Why god, why so boring?

Rating: 5/10 (13 February 2008)

The fact that cinema's quality is in the gutters, does not mean we have to embrace "different" movies, even if they are plain boring.
Except for DDL performance there is nothing special about There Will Be Blood, except for such misleading reviews as some of the ones I read here. Cinematography was boring. OK so there were long shots brilliantly blocked, but did they help the story advance? no, they didn't. It was a mishmash of ideas that created expectations which were all unrealized during the movie.
I went to see this movie as I love DDL and I also love period movies. For me, there is something special in a slow told story, with long shots that let you delve in into the characters subtleties and the total energy of the setting. IN this movie though, there is no real story. In the theater I kept telling my self, 'it cant be it. Something must happen eventually' but the only thing to happen was just another brilliant agonized look from Lewis and maybe another weird and over the top piece of music.
Sorry guys, but the story is not there, I left the movie without knowing anything about the characters and there lives. In fact, most shots are spent stuck on Lewis in close-up. We really don't get a chance to get to know any one, even not Daniel, as he is too flat as written on the script. Lewis had to take him to an extreme in order to give the narrative a bit of interest, but quick enough you realize that nothing surprising will happen.
A good try to make something different, but not good enough. I'm still waiting for the reinvention of cinema.