It's one thing to do a foreign accent, but it's a completely different animal doing a foreign accent from a specific time period that isn't around anymore. The American accent has changed quite a bit in the last 100 years.
Jason Brown wtf are you talking about. The only thing that was of that time, was the script. And he is using his same accent from Gangs of New York. Not to say its bad, its not. But so what, I thought Joel Edgerton from Great Gatsby had just as good if not better of an accent as Tom Buchanan.
Anthonyg Gordon Daniel Plainview and the Butcher sound nothing alike. Cadence, tone, emphasis, none of these things match in those two characters. I'm not sure how you can even compare the two accents.
Massive Ringpiece Did you just neglect to hit play? How many families did you see come out of those tents? Did he ever pay for Bandy's oil? Do you not remember the 'I drink your milkshake' speech? Of course he was conning people.
FlyBoyBigBlue Why would he have paid Bandy for nothing? Bandy refused to let him drill or build a pipeline. He paid for all of the wells that were drilled. Bandy missed out on a clear opportunity because of the laws of physics. Not because Plainview did anything wrong.
Austin Mabry, +museick28 Ladies, lets pay a little more attention to the topic of discussion next time. The topic at hand was, did he con anyone. Drainage is a con. Bandy had no clue about it, and thus got taken of his oil. No where up there did anyone use the word steal. Lets learn about sentence topics and vocabulary before yipping away about something no one said. I get it though, sometimes the children wanna sit at the adult table. ;)
FlyBoyBigBlue For somebody who wants to talk "vocabulary" you should probably get a dictionary. Look up the word "con" it means to swindle or trick somebody by gaining their confidence. It derives from the term "Confidence Man" shortened to "Con Man". Drainage is a simple result of the immutable laws of physics. The "Milkshake" is actually one giant milkshake that extends beneath all of the properties in the area. Plainview drank from the "straws" that he put on other people's property, and rightfully paid them for. Bandy refused to allow any "Straws" to be sunk in his own property, so while he sat by and did nothing, the other straws were dutifully drinking away at the giant milkshake. Bandy missed out, because he never put a straw in the drink before it had been drunk up. That's not a con. Bandy wasn't swindled out of anything. He just allowed the opportunity to pass him up. Nobody's fault but his own. Sorry you don't understand physics, or basic english vocab words, Flyboy, you boy. Hope this helped. ;)
Austin Mabry I can see, the insult has made you boys quite heated, lol. Try to prove you were talking about this and that at first all you want, you weren't. Fact is, you wanted to jump on something and just didn't pay attention to the topic at hand first. That's all. No physics, no boys, just plain and simple not paying attention. Also, Bandy knew he had oil. He didn't want Daniel to have it. Daniel already knew that once he had the fields around it, he didn't need Bandy because he'd get his oil through drainage. That, is an obvious con. Fight it all you want, hell, throw around the base word 'physics' all you want, Bandy was conned out of his oil. Plainview and simple. Also, pretty sure you just proved your insult about basic English vocab wrong yourself. Seems you completely comprehended and replied to a comment of mine, using, get this, basic English vocab! Oh, and the E is capital in English there vocab master. hahahaah You boy's run along and play ina well somewhere now.
He does such a good job in this speech of selling bullshit sentiment to these yokels, that the viewer almost buys it themselves, almost thinks for a moment that Plainview is capable of sincerity. But hints of the snake he really is peek out from around the edges. A brilliant and restrained performance.
This movie is so fucking good it's insane. Most people, if not all, see it as a drama, but to me it's a fucking horror film. Incredibly unsettling and disturbing.
+EuroTrasho Productions I've seen this movie many times and it truly is disturbing. I have to prepare myself to watch it now because it makes me feel like drowning in a bottle of whiskey after its done.
+EuroTrasho Productions Although "No Country" was a really good film, there is little doubt in retrospect than TWBB was the greatest movie of that year, and a contender for movie of the decade.
Many of the best actors have a film or two where they weren't really the standout performance. But Daniel Day-Lewis...Every single movie he's in, he just fucking eclipses every other actor.
That's only a bad thing if he's not a main character. But for characters like bill the butcher, daniel plainview, lincoln, you couldn't ask for a better lead actor who can completely disappear into a character
i can understand what you're saying, But characters like bill the butcher and daniel plainview are almost dominating characters themselves. In a big cast he would stand out like a sore thumb without another fantastic actor opposite him. imo he played TWBB perfectly
Gandhi, not the stand out character. I'm not a student of film so I can say this from a non partial point of view, DDL roles are always refreshing and bring life to a picture.
