There Will Be Blood: Difference between revisions

It is a complex and even confusing movie. Many left the theater asking themselves, "What was that about?" Unlike most Hollywood films, it eschews conventional plotting in order to focus almost entirely on exploring a character. One might say that in this case, the character ''is'' the plot.

 

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=== Contains examples of: ===

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Both Daniel & Eli.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Daniel ''Plainview''. Just in case you don't quite get it, it's referring to {{spoiler|the saying "Devil in plain view."}}

** Also Paul.

** H.W. is never given a full name, because Daniel never sees him as a complete person.

* [[Psycho Strings]]: That's pretty much the whole soundtrack.

** With the occasional [[Drone of Dread]] to enforce the point.

* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: Daniel, though unbelievably rich, gave up what morals he had, disowned his son, lives in isolation, is hated by most everyone, and kills a few people in the timeline of the movie.

** Being completely alone was actually what he wanted all along, it might sound sick but this is more a case of [[Earn Your Happy Ending]].

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Plainview.

* [[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}}.

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