Gut emotion film gives me gut reaction response.

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2008)

I think this movie should have won best picture. The Cohen Brothers made a good film, but this is an excellent woven epic that you can watch over and over again. It makes me think of Giant with James Dean, but a deeper vision into the rotted core of human existence, manipulation and greed. I have to say I favor Daniel Plainview, because his honesty is to the point. The cinematography won an Oscar, and reminded me a lot of the clarity found in Days Of Heaven: Brooke Adams, Richard Gere, Sam Shepard. The soundtrack is a great combination of Native American meeting industrial banging and drilling. If you have not seen it yet, pay very close attention. If on DVD, you will probably watch it more than once. I have seen it four times.