There Will Be Blood (2007) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction
Added 2025-07-04 12:00:15 +0000 UTCThe winner of the Daniel-Day Lewis poll! And also my first Paul Thomas Anderson film. This is a movie that I definitely need a second viewing of to fully appreciate.
Please enjoy and I'm looking forward to talking about this! PS. I've already gone online and done some searching about this movie. I watched Bill Hader's impression on SNL and oh my god, that man is way too good at impressions. 😂
Direct link to reaction. Have a good day!
✦ KL
Comments
Dude…c’mon … is this suppose to be a reaction to a masterful film or just a face to look at …. Because there is nothing she contributes to the experience …. Please I need a refund… wanted to watch a film with someone that could share their thoughts or insights
Von
2025-10-16 08:20:46 +0000 UTCYou must have had me muted, then.
kaiielle
2025-10-16 08:17:53 +0000 UTCAren’t you supposed to react to the film…. You were quieter than the film intro
Von
2025-10-16 07:50:11 +0000 UTCThe score was super good! That's unfortunate he couldn't be nominated, but it makes sense.
kaiielle
2025-07-10 20:21:32 +0000 UTCSam, it's okay! There are folks here who love sharing long comments with me so please don't feel bad about it and type as much as you want to say! I do enjoy reading them a lot. :) In hindsight, I think that the train scene hit me so hard because I watched this movie right before I drove Soka to a home-based dog-boarding service where she would stay for a few days. It was my first time doing that with any dog that I've had. Usually my dogs are always able to stay with friends or family, but we couldn't make that work this time. I was pretty anxious about it because I can easily project fear of abandonment to my dogs (something that I'm working on). I hide this well from my dogs, though. It was a new place for her and I just didn't want her to think it was her new home. I stayed positive in front of Soka, she was happy and totally fine when I picked her up. All was well. But yeah, watching this movie, plus having to take her there right after, then come home and gather my thoughts for the review, was a bit rough on me. Especially since I won't ever have kids of my own so my dogs are my kids. 😅 That's probably why I was so upset with Daniel for not taking the time to try and make H.W. understand what was going to be happening. I know it would have been hard for him to do that, but certainly not impossible. Their final conversation was brutal.
kaiielle
2025-07-10 20:04:47 +0000 UTCI watched this when you posted it but every time I've started to write a comment, it's turned into the beginnings of a million word dissertation on why this is the most perfectly perfect work of art in the history of moving pictures... and no one wants to see that in their comment section :) So, I will just say, I really enjoyed your reaction. Your instinctive response to the abandonment scene was particularly touching. I see that moment a little differently, in that I felt for both of them. At this point in the film, Daniel’s son is his only genuine human connection, and he truly doesn’t want to send him away—but sees it as necessary for HW’s own good. That’s why he avoids a long goodbye—or any goodbye at all. He knows he might change his mind, and so he forces himself to be stoic, even cold. He can't deal with his own vulnerability concerning HW. Obviously in the 21st century this is appalling behavior. But in the late 1800s, understanding of the subtitles of long term psychological childhood trauma was rudimentary at best. So, I think Daniel did what he thought was right, in the only way he knew how. To me, the later scene in the church is the emotional release for that tension: “I’ve abandoned my boy! I abandoned my son!” It’s here we see the true depth of Daniel’s pain. But even this moment is double-edged—Eli forcing him to confront that guilt only deepens Daniel’s hatred of him—you mentioned it in the reaction, that little smirk when he's getting slapped is like "yeah, keep slapping me—I will fuck you up, even if it takes the rest of my life." It was only really in the final scene with his son in the office where I lost all hope and sympathy for him. ...anyway, this IS turning into a dissertation :D
Sam
2025-07-10 19:56:38 +0000 UTCThis is easily one of the best soundtracks for a movie. Ever. The composer, Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) should have won an Academy Award, but unfortunately he wasn't even nominated. Because Jonny used a piece of music that he had previously released, the movie couldn't be nominated.
DarthChef
2025-07-05 15:48:17 +0000 UTC
