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This wasn’t a bad film by any means, but it was extremely slow moving and long – really really long, unnecessarily long.

There were parts of this film that were quite interesting. I enjoyed the relationship between Daniel and his son. It was interesting to watch it build and then break down. I would have liked to have seen something of them between the time he came from school and when he got married. It seemed like so many small things had been covered and then there was a 20 year gap.

I would have like to have known more about what drove both Daniel and Eli and what brought such conflict (other than the fact that Eli was a manipulative liar, played amazingly well by Paul Dano).

For a film with such a slow start once it picked up it appeared to have missed so much of Daniel’s life after his baptism. It appears from the apparent break down, they may have been the more interesting parts to see.

As usual Daniel Day-Lewis gives a wonderful performance. Intense and somewhat frightening.

And I have no idea why the “I drink your milkshake” thing was so huge. It was barely there and not half as dramatic as all the parodies of it were.

but a milkshake does sound good right now.

So, I add “There Will Be Blood” to the list of good films that I still don’t think deserved all of the praise the Academy showered on them at Oscar time.

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A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.