Category: Period drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Numerous movie critics have rated There Will Be Blood as among one of the best movies of the 21st century, and I'm telling you straight up - they're right! It's a masterclass in storytelling, scene setting and character work.
Even if the only scene in this movie was Daniel Day-Lewis' emotive utterance of those immortal words, "I drink your milkshake!", that alone would be worth the price of admission - but darn it, this movie is excellent in so many ways.
Let's go through the plot outline and then I'll get into my thoughts.
The plot:
The story revolves around Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his rise, his personal struggles and his descent in to anger, loneliness and madness.
The story starts in 1898 where we see Plainview, a prospector (someone that searches for precious metals/minerals in a given area) spending his days and nights digging along a shaft and hacking away at the rock deep down, hoping to make a significant find. Plainview makes a find and (literally) drags himself into town to get his find assayed (inspected for purity and integrity). With his find certified, he begins a mining operation that employs numerous men.
