There Will Be Blood Review

By Christopher Bucher

I can’t really complain, can I? The film’s title promised something, and delivered!

Many people, including myself, left the theater wanting the soundtrack to the film. Sarcastically so, because it was two and a half hours of the same four songs. Silent Hill anyone? Remember the air raid sound? The alarmingly scary noise that let you know that hell was on it’s way. Well, the sound is apparent in this film, and if you saw Silent Hill, you’d be on the edge of your seat.

Well, I was on the edge of my seat for up to fifteen minutes at a time until something dramatic happened. And when it happened it was pathetic, like slapping around a preacher in the mud. Or an oil fire shooting up into the sky. Cool to see, but crazy and too much build-up in the repetitive music. I love eerie music for no reason! There was blood, some accidental. The main character, Daniel, did kill, but he was polite to people. He didn’t't like people talking about his family, he was straight to the point about everything and never let anybody push him around.

Aside from the killing, someone that everyone aspires to emulate. Especially his drive for business. A true pioneer, Daniel brought much needed oil to warm people’s houses, help cook people’s food, and probably fueled (literally) part of the nation’s new automobile use. Without people like him, California might not have flourished and/or expanded economically and/or industrially. It’s that double-edged sword though, of his being a business man needing to be quite literally cut-throat, and just trying to make a living, which everybody needed to do. Everybody’s greed, and competitive nature, gets the best of them. Really makes you want to give to charity, huh? Or play eerie music for no reason.

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