A thoughtful, dramatic horror story that grabs the audience and doesn't let go to the very end.

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2008)

It is a real shame that the music for There Will Be Blood didn't win an Oscar. Then again, it's a shame that this film didn't win more than a couple Oscars. It is so ambitious, so compelling and engaging in every cinematic aspect. From the cineamatography of the wide, desserts and foreboding landscapes, to the acting of Daniel Day-Lewis, the film hits the highs effortlessly. I have watched There Will be Blood twice now, and the second time was even better. I now don't see a visually stunning film, I see a complex tale of an oil man whose lust for the black, squelchy stuff corrupted him till be destroyed himself. It is a tale of one man, but is also a tale of religion, ambition, political parallels, lust, greed and lies. It is so unbelievably multi-layered that you forget that you are watching celluloid strips being switched 25 times every second. The film blasts nearly all of your senses thoroughly, and doesn't stop, even during the dialogue scenes.