The Greatest film I have ever seen...

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2008)

From the start, the music... was mind blowing, haunting if you will. The cinematography of the landscape was beautiful. Everything was perfect. It starts off Showing a younger Plainview digging for gold without and dialog or talking. The scene where he falls was shot perfectly, the direction of him waking up in agony, was done flawlessly. Plainview dragging himself to sell the silver, caring more about money than his injury, shows the kind of person Plainview is.
It then skips 5 years, and he is now digging for oil. Once again amazing cinematography, done perfectly. The death scene in the shaft was so realistic it was intense. When it skips to the train and you finally hear Plainview's voice, u know this movie is going to be something else. The movie is a slow buildup of hate, greed, envy, and vengeance. Everything works perfectly. The relationship between Plainview and Eli was so intense, they were very similar people, both wanting power. The scene where Plainview slaps Eli was perfect, it fit perfectly. Eli gets his revenge on Plainview later in the film, and it is just mesmerizing to watch, because you know that Plainview is going to get his revenge, you can tell by Eli's reaction after Plainview whispers to him.
When the movie skips ahead 15 years, and you see what Plainview has turned into, you just knew that this would happen, he has nothing, he becomes a raging alcoholic, and hates his life he created. Hes became psychotic if you will. The scene where he talks to his then 26 year old son, was truly unbelievable.
This movie makes you feel no empathy for any character, Eli is just as worse as Plainview, if not worse, because he is a hypocrite, at least Plainview knows what he is. The final scene of this movie, is quite possibly the greatest scene of acting I have ever seen. This scene alone makes Daniel Day-Lewis deserve the Oscar. People say it was over the top, but no, It was perfect. The bowling alley was the hell that Plainview created, and he knew that Eli would eventually come crawling to him, because that was the kind of person Eli was.
All I have to say in the end, is that this film deserves Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography. I know it won't because everyone is in love with No country which I really don't understand... Don't get me wrong it was a great film, but its just not on the same level of There will be Blood. Everyone needs to see this movie just for the Performance alone, which in my book is the greatest performance of all time. Well done Mr.Anderson.