http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/



I'm very surprised no one has created a thread about this movie(Sorry If I missed one). I guess because its only playing in select theaters.

I had the chance to see this movie last weekend and all I can say is wow. What a great movie. If you were contemplating whether to see this movie by all means DO!


Its a movie about oil, greed, religion, and family. I personally rate it a 8/10.

I heard great things about this movie, can't wait to see it.

Yep, one of the best movies I've seen in a looong time. It should have won best picture IMO. I'd recommend seeing it purely for Daniel Day-Lewis's performance alone, it's the best acting I've ever seen.

It's a great performance, but Lewis' best performance would be 'My Left Foot'.

I'm trying to see this, but as you've said, it's in select theaters at the moment (which is definately a shame!). That and the time it's on (if you can find a cinema it's on too late to watch it, given it's length)

I have to say, the performance by Lewis looks great from the clips I've seen, but everything I've read about the film makes it sound dreadfully boring.

I agree its something I want to watch but I think I might just find it boring and to long.

It was a nice movie. Kind of like a book you can't put down. I'd give it a 7.5 or 8 / 10

this movie has to be seen just for the performance that Daniel Day-Lewis puts on, it's just amazing! .. the movie itself I thought would have been boring but it was good I'd agree with the above posts for 8/10. I thought this movie was much better than 'No Country for Old Men' which won the Oscar for best picture.

Great movie and very interesting. 8.5/10

I got a chance to see this movie, after hearing good things about it.

The movie started off really weird, and I thought the movie was broken, since no one talked for about 20 minutes. The director seemed to stay on focus and on theme with the old western style look and feel. At the end of the movie, it had me thinking back to parts of the movie to help tie everything together, but I just didn't see the meaning behind a lot of the scenes in this movie. A lot of crazy acting by the main star, and that had me even more confused...

Overall it was a decent film, but I wouldn't watch it again. I give this 5/10.

btw, why did he kill eli? I was really confused at the end why he did... was it because he was begging for money?

you really thought it was broken??

I'd have to highly disagree with your 5/10. I thought this film was incredible, no less than a 8/10. One of my favorites. The soundtrack is brilliant too.




Because he is a maniac and he absolutely despised him. Though the last scene is quite surreal, you could probably interpret it in many ways.

lol, yeah all I could hear was music, and the occasional background noise, but i couldn't hear anyone speaking... So i had to check my settings a few times, until i heard a voice

Overall a bit of a downer but Daniel-Day Lewis was spectacular here. I was afraid it would drag in places due to the length of the movie but was pleasantly surprised.

I wish I could see it here .

and nihilism. plainview was not just greedy but nihilistic. religion was used as the primary example of having a belief system, but plainview thought morals were stupid and people who had them were stupid. that's the primary reason why he thought he was smarter than everyone else, because he realized morals were made-up. the movie meant to create a comparison between a self-serving religious man and a ruthless nihilist in order to expose the flaws in both sides. I'm sure everyone who saw the movie at least realized even though both of them were deeply flawed, Eli was well intentioned while Plainview was not. Plainview was also someone who obviously believed in all of the scientific theories at the time, including racial/genetic ones that would make him believe that if someone was his brother, he might not be as stupid as everybody else.

He killed Eli in the end because he was crazy, he thought he was better than everyone else, hated everyone, and never had any firm morals to hold him back

Great movie, awful music (by someone from Radiohead, I believe).

The end scenes were a bit abrupt, they looked like they were filmed quickly in a TV studio, which contrasts greatly with the atmospheric big-country aspect of the film.

Wasn't that great. 4 out 10

I saw this movie with a friend and after a while we both started to laugh at things and started talking, because it was that horrible. One of the worst movies I've ever seen. The actors were great though but it's not just actors that make a movie.

3/10