Leaves you absolutely breathless!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2008)

I could go on and on and on forever about how good this movie is. The casting was absolutely perfect, the writing flawless, the cinematography beyond compare, the soundtrack engaging, and it all came together to deliver one of the few films that hook, grab, and pull you until you are watching everything so closely you feel as if you are right there with the characters. You gasp, you cry, you smile, you flinch, you jump, and your heart might even skip a beat or two.
Daniel Day-Lewis plays Daniel Plainview brilliantly - a frightening, truthful performance that leaves you shivering. Paul Dano is absolutely incredible as Eli Sunday, a young evangelic priest who is corrupted by the wealth of the oil business. His sermons were so intense and so real that I did in fact believe it was actually happening right in front of me for a few minutes. An amazing debut by Dillon Freasier as Plainview's son, H.W. Plainview - this kid is more than a natural; he was born for it.
I'm going to stop now before I begin to rant. "There Will Be Blood" is the best movie of the decade - period.
15/10!!!