firstshowing.net - 1/8/2008
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Going into this film I had no idea what to expect. Even in the weeks leading up to watching There Will Be Blood , people would ask me what it was about. I would answer, "It's about an oil driller in Texas around the turn-of-the-century." Not much of a description but I didn't have much to tell them and frankly I didn't know much beyond that. The trailer doesn't tell much of the story, ...
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... Texas around the turn-of-the-century." Not much of a description but I didn't have much to tell them and frankly I didn't know much beyond that. The trailer doesn't tell much of the story, although it paints a clear picture of Daniel Day-Lewis playing a complex, interesting character. Besides hearing all of the hype and wanting to see Daniel Day-Lewis, I didn't think it looked like a very entertaining story. I'll admit, after seeing this 158-minute film during a midnight showing, that it was extremely interesting and I was beyond impressed. ...
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The first time I saw this beautiful beast of a movie from
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