Excellent Cinematography Work

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2008)

Although I found "There will be Blood" to be excellent in all aspects. What intrigued me the most was the cinematography of the movie. There were some scenes of which I was completely blown away. In particular the scene when the oil well catches fire against the backdrop of a dark blue sky. The mixture of the smoke, fire, and the oil painted sky in the backdrop was truly remarkable. In addition, the scene when Daniel is on the train with his son had a very old fashioned feel to it, reminiscent of the black and white picture days.
One piece of the movie that will no doubt go over looked pertains to Daniels relationship with his son once he had become deaf. Clearly a difficult situation to deal with for anyone, especially at this juncture in time when not much had been known about this sort of problem. I felt that enough had been done to show Daniels sympathy for his child without making him seem colder then he was. Anymore of this would have been simply harping on something very few of us can relate to.