Out of every speech in this movie this is my personal favorite. It really shows the characters ability to lie straight to your face in such a pleasing manor.
The character study of Daniel Plainview in this film is on a different level. An incredible movie that will become a future classic without doubt. Day-Lewis' performance is one for the ages.
J2theB I thought Joaquin Phoenix was absolutely outstanding as Johnny Cash. Especially the tics and mannerisms when shown playing guitar. His voice sounded as close as it could be, as far as an actor is concerned. What did you think?
J2theB The only downside was that Joaquin Phoenix was pretty much was upstaged by Reese Witherspoon. I normally never thought much about her abilities, but she KILLED it in Walk the Line.
I have to agree that Mr. Lewis is quite possibly the greatest actor out there. You forget it's him when he takes on a role, all you see is the character he is portraying; masterful.
@@lyrickoner javier in no country for old men is the only character Ive seen that equals this. Specialists have said his performance is the most accurate depiction of a real psychopath put to film
Absolutely. Their interactions make the film. Sure they're the central characters but it's just their chemistry and ability to play off of one another's hatred. "Well that'll be the FIRRST place it leads, thank you Eli!" lmao Or that scene where he's attempting to purchase the land and the two men realize they're mirror images of one another. Daniel's delivery of "That's good, that's a good one" makes me laugh out loud every time. 'For your church, huh? All right you little fuck. I know what you are and I'm gonna bury you underground."
I suppose you're doing your part by utilizing a solar powered computer that was completely manufactured with non-petroleum parts. The world is a much better place than what it was 100 years ago, and guys like this helped to make it better. Without the use of petroleum, coal and nuclear energy, we'd be nowhere close to powering the world with solar, wind, wave, or geothermal energy. Don't blame a man like Plainview for people being unwilling to evolve. He did his part to move us up.
+jesusnthedaisychain Riiight, because the world is doing so great now, and all these technological advances have benefited everyone equally, not just Western "first-world" nations... pfffft. And the funny thing is, you say that people who disapprove of guys like Plainview are "unwilling to evolve," but as I see it, people like Plainview are the ones who are ultimately the most primitive and true to our cut-throat, animal nature. It is the people who are saying, "It doesn't need to be that way, we can rise ABOVE this dog-eat-dog bullshit and create something beautiful together, and if we pull together, nobody needs to go without basic necessities" who are truly trying to evolve the human species and pull us further out of the muck. You just aren't looking at the bigger picture, that's the only reason anyone would ever defend the actions and mentality of a man like Plainview. Not seeing the forest for the trees. Damn shame, because it is your un-evolved type that is truly holding this planet back. A perfect utopia is not possible, but we sure could get damn close to one if we all started doing the right thing.
Did you read what I wrote? I said, and I quote, "Don't blame a man like Plainview for people being unwilling to evolve." In other words, Plainview (or people like him) took us from a world of coal burning and whale hunting and gave us the tools to get us to the next and necessary step (wind, wave, solar, geothermal). Without oil, we'd be nowhere near where we are right now. There is simply no other readily available resource that is as energy rich or versatile as oil. So, people like him aren't to blame for our resistance to growth. We're to blame. Isn't that funny? I demand that we all accept responsibility and you demand that we shirk it. Blame the "evil" industrialists instead and cry some more.
jesusnthedaisychain I read what you said, and understood it thoroughly. I just strongly disagree with you. Has nothing to do with shirking responsibility. It has to do with rising above our animal nature. We are animals, yes, but there is something else in us that is much nobler. That's where things like art, beautiful music, compassion, charity, forgiveness, selflessness, egalitarianism, etc, come from. It is natural to rape and murder, but does that mean we should cultivate such behavior? No, not at all, and I would say the exact same thing about selfish, ruthless pursuit of power, wealth, always the goal of MORE MORE MORE for ME ME ME (capitalism anyone?). Fuck that, it's primitive, and hopefully we as a species learn to shed it and rise above it or it is going to be our downfall. It's already starting to happen, the hour is late.
i love this movie because despite all of daniels cruelty and manipulations, there are moments where we see a bit of humanity in him, buried deep but there. in the end after h.w. leaves his house, the flashback daniel has of him and h.w. playing around like real father and son shows that daniel really does love him
The whole meltdown at the end where he kills Eli is really about him rejecting the only person who he ever loved and who ever truly loved him. Without now independent HW he is stuck with needy Eli and it infuriates him. Earlier in the movie he makes sure that HW while away isn't being bullied and allows HW to slap him around once he comes back, something he forgives him.
