"I drink your milkshake!"

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2008)

To start off, this film is all about good and evil, where evil is the protagonist and no matter what happens, there is no redemption...i repeat...no redemption. To think of this movie as lighthearted in anyway or an easy film to watch, would be to not have seen the film at all. It's dark and full of metaphysical nuances that show what real character should look up on the screen.
Daniel Day Lewis' character Daniel Plainview (best performance he's ever put on) goes from ambition driven to Satan himself faces off with his own guilts and Paul Dano's Eli Sunday...It's all about the way in which people do not change and during the hardest of times, evil will prevail. I know a scary thought to think of but then again it sure makes for an interesting watch.
You can't help but grit your teeth whenever Daniel is present and feel sad, but then very taken back by Paul Dano's character...it's not all about a battle mind you, it does have a lagging subplot which must have been put in just to be very faithful to Umpton Sinclair's OIL! the book that this material was based on.
To conclude, There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece and even though some people say "it's too long" or "boorrinngg" it doesn't matter, its what the film means and the ending caps it off very nicely, the gruelling journey is as entertaining as anything and i take my hat off to the people who enjoy most of the long shots and realise that sometimes Art prevails in a mainstream world.