I watched 'There Will Be Blood' about a year ago and thought it was amazing but I had missed some scenes and dialogue from domestic interruptions so I was keen to watch it again properly. Second time round, I think it is a true masterpiece. It's gripping from beginning to end and the acting by both Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano is stupendous. The soundtrack is disjointed and tense, the opening score will remind some people of 'The Shining', but its evil men and greed in the real world that this film focuses on. It is down to personal interpretation of Daniel Day Lewis' character, some people don't think he loved his son at all and just used him to win people over while others think he did have feelings towards the boy he adopted as his own. I think the latter, while the character is fueled by power and money, I do believe he loved his son in his own sort of way. Sending your child away because he is ill doesn't always mean it isn't in the child's best interest...he did after all set fire to the room while him and his brother were both sleeping.
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