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Theatrical Release Date:
12/26/2007
DVD Release Date:
04/08/2008
Run Time:
158min.
Starring:
Director(s):
Distributor(s):
Paramount Vantage
MPAA Rating:
R for some violence.
Genre(s):
Drama
Plot: Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson steps outside his contemporary world of dysfunctional Angelenos to explore a very different dysfunctional man -- an oil pioneer whose trailblazing spirit is equaled only by his murderous ambition. Read More
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Unquestionably this has become one of my favorite films of all-time, and probably that is the only American film I can say this about from the past 5 years. Every shot is drenched in visual poetry. ... The production design in stellar. The cinematography is mind-bending. Daniel-Day Lewis gives one of the great performances of all time and Johnny Greenwood delivers one of the best scores ever (unsurprisingly as Radiohead is one of the best bands ever. If you need something fast-moving and don\'t like to think too much go elsewhere. This is not ******************** art. There\'s a big difference. Full Review
I give There Must Be Blood 5 stars for nothing else than the closing violin solo. What a smashing idea to pair great credits music with the cinematic plot kernel of Upton Sinclair's book "Oil&q... uot;. The greedy price of commodity oil today and the world's need to become free of it, was a dark mirror image to the early greed for oil of this film. Long, yes. Try reading some Upton Sinclair, fascinating. and the reade can take it a chapter at a time. Day Lewis earned his Oscar, and the rest of the csting was convincing, The music in the filmed story was simply ok, not good, not bad. The theme of the film story is frightening. With the tribute Altman I reconsidered its worth to be a 5 star undertaking. Full Review
Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this epic-saga drama from Paul Thomas Anderson. "There Will Be Blood. When I seen this. I never liked Daniel Day-Lewis in other films. But after seeing this trailer of h... eart pounding thriller about Religon Vs Oil = EPIC!! MASTERPEACE!! You will love this film. The ending is Epic. The first 15 minutes of the film..Awsome. I mean. It reminds me of the Godfather But more. You will ask for a Part II..then Part III. Cause you will be left hanging. Simply wonderful. Terrific. Piece of cake. Awsome film from beginning to end. My favorite line of the film is very epic. "I'VE ABANDED MY CHILD...I'VE ABANDED MY LITTLE BOY" Very Good. I Could watch this film for a year. Critic Rating: 100/100. Full Review
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