There will be boredom

Rating: 3/10 (11 September 2008)

I have seen some very bad films, most of them horror or "movies" that are spoofs of other films. I thought Meet The Spartans was the worst movie I have ever seen, and even though it is, because it is not a film in a true sense of the word, I have to go ahead and say that There Will Be Blood is perhaps worse than it. Because this is a real film, with a real theme and real actors and a director and so on, TWBB should be in the category of one of the worst films ever made.
Reading through some of the glowing reviews here, you'd think this film reinvented the wheel. They praise the acting, the directing, the cinematography. While I'll agree that Daniel Day Lewis was quite good, it does not make up for the rest of this turd. I'm still waiting for something to happen. I know there was something about a bowling alley and milkshakes, but other than that, I'm still waiting for blood. Keep waiting.
Literally, I could not wait for this to end. My wife and I were looking at one another in the theater throwing our hands up in amazement every 30 minutes or so (2 1/2 hr. film) when the film's plot still hadn't gone anywhere. There's some stabs at religion, oil tycoons and imposters, but when you keep waiting for the plot to pick up and looking at your watch every few minutes, the film is in trouble.
All this film can boast about is Daniel Day Lewis. He is a fantastic actor, but his over acted and misguided interpretation of this maniac is good but not enough to carry the film. This has to be one of the most misleading titles in the history of film. I remember snickers when sitting through the trailer of Blood For Chocolate. What the hell did that mean? But at least There Will Be Blood whets your appetite. I'm here for blood. Where is it? A drop...anything? Sadly, no.
I sometimes think the masses are sheep. How else do explain the insane IMDb rating for this film. Powerful? Brilliant? Classic? This sounds like something to describe Titanic or the Godfather, not this charlatan of a film. If you suffer from insomnia, watch this, it is a definite cure.
3/10