"There Will Be Blood" - Daniel's perfect transformation

Merle 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Check in Dr. Zhu Hui's "Understanding 100 Classic Movies", this is the 4th part. I will record my initial feelings after watching the movie. what did you see? I can't see what? Me: See through the false temptation, accumulate strong mental strength, and then briskly move towards a colorful life

The first impression of the movie title: There will definitely be death in "The Blood Will Come", and there must be a lot of life in the blood. Seeing that Daniel discovered that there is really oil in the American town, many oil developers came one after another. Thinking that the ending should be the shopping of major oil developers, like the big family in "The Godfather 1"... The ending is not so direct and brutal, but the blood in Daniel's heart. I also think that the blood of the movie name is a bit too much. Daniel didn't have a few lives on his body. Besides, he finally gained huge wealth, but he was lonelier. Is it harder to trust others? ......

His son HW, speaking from the beginning, I didn't feel how much he loved his children. Every time he introduced us as a family business, this is my son. I didn't see the happiness in HW's eyes, but more Interests, thinking that he will definitely not be a good businessman when he grows up, and the final outcome is the opposite, I...

In this movie, Daniel uses his son and fake brother. In fact, he is not using, but relying on each other and then using each other. He is very lonely, and the value of all the people around him is whether you can be used or not, and he does not give too much love. , to care about his colleagues and people in the community. In the end, his career can be successful without internal mutiny. This should be a plot that the director did not talk about. In reality, such people are the first to receive blood, and they will come from their side before they succeed. Human betrayal.

Teacher Gao told me that a person's life is simply an altruistic relationship. If you do more altruistic things, you will naturally feel love.

The pastor, until the end, he came to Daniel's house. Before that, I always thought he was a good pastor. He helped the villagers sincerely. Although he was beaten by Daniel, he still treated him like others when Daniel went to baptize him. His false skin was not found.

I just read Dr. Zhu Hui's film review, he said that this film is enough to understand the relationship between Daniel and the three people. Son, brother, pastor.

The cute little face of his son is a favorable tool for him to obtain the lowest land price in the negotiation. Useless and still.

After abandoning his son, he quickly accepted his brother, which shows that Daniel is eager for family affection, but in the face of money greed, family affection is an accessory luxury.

The pastor and Daniel are mirrors, looking at each other's ugly selves.

Thinking back again, at the end of the movie, Daniel's career is very successful, and his heart is like a devil, which is also a big contrast, is it still kind, and there are many scenes where there is nothing.

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Extended Reading
  • Robert 2022-03-22 09:01:05

    The extreme of the believer is the businessman, and the extreme of the businessman is the devil. After leaving the group, the individual’s faith is ultimately vulnerable to temptation. The lost carnival is more unbearable than the humiliation won. The once fire made people see endless Wealth also allows people to see the eyes of Satan, who is looking down on the world. At that time, we should know that behind that grand miracle is all man-made, and those so-called "future" can be given are all lies.

  • Jules 2022-03-24 09:01:07

    Oil exploration history

There Will Be Blood quotes

  • Plainview: Mr. Bankside, I'm not going to waste your time; I'd certainly appreciate it if you didn't waste mine. Now, if you wish to sign with me, we can have a well drilling within ten days, but your lot is further north from the discovery well up here, and so... Well, that means we'll probably have to dig deeper. And if there's as much oil here as I think there is, it'll be harder to reach, but once we find it, we can take it right out. You have to act quickly, because very soon these fields will be dry. Now... I need you to know what you want to do. Now, because of the distance from the discovery well, I'll pay you a smaller royalty than you'd get down there, but I'm prepared to give you a thousand dollar bonus on your lot.

    Mr. Bankside: What kind of royalty are you talking about?

    Plainview: 1/6th, plus a guarantee to start drilling within ten days. Now, that's something you won't find anywhere else.

    [long silence]

    Plainview: What age your children, ma'am?

    Mrs. Bankside: 10 and 12. Mr. Plainview, a question, sir. Where is your wife?

    Plainview: She died in childbirth, Mrs. Bankside, so I... so... Well, it's just me and my son now.

  • Paul Sunday: Mr. Plainview?

    Plainview: Yes?

    Paul Sunday: Are you Daniel Plainview?

    Plainview: Yes. What can I do for you?

    Paul Sunday: You look for oil.

    Plainview: That's right.

    Paul Sunday: What do you pay for a place that has it?

    Plainview: Well, that depends.

    Paul Sunday: What does it depend on?

    Plainview: On a lot of things.

    Paul Sunday: If I told you I knew a place that had oil, where land could be bought cheaply, what do you think that would be worth?

    Plainview: Oh, I think that, uh... you should let me know what you know, and, uh, and then we'll try and work something out.

    Paul Sunday: Can I sit down?

    Plainview: Please.

    Paul Sunday: [Paul sits] What church do you belong to?

    Plainview: I, um... I enjoy all faiths. I don't belong to one church in particular. I... I like them all. I like everything. Where are you from?

    Paul Sunday: That would be telling you. That's what I want to sell you.

    Plainview: What are you doing in Signal Hill?

    Paul Sunday: We have oil and it seeps through the ground. Do you want to pay me to know where it is...

    Plainview: Well, just because there's something on the ground doesn't mean there's anything beneath it.

    Paul Sunday: Why did Standard Oil buy up land?

    Plainview: Is it in California?

    Paul Sunday: Maybe.

    Plainview: How much land they buy?

    Paul Sunday: I'd like it better if you didn't think I was stupid.