There Will Be Blood: Difference between revisions

*** Mary Sunday is a reference to the Virgin Mary.

* [[Mind Rape]]: Daniel lays a truely savage one on Eli in the climax, reducing the man to tears. For bonus points, we only have Daniel's word on {{spoiler|Paul's success and the drainage of Eli's land}}, but his delivery is strong enough that the victim doesn't question it. {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|and then he bashes Eli's brains out with an old-timey wood bowling pin]].}}

* [[Misanthrope Supreme]]: Daniel does ''not'' like people.

* [[Mister Danger]]: [[Rule of Three|Daniel again]].

'''Darth Plainview:''' It's true. You're not my son. You're an-- ORPHAN from a ''basket'' in the middle of the '''''desert.'''''

'''Luke:''' That's not true! That's ''impossible!'' NOOOO!

* [[Pet the Dog]]: The film is peppered with these moments, but Daniel's motives are ambiguous, the film often offering darker explanations.

** Daniel is kind to the youngest Sunday daughter and ensures that she is no longer beaten by her father for not praying. However, even this act of kindness could be a tainted act for Daniel. While asking the girl if her father still hits her, Daniel's glance at said father suggests a motive of dominance.

* [[Sinister Minister]]: Eli Sunday is obsessed with his church, and is probably just as power-hungry as Daniel. The weird part is that, even though Eli is greedy, very unforgiving, a mooch, extremely over-the-top, and clearly a wackjob, his church has many followers and grows throughout the film.

* [[Sissy Villain]]: Eli Sunday.

* [[Society Is to Blame]]: Arguably one of the major points of the movie, although there is some question as to whether this is {{spoiler|A man with questionable morals being forced down the path to becoming a [[Complete Monster]] by his peers, who never seem to prove him wrong in his belief that all humans are horrible people that should be shunned or profitted from, or whether he was a [[Complete Monster]] to begin with, and society is to blame because it allows him to prosper so much.}}

* [[The Sociopath]]: As has been mentioned, the film is less about the events that happen, and more about the character of Daniel Plainview, and realizing that this is what he is. At first, Daniel seems to simply not like social interactions because many of the people he deals with are quite petty, but in a discussion with his {{spoiler|fake}} brother, he has this rather revealing conversation with him:

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Daniel Plainview spends much of the movie in his public persona, trying to charm people into selling him the right to drill for oil on their land. {{spoiler|He even goes so far as to pass off the son of a deceased oil worker as his own.}}

* [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]: Type "There Will Be Blood" in the [[YouTube]] search box, it is ''guaranteed'' at least half of the results are "I drink your milkshake!" videos.

* [[This Is Sparta]]: [[Memetic Mutation|"I! DRINK! YOUR! MILKSHAKE!"]]

* [[Time Skip]]: The last half-hour jumps to 1927.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The second half of the movie is essentially a very long breakdown for Daniel, as he becomes more and more unstable as time goes on. He has a few moments which definitely count by themselves, though, in particular, him slapping the hell out of Eli because Eli couldn't {{spoiler|cure H.W. of his deafness}}, his telling H.W. {{spoiler|that he's not his son}}, and finally, his [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] given to Eli at the end of the film, culminating in {{spoiler|him brutally murdering Eli}}.

* [[Zig-Zagging Trope]]: Good vs. Evil... which is which?

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