I've already mentioned this to a couple people, but it bears repeating. Don't see the Paul Thomas Anderson "masterpiece" film about the early 20th century oil business, "There Will Be Blood." Why? Because it really, really sucks.
More specifically, there is no plot. At all. Nothing happens. It's Daniel Day-Lewis looking for oil and he gets annoyed by this religious kid played by Paul Dano. There. I just described the first hour and a half of the movie, and I'm pretty sure the rest of the movie is just him looking for more oil and him and Dano disliking each other even more. I would have to quote the dialogue line-by-line to give you a more detailed summary. Is the acting amazing? Yes, by both DDL and Dano. Are the sets amazing? Yes. But no where in the first half of the film (I had to stop watching half-way to protect my own sanity) does anything happen that makes you the least bit interested in what is coming next. You just don't care. And its no wonder: how am I suppose to wonder how things will end if nothing of note began in the first place?
I can't emphasize this enough: it's the most mind-numbingly dull and insufferably boring half-a-movie I've ever seen. And I saw Hercules in New York. At least that had the dignity to have Arnold fight a man in a bear suit.
So instead of wasting hours of your life with this snooze fest, enjoy the parodical "milkshake" summary of the film below. I can't even give you a spoiler warning because THERE'S NOTHING TO SPOIL.
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I have to moderately disagree with you. I'm a plot guy, and I admit the plot is nothing amazing. However, the characters are so good that it makes up for it. It's not a great movie, but I think it's worth watching (all the way through) once.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you even more than does Dave. In this movie, the usual line of opening/conflict/resolution does not really apply. Here we have a character study that we follow through time.
Sorry you didn't like the movie.
No, no, NO! I know its a freaking character study, but its about two characters I don't care a flying flip about. Wow, an evangelist and an oil man, who cares! You want me to watch some endless movie with no plot then gets some interesting characters, like a brilliant rebel doctor with a limp or badass counter terrorist agent with a dead wife. And those two guys are on TV DRAMAS, where character studies belong!
/rant
I agree that a character study is better when wrapped in a good plot. However, I think the acting is so good it partially redeems the movie. I probably won't watch it again, but it's worth watching once through.
I like the milkshake parody though...
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