whomever land it is, he rarely keeps his end of the bargain. Once a drilling goes wrong and his son's hearing is injured, Plainview's attitude begins to change for the worse. He starts getting extremely greedy and angry. There are so many good hidden ideas brought up in this film. One I want to comment on is Plainview's last name. Plainview has a one track mind and that is getting as much oil, and in return money, as possible (i.e. he has his plain sights on achieving more oil and money). He says in the film that he hates most people and he doesn't want anyone to be successful. I'm a little skeptical on the "R" rating however. There is nothing in the film that would warrant an "R" rating. Other than that the film was fantastic and I highly recommend it.