“There Will Be Blood” is a good movie (for the first time ever, Mrs. Sherpa is wrong on this). Daniel Day Lewis - though he’s playing a similar character to Bill “The Butcher” Cutting - is excellent and his character is exceedingly evil. The trouble is you can’t find much sympathy for his victims.
The movie itself is based on Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil! It’s the story of Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) and his quest for oil in turn of the 20th-century Southern California. He’s quite possibly evil incarnate and the film - though masterfully done - is not an uplifting story. In places, it’s downright abusive to a viewer (kind of like Crash).
From a historical perspective, understanding the legal consequences and interests at play at this time would probably be interesting to ponder. This review however turns on one phrase: I Drink Your Milkshake! The line has inspired its own website (and even its own sports metaphor).
