There Will Be Blood
Regie Paul Thomas Anderson8.291%86%8.1
Daniel Plainview versucht Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts sein Glück als Schürfer auf der Suche nach Silber, doch er entdeckt bei der harten Arbeit eines Tages eine Ölquelle. Für den nur auf Profit eingestellten Einzelgänger erschließt sich eine neue Obsession und schon bald beginnt er seine Arbeit im Ölgeschäft. Schon früh kommt sein Partner zu Tode, woraufhin Daniel sich dessen Sohnes annimmt, der als Waise zurück blieb. Doch auch diesen Schritt wählt Daniel nur, um sich Vorteile zu erschleichen und so steigt er durch Rücksichtslosigkeit, Betrug und harte eigene Arbeit zu einem schwerreichen Ölbaron auf. Sein Ziehsohn H.W. dagegen verliert sein Gehör bei einem Unfall an der Ölpumpe. Im Laufe der Jahre wächst Daniels Vermögen und mit ihm sein grenzenloser Hass auf die Menschen …
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- ayayron18. Mai 2025I drink your milkshake
- AngusMcNutz14. November 2024Probably both Paul Thomas Anderson’s and Daniel Day-Lewis’ best work. I swear, I find so much more detail every time I watch this one. A classic for a reason.
- รҡ૨אρƭเ∂9. Oktober 2024One of the best Films ever rolled with possibly thee best actor of all time. Both starring role and main supporting role deserve the Oscar. If you are a fan of finely written Americana, dramatic roles, or method acting look no further. You simply will not find any better than "There Will Be Blood" and few to equal it. 9.1/10
- Kenneth Boströmvor 3 Tagen*An American nightmare about ambition so absolute it hollows out the human soul.* There’s a particular kind of silence that only arrives after violence. Not physical violence necessarily. Spiritual violence. The silence after someone has spent years crushing every vulnerable part of themselves in pursuit of power, wealth, dominance, or survival — only to finally arrive at the thing they wanted and realize there’s nobody left inside capable of enjoying it. That’s the feeling There Will Be Blood leaves me with. Not shock. Not sadness exactly. Something colder. Like staring into a canyon so deep the darkness at the bottom stops feeling metaphorical. ## The Sound of Extraction One of the first things that struck me rewatching the film is how little comfort exists in it. Even before the dialogue begins, the movie already feels hostile to ordinary human warmth. The opening sequences — men digging, climbing, breaking bones, dragging themselves through dirt and rock in total silence — feel less like scenes from a traditional film and more like the birth of some ancient industrial religion. Oil becomes more than oil. It becomes obsession itself. You can practically feel the earth groaning underneath the movie. Paul Thomas Anderson shoots California like it’s both a promised land and a graveyard waiting to happen. Every landscape seems enormous and empty at the same time. Civilization barely feels built yet. Morality even less so. The film doesn’t romanticize the birth of American capitalism. It portrays it like geological violence. ## Daniel Plainview Then there’s Daniel Day-Lewis. I genuinely think this might be one of the greatest screen performance of the 2000s. Not because it’s “big,” though it certainly can be. Not because of the voice, the intensity, or the famous lines. What makes the performance terrifying is how completely lived-in it feels. Plainview doesn’t behave like a movie villain. He behaves like a man who has slowly replaced every emotional instinct with competition. At first, his ambition almost seems understandable. You can sense the humiliation and poverty he came from. His hatred of weakness. His need to never depend on another person again. But over time something inside him begins collapsing inward. That’s why the deafness in the film feels so important to me. Not just H.W.’s physical deafness. Plainview’s spiritual deafness. By the end of the film he can still hear money, status, victory, domination — but he’s become deaf to nearly everything else: companionship, tenderness, faith, family, ordinary happiness. Other human beings become noise to him. Interruptions. The tragedy is that he seems dimly aware of his own emptiness, but incapable of changing course. He keeps moving forward because conquest is the only language he still understands. The race never ends. It just disappears into a black hole. ## The Mirror Across the Room The relationship between Plainview and Paul Dano’s Eli Sunday might be my favorite thing in the film. Because they aren’t opposites. They’re reflections. One sells oil. The other sells salvation. One performs masculinity through capitalism, the other through religion. Both crave power, recognition, control over crowds, emotional submission from others. Both are performers. Both are frauds in certain ways. And both recognize themselves in the other almost immediately. Their scenes together feel electric because the movie understands something deeply uncomfortable about America: capitalism and spectacle religion are often less like enemies and more like twins fighting over the same territory. Every interaction between them feels like a battle for spiritual dominance. And PTA shoots those confrontations almost like horror scenes. ## A Film About Emptiness What separates _There Will Be Blood_ from many “great American films” is that it never offers release. No redemption. No emotional correction. No comforting wisdom waiting at the end. The film just keeps drilling deeper into isolation until the final scenes become almost surreal in their loneliness. That bowling alley ending feels less like the conclusion of a narrative and more like the last human moment at the edge of some collapsing empire. A man got everything he wanted. And there’s nothing left. Not even himself. ## Final Thoughts There are films you admire. Films you enjoy. Films you respect intellectually. And then there are films that feel so complete, so fully realized, that they stop resembling entertainment entirely and start feeling like permanent objects in culture — monuments more than movies. _There Will Be Blood_ is one of those films. A masterpiece about ambition, masculinity, America, greed, loneliness, and the terrible emptiness waiting at the end of total victory.
