Saturday, February 23, 2008

There Will Be Blood

Tonight we went and saw There Will Be Blood.
Daniel Day Lewis is a oil driller who has aquired alot of good land. He does this with the help of his young son, who he adopted after finding in a basket. There is a local preacher boy played by the brother from Little Miss Sunshine. He causes some trouble for Lewis as his local church is recruiting the drillers. His half brother comes to meet him played by Benny from the Mummy. Lewis tries to strike deals with local land owners and oil companies, and he is trying to build a pipeline.
The movie was really good and I liked it, but I wouldn't buy it on DVD. IMDB has it as 23 in the top 250, and that really isn't deserved. Though it was a good movie, it wasn't 23 good. Daniel Day does deserve the best Actor Oscar. His performance was incredible, and even Clooney has said he hopes Lewis gets it. I am not sure about Best Picture though. I feel this is the Coen's year.

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