There Will Be Blood

"You're just the afterbirth, Eli"

One of the greatest movies ever made, that’s for sure.

Have you seen Phantom Thread? It's a very different film but it's still Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis and pretty great. TWBB is fantastic from start to finish, I try to watch it every year or so with someone who hasn't seen it and they're always completely taken with it.

Great soundtrack.

R3, yes, Phantom Thread is great as well. PTA and DDL were meant to make movies together.

I love that movie too. Fun fact, TWBB and NCFOM are frequently mixed up as being the same movie. Also too films were shot at the same time literally just a few miles from each other.

I find that really fascinating.

Hate it with the heat of a thousand suns. Phantom Thread is horrible as well.

R4, yes, the soundtrack was fantastic. And for me that’s part of what makes TWBB such a stronger film than Boogie Nights (which was a very solid PTA effort in its own right). I found the songs from Boogie Nights enjoyable but distracting.

Dano should have been nominated.

The greatest movie of the century until CMBYN came along

It was an overly bloated mess of a movie that I have zero desire to watch again. Strained seriousness is how Andrew Sarris would have labeled the film.

Much like Tarantino, PTA's best films were his earlier ones. And I wish some directors would leave the writing of screenplays to actual writers than doing it themselves.

I drink your milkshake, OP.

I think TWBB, The Master, and Phantom Thread are PTA’s greatest films.

I kept getting distracted by the fact that DDL was channelling John Huston's voice from Chinatown throughout the movie.

Amazing movie, but I'm a fan of Daniel Day Lewis. Paul Dano was really good in it, too. It was like reading a Flannery O'Connor story.

I LOVED Boogie Nights, it's one of my favorite movies. Haven't liked anything else he has done. There Will Be Blood is a wanna-be Citizen Kane, without any of the genius, beauty, and humor.

Thanks, I just rented Bogie Nights.

Dano had such a whiny voice. I can't believe anyone would take him serious as a preacher.

I despise DDL . I found TWBB mildly interesting at best. I always think though is there any DDL movie where he doesnt chew the scenery to shreds?

Movie threads are helpful for identifying the Philistines of Datalounge.

BASTARD IN A BASKET!

I couldn't even finish watching it the first time. I left the screening.

Is PTA one of the last great auteurs?

The scene when H.W. finally breaks free is heartbreaking.

Fucking Fantastic Film as is Boogie Nights