- Rick Foxvor 5 TagenStraight up classic. Seriously watch it.
- 0 126. April 2026Daniel Day Lewis is a phenomenal actor.
- thomasrogers75310. März 2026GOAT status level of movie right here
- maita120620. April 2026Old story, breaking news for today!
- timpino5. April 2026perfection
- insolegeek29. März 2026Masterpiece
- hairydemon11. Oktober 2025ok, nice photography but a really really annoying bad guy. very overrated.
- Eric Bakke26. Januar 2025The way the music and pacing come together creates this almost hypnotic atmosphere, pulling you deep into the story. And then, of course, there’s Daniel Day-Lewis—who’s just freaking amazing.
- rvflix28. Februar 2026this is a great movie/story. a must watch!
- vincent veiss25. Februar 2026Don't get me wrong it was really interesting and I was entertained watching this, but the ending was incredibly underwhelming and it didn't feel complete. Kinda disappointed mainly because of how long I've been meaning to watch this movie just to get that ending
- Hakihiko4. Februar 2026Cold, Powerful, and Unforgiving "There Will Be Blood" is a masterfully crafted film, imposing and intense, driven by atmosphere, ambition, and one of the most commanding performances in modern cinema. It's not an easy or warm watch, but it's undeniably powerful and deeply unsettling. The film's greatest strength is its tone. From the opening moments, it establishes a sense of isolation, greed, and moral decay that never lets go. Paul Thomas Anderson's direction is precise and deliberate, allowing scenes to unfold with a slow, almost oppressive rhythm that reinforces the film's themes. Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an extraordinary performance. His portrayal is magnetic, terrifying, and fascinating, anchoring the entire film with sheer presence. The character is monstrous yet compelling, and watching his descent is both mesmerizing and disturbing. Visually, the film is striking. The cinematography and use of space create a feeling of emptiness and dominance, while the unconventional score adds to the tension and unease in a way that feels bold and effective. "There Will Be Blood" is a formidable piece of cinema: austere, ambitious, unforgettable and its craftsmanship and performances are exceptional.
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There Will Be Blood wurde am 26. Dezember 2007 veröffentlicht.
Regie in There Will Be Blood führte(n) Paul Thomas Anderson.
There Will Be Blood hat eine Spielzeit von 2 Std., 38 Min..
There Will Be Blood wurde produziert von Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar.
Daniel Plainview versucht Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts sein Glück als Schürfer auf der Suche nach Silber, doch er entdeckt bei der harten Arbeit eines Tages eine Ölquelle. Für den nur auf Profit eingestellten Einzelgänger erschließt sich eine neue Obsession und schon bald beginnt er seine Arbeit im Ölgeschäft. Schon früh kommt sein Partner zu Tode, woraufhin Daniel sich dessen Sohnes annimmt, der als Waise zurück blieb. Doch auch diesen Schritt wählt Daniel nur, um sich Vorteile zu erschleichen und so steigt er durch Rücksichtslosigkeit, Betrug und harte eigene Arbeit zu einem schwerreichen Ölbaron auf. Sein Ziehsohn H.W. dagegen verliert sein Gehör bei einem Unfall an der Ölpumpe. Im Laufe der Jahre wächst Daniels Vermögen und mit ihm sein grenzenloser Hass auf die Menschen …
Die Hauptcharaktere in There Will Be Blood sind Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), Henry (Kevin J. O'Connor).
There Will Be Blood ist bewertet mit 12.
There Will Be Blood ist eine Drama Film.
There Will Be Blood hat eine Benutzerbewertung von 8.6 von 10.
There Will Be Blood hatte ein Budget von 25 Mio. $.
There Will Be Blood erzielte Einnhamen von 77,2 Mio. $ an den Kinokassen.