great performances in a dull a plot

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2016)

First of all , I started to watch with a sort of enthusiasm , but when the movie goes by, it got diminished. Daniel performed great , screenplay and direction was good, but there is no great and gripping plot in the movie. The story is just a rough trail of life , of a person named Daniel Plainview, every scene in the movie was filmed perfectly, cast acted great , mainly Daniel day Lewis , but the backdrop is weak story. In the whole movie you only can see the greediness and selfish attitude of Daniel, the desire to become a oil tycoon washed away humanity in him . showing the lead character in a movie as a negative one is not always a good idea. Showing evilness and brutality in a movie is not a issue, but there should be a reasonable story around that violent character, because he ain't a psycho . less importance was given to some lead cast , though that is not a big-deal . in my rating of 7 , 6 goes to Lewis and 1 goes to thin and weak plot. Movie is good in part of acting and direction , but not story.