@@FrankFreezy_ I think in this case he was putting in the nipple of the bottle to both clean nd maybe had a numbing agent as the baby may be crying about teething in addition to the loss of his father.
@@nullunit no way the baby would be aware of the death of its father but Daniel would think it’s a good idea to give a “grieving” baby a lil drinky-poo lmao
Yeah from what I remember Dano was originally only going to play Paul but blew them away and they had not found an Eli yet so they just made the brothers twins and had Dano play both.
Daniel Day Lewis is the best actor I've ever seen. You should watch his performance in Gangs Of New York or My Left Foot .He really embodies the characters in mesmerizing ways.
From my perspective this film seems to be about the corruption that wealth and power brings, the false promises and temporary wealth capitalism brings to communities (you see a couple dozen families get temporarily more wealthy while all the real wealth and power is gobbled up by a central power) and the relationship between the capitalist and the church. how they used each other for their own selfish ambitions. Almost everything Daniel said or did in the movie was deceptive or nefarious in some way even when it looked like he had moments of being "honorable". He rarely saw through anything that didn't benefit him.
One of my favorite characters because unlike most movies he is a very subtle character. He is not overly evil nor is he portrayed as a good person that became more corrupt over time. His eye was always on the prize and he just played the long game slowly biding his time until he finally got through the other side and simply be more open about who he is when it was safe.
@@FrankFreezy_ my grandmother used to make us "hot totties" lemonade warmed with a little bit of moonshine. put us right to bed and youd sleep off any sickness lmao. asa kid taking a shot of moonshine i cannot say i agree with it. but the results were fine and i hate drinking as an adult anyways so it worked out.
The director, Paul Thomas Anderson, is one of my favorites! The cinematography, score, Daniel Day Lewis and the child who plays HW, Paul Dano. This movie is amazing.
From the start, Daniel Plainview is revealed as a driven man. One can imagine his upbringing. When he encountered the Sunday family, he realized that Paul had aimed him at them as a weapon, in spite. The father was abusive, Eli was the "anointed one" - the daughter is the only person in the film who Daniel showed genuine affection for, unconditionally. The only female who he genuinely interacted with! Everyone else was a pawn.
@@FrankFreezy_ The rest of my favourites are harder to list, especially in any order, but this film always comes to mind first whenever I attempt to make a list. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Pan's Labyrinth, The Royal Tenenbaums, Drive, Gladiator, and Arrival would more than likely be in my Top 10 of the 21st Century though.
Like Training Day or Full Metal Jacket or Taxi Driver, this film befuddles an unsuspecting viewer used to more sentimental narratives and sympathetic protagonists.
@@FrankFreezy_ ...though after seeing it a few more times and checking out this reaction, I notice more complexity in Daniel's character. There are so many scenes that show him having genuine affection for his adopted son, genuine despair, longing, loneliness. It's as if his ambition and animal instinct for competition/survival against a brutal reality slowly poisoned his soul. It's as warm a movie as it is cold and hot. Great films feel like they contain everything in life.
@@lanolinlight I agree. Even that little Montage that showed their good times at the end. I felt that I was in just for us the viewer but what was probably going through Daniel's head
My favorite realization while seeing this in the theater was that the antagonist is Daniel. Also, though dramatized, this how so many of these wealthy dynastic families came to be. The oil, mining, and railroad magnates where some of the most evil dudes out there.
I saw this in a little theater not expecting much, but I saw the trailer and thought, this has to be good. Watched and was blown away. Daniel Day Lewis and the score is top notch.
But I think people are wuick to say that the money and power changed Daniel meanwhile in my view, he was NEVER a good guy. He was always greedy and power-hungry, using a kid as his shield. Money didn't change him for the better or worse. His character remained the same
That's fair. The arguments can be made that he did get significantly worse with the money though. It took up more of his time as well, one of the reasons he pushed his son away, probably because he didn't have the time to focus on him. Him not even taking the time to learn sign language also shows that later
Paul Dano knocked it out of the park. Prior to this, the only film I had seen him in was Little Miss Sunshin. Im always happy to see him pop up in things.
Daniel didn't change, no one was real; son (not his, he took in, made him a millonaire as a child; child then wants to start his own company, abandoning Daniel) Brother, he takes in and he is used by him only to find out, it's not his brother and may have murdered his real brother), and his preacher, in the end, shows that he too, like the others, is not real either for he is "a false prophet..."
RE: There Will Be Blood; Full Disclosure, this film is on my personal list of favorites which is incredible since it was released in 2007, and almost everything else on the list was released between 1937 and 1985. This is probably the best Daniel Day Lewis performance IMO as well, and I think the ending scene achieves a level of realism which is on par with Sonny Corleone beating Carlo up in broad daylight on a city street ("The Godfather"). Daniel Plainview could be misconstrued as pure evil but he gets more of my pity, somehow, because he's self aware and not deluded. That all being said, there's something reminiscent of the Eye of Sauron in Plainview's focus and drive for mineral wealth.
