The first time I sat throughThere Will Be Blood, I wasnt impressed.
Anderson movie; it played like subpar Kubrick.
And wasntDaniel Day-Lewis as plummy-voiced tycoon Daniel Plainview just channeling Bill the Butcher fromGangs of New York?
Credit: Francois Duhamel
What went wrong here?
During that first viewing, the word that clanged in my head repeatedly wasweird.
The word that stuck with me after it ended?
But also keep your eye on the dynamic between Plainview and his young son and business partner, H.W.
(Dillon Freasier, a sweet but eerie presence).
Is it a problem that Anderson is nowhere to be found on the extras?
Which, I submit, is just as it should be.
