There Will Be A Weak Ending

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2008)

Stylishly brilliant. "There Will Be Blood" does not disappoint in regards to acting and setting. The Locations, setting, and set decoration are all incredible. Daniel Day Lewis once again, as he shows no signs of ever letting up, delivers a slam bang Oscar worthy performance. He clearly dominates and overshadows the entire cast. Although the film came in at over 2 & 1/2 hours, at no time did I ever look at my watch. The film captured my devoted attention the entire time.
****** FAIR WARNING ******* if you do not wish to know anything about the ending of the movie, do NOT read any farther! OK, .... so we get to the end of the movie and we witness a violent confrontation. But then it stupidly ends without any resolution. We have no idea what happens to Daniel Day Lewis's character - nor his son, nor anyone else. Lewis's character utters a stupid comment and then we roll credits. I was very disappointed and felt like I had been cheated. Did the Director suddenly get bored and quit? Did the producers suddenly run out of money??? Was the script's ending really that bad? I really needed about another 10 to 15 minutes of screen time for resolution. It's hard to believe that Daniel Day Lewis would permit the film to end in this manner. C'mon, he's got the final words in the script. What should have been a "9" on a scale of 1 to 10, get's reduced to a "7."