DDL has a incredible emotional intelligence. He understands the feelings of his characters and the understanding of a character every actor aims for. That is why he is so unique. You have to BE the character you are playing
I've had friends say they found this movie boring, and I guess I can understand what they mean. But my god, DDL's performance is so powerful, you don't just watch it, you can actually FEEL it-- like an earthquake or a thunderstorm. Plainview in this movie is not a man. He's a dark force of nature.
I find movies like this boring but not this one, I've seen this movie several times now and it still captivates me and I cant say why, it's like watching a car wreck, you cant take your eyes off the smoke and carnage.
I loved There Will Be Blood. I found Lincoln to be boring, even though it was also a great performance by Daniel Day Lewis. Lincoln was tough for me to get through.
Basically he is lying to all of them, right? Like just selling an idea they want more than anything so they will let him do whatever he wants? I think the somber music in the background is the key because why would a great improvement to the town be so sad? The music is telling the audience how sad it is that he is lying and the people believe him. Is that right?
Yes. He is bullshitting them big time but he's doing such a great job at it. He knows what he is "selling" is bullshit but talks it up so much you the watcher even start to believe it.
but he made their lives better, he created roads, schools, seems like he made their life better of course considering what he was taking away from their land, they were definitely getting the shit end of the stick
CrackerJack06 Where did he bullshit anything in his speech? He had the background and experience of prospecting and owned capital, he found and drilled the oil from the ground, and enriched the lives of all in the region. He kept his end of the bargain, with the exception of Eli Sunday. So no, he didn't bullshit anything. Whether he sincerely cared or not to enrich everyone is irrelevant because the Invisible Hand already did its course. Wow. Adam Smith was a smart man, wasn't he?
This movie is so goddamn good it’s simply ridiculous, the writing, the acting, the cinematography, the music, literally everything about it is perfect. Whenever it’s on I just stop what I’m doing and watch it, usually with a stupid grin on my face. I also think that Daniel Day Lewis’s performance as Daniel Plainview is the single greatest acting performance ever put to film.
It's not my number one but there is no denying that ddl turns out consistently spectacular performances. My personal reason for him not being number one on my list is he doesn't make many movies because he's so meticulous about the roles he trys out for and accepts.
I don't know man, something about this movie is just so fascinating. . When I think of great movies some masterpieces like Social Nerwork,Fight Club,Inglorious Basterds, Inception, Fellowship come to my mind but this movie is just.. something else. It's just like a really melancholic image of the entire humankind even a fresque if you like. It really depicts all the hopelessness and beaty of our lives. Every scene is so meaningfull. “There will be blood” is definitely the desert island movie for me - not only because of the great perfomances and cinematography but because of the perfect score and the nostalgic feeling it carries. Its like a movie which you think of when mankind comes to an end and you go back and think how innocent and harmless things used to be. And the "Fratres" scene man its so powerful. I happen to be from Russia so obviously am a great fan of Dostoevskiy. I have seen a lot of movies and in my mind this movie is the closest cinema can get to him because it tells us so much without us even noticing it. This movie is undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever created and Im so happy to have seen it many times! Hope you can relate , respect from Russia!
Daniel Day Lewis is the greatest actor in the world, and arguably the greatest actor in history. He is unique among his peers in that he transforms completely into whatever character he is playing. Compare his Daniel Plainview to his Newland Archer (Age of Innocence), Gerry Conlon (In the Name of the Father), John Proctor (The Crucible) or Bill the Butcher (Gangs of New York). It seems as if it cannot possibly be the same man playing all those characters. Lewis is a method actor's method actor.
seth f You must have poor eyesight and even worse hearing. DDL's Bill the Butcher looks/acts very different and sounds completely different than his Daniel Plainview. It would be trivial to tell them apart based on audio alone.
seth f Mustaches and growling? That's all your dim mind perceived? LOL What are you, an 8-year old? Or maybe you're just a simpleton with a 2-digit IQ.
news4usunshine Wow - you are such a fucking nerd. I love getting you internet douches all worked up. Have you gone so long without human company that you cant tell when someone is joking? You're a fuckin idiot.
