movie review - There Will Be Blood
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Tokyo, 2008.02.23
This is a movie of the early days of the oil industry, depicting a ruthless and power-mad man who effectively loses his humanity in his effort to make a vast fortune and exert his control over everyone and everything around him. It's naked "capitalism" (exploitation) at its finest, and while flawlessly made and acted, I found it hard to take. There are few characters in this thing that you'd ever want to know and certainly the lead character (who consumes the run time to a large extent) is just a monster.
Recommended. For the craft, not the content.