I like the point you made about feeling some kind of pity for him because of his self-awareness. You could tell he probably despised himself for what he has become
@@FrankFreezy_ Immediately after the last scene with H.W. we get a flashback to the picnic on the day when the first well's drilling started. He doesn't have to fake the horsing around, it's real and it's sad to see how his covetous nature keeps it hidden, or how he rages with knowing others might know it, too. It gets Eli killed, that memory.
29:54 -- RE: So all those times Daniel was being nice to H.W. was he just pretending?; A: There's legit proof in the movie for why he is *not* just pretending. When the speaking starts early in the film, Daniel introduced H.W. as his Business Partner, because all the paperwork has H.W. figured as a shareholder-partner as well as an heir. It solved some of Daniel's business problems to show legal concern for H.W. and it makes him a voting partner in the Corporation. And Daniel's concern for Business either has Heart (before H.W.'s accident) or does not. He found more good in people when H.W. was working as his bloodhound.
I think the movie wants the audience to be confused about if Paul and Eli are the same. Daniel definitely seems a little confused when he first meets Eli.
I swear it be irkin' me how many times I watch reactions to this movie, and whenever Eli is introduced, everyone's initial reaction is like they're oblivious to the existence of identical twins. Don't feel too bad though, bro, you're definitely not the first lol.
There Will Be Blood reminds me a lot of the Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance. Some men are so pathologically driven by competition and destruction of their competitors. You can't help but wonder about the psychological cost of being like that. In the end you win, but you've driven everyone away from you.
I absolutely love this comment and that's connection to the Last Dance. So many bridges burnt. at what cost? it did produce the greatest of all time. But again at what cost
You should know about the imposing presence Jonny Greenwood's music has at play in this incredible movie's presence in the cannon. The cinematic cannon. Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead did it. For this amazing film: There Will Be Blood. A pop band I believe he was in - Back in the day. He was trying to stretch I suppose. But, hey, Daniel Day Lewis needs no stretching. And neither does Paul Thomas Anderson the director The result stands on its feet no matter what
Its an interesting character study for sure, the 2 main characters being so similar, yet so different. One a ruthless capitalist, the other a religious fanatic, both being dishonest to further their own ego. I have to say though I respect Plainview a lot more than Sunday, Plainview is despicable, but he is fairly open about who he is, and it must be said that he cares deeply for his family, as can be seen in the treatment of his son, and the regret he has in the end when he leaves. Sunday on the other hand doesn't care for his family at all, preys on the elderly to finance himself, and won't admit wrongdoing at any point, he always passes it off to others around him, he preaches for his "God" meanwhile he attacks his father, claiming "God doesn't save stupid people", tricks his own congregation and comes crying to a man begging for money when his investments run dry. He never seemed to care for the churchgoers in his community, he simply did what he did to earn money.
I enjoy your reactions. You are obviously kind, creative, very bright, and you seem to sincerely enjoy and respect the art of film. I just SO wish you would "REACT" to the movies, rather than CONSTANTLY asking about what is happening or going to happen. That's how movies work..as you watch, the story progresses, and the questions get answered. Its like sitting beside someone on the couch who constantly asks "what's he going to do?", "does he want to buy everything?", Is he going to do this or that?", "whats going on?",..... I love when you do comment on the film. Your observations are sharp and intuitive AND REACTIVE!!! But the non-stop questions about content that there is no way to be answered, UNTIL the story unfolds, is SO tedious and distracting. PLEASE try to recognize how much time and important content you talk through (and obviously edit out) for the sake of your constant chatter. You don't give us, the subscribers, the chance to watch, form our own questions, and ALSO enjoy your reactions.
At its core, this film is about the two most corrupting forces in the modern world: religion and capitalism. Daniel and Eli are both con men and human avatars of those systems. Both seek to dominate their environment and only one can come out on top. Capitalism wins in the end, but it's a hollow victory. Daniel will die miserable and alone. He's such an extreme embodiment of greed, sociopathy and sadism that he's incapable of connecting with other human beings. This fundamental deficiency at the heart of his character means he'll never be happy, nor even capable of understanding that he's missing out on everything that makes life worth living.
Wow...are we talking about colonialism? Btw, he poured whiskey on the nipple of the bottle because ALCOHOL KILLS GERMS. And brain cells. Paul Thomas Anderson.
Pretty sure Eli is gay and that's what he's talking about when he says the lord puts thoughts into his head and tests him. Also he makes sure to say the film star that he knows is very handsome.