Not one word in the first 10 or 15 minutes and then it took off. I walked out of the theater, as most did that year, and said to myself, Best Actor, hands down case closed. Day-Lewis learns the role and he never let's go. One of the best ever!
Amazing how there was so little dialogue in the first 10-15 minutes, and it was still incredibly compelling...sometimes the best scenes are the ones with no dialogue
Everyone says there is not one word spoken in the first 10-15. You are incorrect. He says, "there she is." Referring to the silver he found in the first scene. Subtle but still there. Do not spread false information. Fact check
I don't count barely audible background mumbling as dialogue. The first lines of the movie were nearly 15 minutes in when Daniel gave his sales pitch to the first town-
Well as it happens, the towns where oil was found DID actually flourish in real life. If it wasnt for oil, you think Houston, Dallas etc would be big successful cities? Oil brings money, money brings people, people with money brings commerce etc.
KutWrite the oil didn't wane for three lifetimes. It is still in the ground. It is the people, particularly the greedy ones, and their greed which makes the town wane.
As a young boy in 1970, I met my grandfather who died a year later. Born in 1888, he fought in the Great War and won the Military Medal at The Somme. Like Plainview, he was a tall, lean man. He looked you in the eye when he shook your hand, which he did formally, and with respect. When I saw this film, I was immediately reminded of my grandfather. Daniel Day Lewis's real trick was to recreate a breed of men long gone; their posture, their mannerisms, their nobility. A billion miles from the casual, "Hey man" culture we have today. We won't see their like again.
I'm not sure that you interpreted the character of Daniel Plainview correctly. He may be able to comport himself well in the beginning but he is an empty individual with a seething hatred of people down inside that causes him to treat them as objects. This hatred eventually consumes him until there is nothing left and he is alone, stewing in his bitterness.
@@neighbourhoodmusician That's right, all that old school 'gentility', 'manners' and 'courtesy' was a front....a mask for the savage neanderthals they truly were (and are)
Of course for Plainview, these formalities and niceties were only the necessary conduct to gain influence and impose his will on the world, but they do improve one's image, unless painfully contrived like the kid in high school who wears a cheap suit and fedora every day in attempts to emulate an image he associates with status and class.
+Moise Mensah Agreed. He is a beast of an actor and amazingly talented. His range of American accents and accents in general in his movies are truly next level.
The shot of the people at 2:15 is poignant, almost like a painting from the old European masters....Like "The Potato Famine", or the paintings of old Irish or Russian peasants The faces are hard, sad, maybe a few are just a little hopeful....The faces of dirt poor people living hard lives, listening to the con man promising them riches And at the end, after Eli asks "Will the new road lead to the church?" (a powerful, metaphorical question), a second man behind Eli steps up like he wants to ask a question...But Daniel cuts the meeting short - he says "I'm pretty easy to find" then abruptly leaves before any more questions can be asked
+koko40800 I was thinking of the painting "The Potato Eaters" by Van Gogh....Not 'The Potato Famine' And of course these people are potato eaters...That's all they can grow on their rocky, barren land....When Daniel and H.W. first camp on Abel's land, "Abel says (somewhat humble/ashamed) "We have no bread....We have potatoes"
*+Mordekai Quill*- Yes of course. So many screenplays have no information of what's on screen or what the players have to say. 18 people liked your comment? Smh.
*+Jezzock 16* There exist many "scripts" out there for many films that are simply transcriptions of the final product. This does not mean that the original screenplay is/was the same. Though I would certainly like to know for sure in this case, youtube is not the place to find the answer.
1:53 - Paul said to Daniel earlier when he told them about the land that when you drill you hit salt water pretty easily. There was never was any intention of helping the town grow crops.
What I love about his character is that even though he was totally self serving, he held up his end of the bargain. The community grew from his enterprise, and he treated his workers fairly, which is better than most did in his time.
Lieutenant Dude only thing he didn’t do was give Eli five grand. We also never find out if he did build a school in Little Boston (let’s assume he didn’t because of how angry Eli is at Plainview not holding up the bargain), but he most definitely boosted the local economy greatly, helped the community grow and become prosperous, and he did care about his workers. Good businessman, unless your name is Eli Sunday. At least Paul got cash out of it.
you have no idea what he paid his workers...and I disagree he treated them fairly...when one of them died he gave the rest of them a half day off the next day ("shut down until mid-day")...he stiffed Eli out of the $5000 he promised him, he gave the rest of the gullible yokels 'quail prices' for their land (meaning he probably robbed them all out of a rightful share of the oil profits)...and there never was any shiny new school, or agriculture, or any of the other BS he promised...he's just another American capitalist lying con man
Eli cared about Eli. He built his reputation in little Boston and fortune off his community and went to Vegas and blew it. He’s just as bad as Plainfield. That’s the whole point of the movie.
