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There Will Be Blood (2007) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-07-04 12:00:15
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The winner of the Daniel-Day Lewis poll! And also my first Paul Thomas Anderson film. This is a movie that I definitely need a second viewing of to fully appreciate.

Please enjoy and I'm looking forward to talking about this! PS. I've already gone online and done some searching about this movie. I watched Bill Hader's impression on SNL and oh my god, that man is way too good at impressions. 😂

Direct link to reaction. Have a good day!

✦ KL

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There Will Be Blood (2007) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction

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RichieRich

The opening of this movie is amazing. No dialogue for 15 min but you still get the determination and pure will of Daniel Plainview. Then the more you learn about him you find that will and determination was fueled from a bad place in his head. He has no friends or family, just associates and business partners. Amazing performance of a despicable person. Paul Dano as well. This was the first movie I ever saw him in and he definitely made it memorable. Oh and great reaction 🤘 Some great honest moments from you. “I’m finished.”

HugoBoss435

Damn I was hoping Gangs of New York would’ve won this poll. I think it’s a much better movie than this one.

DarthChef

This is easily one of the best soundtracks for a movie. Ever. The composer, Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) should have won an Academy Award, but unfortunately he wasn't even nominated. Because Jonny used a piece of music that he had previously released, the movie couldn't be nominated.

Sam

I watched this when you posted it but every time I've started to write a comment, it's turned into the beginnings of a million word dissertation on why this is the most perfectly perfect work of art in the history of moving pictures... and no one wants to see that in their comment section :) So, I will just say, I really enjoyed your reaction. Your instinctive response to the abandonment scene was particularly touching. I see that moment a little differently, in that I felt for both of them. At this point in the film, Daniel’s son is his only genuine human connection, and he truly doesn’t want to send him away—but sees it as necessary for HW’s own good. That’s why he avoids a long goodbye—or any goodbye at all. He knows he might change his mind, and so he forces himself to be stoic, even cold. He can't deal with his own vulnerability concerning HW. Obviously in the 21st century this is appalling behavior. But in the late 1800s, understanding of the subtitles of long term psychological childhood trauma was rudimentary at best. So, I think Daniel did what he thought was right, in the only way he knew how. To me, the later scene in the church is the emotional release for that tension: “I’ve abandoned my boy! I abandoned my son!” It’s here we see the true depth of Daniel’s pain. But even this moment is double-edged—Eli forcing him to confront that guilt only deepens Daniel’s hatred of him—you mentioned it in the reaction, that little smirk when he's getting slapped is like "yeah, keep slapping me—I will fuck you up, even if it takes the rest of my life." It was only really in the final scene with his son in the office where I lost all hope and sympathy for him. ...anyway, this IS turning into a dissertation :D

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Sam, it's okay! There are folks here who love sharing long comments with me so please don't feel bad about it and type as much as you want to say! I do enjoy reading them a lot. :) In hindsight, I think that the train scene hit me so hard because I watched this movie right before I drove Soka to a home-based dog-boarding service where she would stay for a few days. It was my first time doing that with any dog that I've had. Usually my dogs are always able to stay with friends or family, but we couldn't make that work this time. I was pretty anxious about it because I can easily project fear of abandonment to my dogs (something that I'm working on). I hide this well from my dogs, though. It was a new place for her and I just didn't want her to think it was her new home. I stayed positive in front of Soka, she was happy and totally fine when I picked her up. All was well. But yeah, watching this movie, plus having to take her there right after, then come home and gather my thoughts for the review, was a bit rough on me. Especially since I won't ever have kids of my own so my dogs are my kids. 😅 That's probably why I was so upset with Daniel for not taking the time to try and make H.W. understand what was going to be happening. I know it would have been hard for him to do that, but certainly not impossible. Their final conversation was brutal.

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The score was super good! That's unfortunate he couldn't be nominated, but it makes sense.

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Well, definitely not writing it off! I'd love to watch that one some day.

Sam

Well, that is understandable. And it's actually quite apposite, because my dog had to be put down about 2 years ago—on my birthday—I still find it difficult to talk about. But, my wife took him to the vet after he sort of collapsed—oh my days, I'm about to cry... *brief cry break* Anyway, she took him to the vet and I stayed with the kids—I fully expected it to be something routine—and she phoned saying they are going to have to euthanize him... and I went full Daniel Plainview, I just turned to stone because I knew if I let it sink in too deep I don't think I'd have ever stopped crying. Hence, I kind of have possibly more sympathy for Daniel than he rightly deserves because I've had that moment of emotional shut down as a kind of self defense mechanism.

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Aww I'm sorry for your loss. I still cry about Ella even though it's almost 2 years ago now too. And I still accidentally say Ella towards Soka sometimes. It's crazy how long it can take for our memories to adjust sometimes. Completely understand that emotional shut-down for self-defense. I can still do that sometimes, although I learned at a very young age how helpful it is to just let the emotions flow and release. Bottling it in can quite literally make us unwell and I experienced that too much as a kid. I still wish there wasn't such a stigma around it, especially towards men. Maybe one day it won't be seen as a sign of weakness or worse.

Von

Aren’t you supposed to react to the film…. You were quieter than the film intro

Von

Dude…c’mon … is this suppose to be a reaction to a masterful film or just a face to look at …. Because there is nothing she contributes to the experience …. Please I need a refund… wanted to watch a film with someone that could share their thoughts or insights