There Will Be Blood

[Gooch]

The movie is terrific. Saw it last night.

PTA (paul thomas anderson) sent Lewis the script at 1st draft, because unless he agreed to be in it, this movie would not be made. Its a performance that blows the shit out of the Gang of NY role simply because of the depth and nuances that he able to carve out of it. Paul Dano isn't bad either as the churchman.

That's a pretty big claim, that his performance is better than Bill The Butcher cause in my eyes that's one of the greatest acting performances in film history.

in my eyes it is better. there are far more depth and nuances to the performance. Bill the Butcher is a great role. But he is also just a character. Daniel Plainview is something else. To me, it's on the level of DeNiro in Taxi Driver. It also helps that the material and filmmaking is welldome.