human greed goes as deep as the ocean

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2010)

There Will Be Blood might possibly be one of the greatest films ever made. Certainly stands in line with Shawshank,Citizen Kane,and all the other timeless American classics. The story of Daniel Plainview who at first is a silver and gold miner, but discovers oil, and from then on is like he is searching day and night for it. Things escalate when he meets a young man/priest Eli Sunday (Paul Dano, who in my opinion was perfect in this film)who wants him to drill on his fathers land but wants as much money as he can get from Plainview. The tension grows and the film dives very deep into the sanity, hatred, and greed of both Plainview and Sunday. That being said, There Will Be Blood shows all of us how much human greed can control our very lives, and how we can stray away from the most important things to us just to be rich. This film will shake some to the very core, leave others speechless, and others just angry because they think they could never get like this. In all reality though we are all capable of this. Some may say this film didn't make sense, others might think its too long, but to me it is a perfectly made movie with an amazing cast, awe inspiring cinematography, and a musical score that sends shivers up and down the spine, There Will Be Blood is without question my favorite film.