Outstanding

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2019)

I have seen this movie for the second time today and I am still amazed about every single aspect.
First of all, I have never seen a movie except "The Tree of Life", which can be so calmly and powerful at the same time. It takes its time to let the story and, even more important, their characters develop.
In the opening 15 minutes there is not a single word spoken. We just watch at a man in a mine, searching for the great find. The following scene we get an introduction of himself.
Both scenes together build the base for the remaining 130 minutes, in which countless of topics get processed. Some of them are the pursuit of happiness, believing into the american dream as well as the meaning of god, greed and hate, furthermore the relationship between father and son, trust and strokes of fate and so on...
So this is the point: "There Will Be Blood" is not about an oilman who gets erode by his greed and his son, who suffers from an accident. This would surely still be a great movie. But this film is soo much more. It's a life learning lesson in all its beauty in force and harshness.
No annoying hollywood happy end crab, brainless action and a plot for idiots. No, just some characters in a simple story, showing some depth and do not get overrun by the story, but by life.
In addition it is a unbelievable performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, he is probably the best character actor, but also excellent played by Paul Dano and Dilon Freasier. No way to escape from this spectacle!
There are only a few movies who can keep up with this one, but that's the limit. It's a tremendous piece of and for cinema!