There Will Be a Masterpiece...

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2008)

Having read Upton Sinclair's crude novels as a child, I did not know what to expect from this film. The title depicts exactly what is promised. Daniel Day-Lewis plays a greedy miner, father, and businessman, so dirty, that I cannot imagine him without dirt in his nails and oil on his face. When you watch this film, pay attention to his body movement, as he becomes the limping, physical personification of evil. "There Will Be Blood" is an All-American account of a man's mistakes throughout his lifetime; confessing how this country was based on greed, hate, competition, and (with no surprise) blood. Paul Dano gives a chilling performance as an adolescent priest who mirrors Plainview's personality. Overall, this film will teach other actors and filmmakers, for years to come, what it means to make a film with a message. The reviews I've read on this film have so far been unanimous. This film is a masterpiece in every aspect: "Blood" offers camera-work with all the right angles, a set design that is almost too realistic, an instrumental score that could tell the tale alone, and a set of performances that we could all learn from.