People who "hate" this film and say people who like it are wrong - YOU MAY BE WRONG!

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2008)

I'm shocked that there are as many negative reviews of this movie as there are. So many of those people are angry that there are those of us that like it. Perhaps if you don't like this movie, instead of accusing people who like it of falling prey to an Emperor's New Clothes" mentality, you might have to admit that you didn't "get" the movie, or that your life experience is inadequate to understand the complexity of what is being expressed.
If you didn't like the movie please consider this: Have you ever owned, or run a business? Do you have any idea what it takes to succeed in business, and what demands it places on a person, physically, ethically, and psychologically? If you haven't, you may not appreciate the fact that anyone who has will see pieces of themselves in Daniel Plainview, and will have to examine their own souls after seeing the movie. They will squirm in their seat as they alternately sympathize and deplore Daniel Planview, and their own selves in the process.
Don't dismiss this as a simplistic tale of a "Bad man who is greedy and has a downfall, how boring!" Don't you see any complexity in the portrayal? Perhaps the movie isn't for everyone, but that doesn't make it any less than the masterpiece it is.