Hmmm - not what i expected...

Rating: 6/10 (3 January 2014)

I didn't know much about this film before I sat down to watch it, but I found it a little hard going. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood!
I liked the way that this was set way back in history but it felt very real and modern, not steeped in the rose tinted documentary style films o have seen before. I also really liked the music, again very out of the ordinary. It created a lot of atmosphere and tension.
The story was interesting, especially the Daniel Plainview character. I liked how he changed through the film. For some reason, I didn't really enjoy the religious overtone to the film. I didn't feel it fitted very well. Might be because I wasn't fully paying attention?