True-to-Life and Sordid

Rating: 8/10 (25 October 2016)

There Will Be Blood develops along a plot involving a man slowly but surely slipping into madness whilst vying for the goal of becoming the worlds most renown oil-field driller. Performances by Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano immediately reel the viewer in with the true and gritty personalities that they convey during the oil boom. Particularly the performance by Daniel Day-Lewis which one the nobleman his second Academy Award.
The plot of There Will Be Blood is absolutely perfect and correctly lays out a visual time-line of advancing in the oil industry, whether it be through agreements that didn't work out, or other individuals becoming unhinged by the demise of their own corrupt successes and the prosperity of their adversary's. This movie also does an amazing job with portraying the evangelicals against the corporate business man. The rivalry between the two reveals weaknesses of each other and the unexpected immorality of the church and it's ability to manipulate others to receive what it needs or wants. These revelations can bring strange thoughts into the viewers' minds as they ponder about the the possibilities of these happenings that are shown throughout the movie. That is what makes this movie stand out among-st the movies attempting to portray the madness that the oil industry creates; the capability of the film and it's plot and characters to raise alarms in the minds of the moviegoers when thinking of corruptness in our world and how it has consumed everyone.
The cruelness of Day-Lewis's character combined with the suffering and loss each protagonist and antagonist seems to be going through, easily overshadows a majority of the positive impacts, like the fame, recognition, and acceptance. Money always seems to trump the heartbreak of the characters, which once again raises the question "How corrupt and greedy is our world?" Overall, though, the movie is thought-provoking and treats the viewer with intense dialogue and interesting character developments.