We have started a new tradition at our house. Each Saturday night, one of us picks a movie and we all watch it together. Now, we have four different takes on the movie that we can talk to death. At our house, we all have very strong opinions. It also gives us an opportunity to see a movie we may not have ever watched otherwise. Have fun trying to figure out who picked which movie. Movie night!
2008 | R | Amazon/Vudu/Netflix | Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarnan Hinds, Dillon Freasier
Music by: Jonny Greenwood
Runtime: 158 minutes
Budget: $25 million
Box Office: $76.2 million
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There Will Be Blood. Have you seen it? I have to admit this is another movie that I definitely would NOT have put on my must see list if it were not for my man child, Hayden. (He isn’t a child at all, but let’s just agree to let me live in denial a little longer, okay? Okay.)
First, let’s list out the reasons you should watch this movie.
- Daniel Day-Lewis.
Do I need to actually list any other reason? Seriously.
The caliber of actors in this movie is ridiculously good, though.
Secondly, if you know nothing about this movie, you may wish to know going into it that it is a:
- brutal
- quiet
- heart-pounding
- disturbing
- beautiful
- and sad movie
Please don’t let that stop you from watching it!! Don’t listen to my adjectives!! I mean come on, they can’t be all 007, John Wick, Mission Impossible movies all the time!! Do you think I added enough exclamation points to get my sentiment across?
I think they did an excellent job of conveying what was a possible and plausible story of an oil prospector in the early 20th century. Man, they did an incredible job with this movie. You should watch it.
Also, this movie is VERY loosely based on the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair in case you are interested.
You can find all of the other movies we’ve had on our watch list here if you are interested.