What a wonderful speech filled with the right kind of sentiment..The saddest thing about this speech is we never saw any of the benefits go to the community..
Exactly, what's so sad about this scene is that you can tell that he hardly understands normal people or their desire for love and a good family life, everything is saying is just going through the motions, and the music in the background just makes that clearer. Plainview is a misanthrope bordering on a sociopath, and the movie makes you empathize with his perspective that all these pathetic superstitious peasants are just getting in the way of his success and he needs to crush their annoying anthill.
ravenouscolonelhart Yeah this is one of the recent movies I respect but don`t like watching...I can empathise with PV I wonder how he got to be who he was.I`m sure I have meet people like him and have been a little of him at times.The longer I live I do understand some of his out look, his hardness desperation and drive but not all of it.Also I can only imagine what sort of strength of character it would take to succeed in such bleak and desperate times.I do not envy him.
That's why I respect the hell out of him. He does the grind where he steps on whomever he has to to get his fortune. I'm in sales and maybe a little prejudice, but Plainvoew busted his ass to make his fortune . Any one of those townspeople could do the same of they had balls as big as Plainview
"I'm a goo man..... I produced plant based goo....and I would like to use my goo to supply all your meat substitutes..." - South Park Funny episode. Also, "Plant based meat" is pure shit.
+RealityCk Jobs are created, and people make money, so you're able to buy food, clothes, rent, toys, etc.... My god, that's horrible!!! You're right!!!!
"it's an abomination that any man, woman, or child should have to look upon a loaf of bread as a luxury." It's such a passing line but it speaks volumes about the nothingness that the community had, then the boom and abundance that oil gave them, to the point where that wealth basically let them take advantage of it (and I'm a huge admirer of 19th-early 20th century oil barons/tycoons). I just like the fact that DDL is aware of it to some degree.
@Jesus Didnt Exist, No Proof, Look It Up starve? The oil gave them jobs, schools, and infrastructure. Now environmentally speaking... that's a different thing.
I can't think if any other scene that sums up the last four centuries of the modern world: Commercial interests and folk with a messianiac vision who found each other useful.
Dumb people. Do they deserve what they get? The nature of the beast is our competitive spirit. Without it, we're sheeple standing around waiting for a speech. What's neat about Plainview is that he is intrinsically motivated.
+Iseekknowledge But he's also lying to these people...These dirt poor, uneducated hillbillies that are easy to swindle First he says "I encourage my men to bring their families" while the scene shows a sparse camp with fireplaces and tents...Does that look like a place where you would find women and children? Or a place that would encourage it? It looks like there probably isn't a single family there....Just single working men....and God knows how much Daniel is paying them He also promises the townspeople "irrigation, agriculture" etc, but that's another b.s. line....How many farms do you ever see around oil fields? If anything, oil wells often end up fouling the well water Like many tycoons he promises that his business will uplift the community..."Education," etc....But that's a line also...The poor uneducated hicks stayed poor and uneducated, and many of them got suckered out of their land....And not for oil prices, but (as Daniel said earlier) "Quail prices"
The music right after the speech starts, suggest it's the beginning of the end for Little Boston. The life of Little Boston, the oil, is slowly being extracted from the ignorant residents, and it started with this speech. Plainview is selling hope, in reality the only hope he has, is hope for his personal wealth to grow to unimaginable amounts by controlling a natural resource. There is no hope for Little Boston, hence the music. Brilliant scene, brilliant score.
It's scary how much care and cherish is behind the words. You still feel in the way he speaks that he just sees these children, the future as just simply workers of tomorrow to serve the needs of those who can afford it. Jesus fucking christ.
I feel like this isn't in the comments because its obvious, but I still just need to point it out to WHOEVER didn't pick up on it. Actions are louder than words. We hear him talk about building a school and the water wells for the townsfolk to use for farming. But do we SEE that while he's talking? No. They're building his oil rig. THATS why I love this scene
Part of the reason I like this movie is it paints people who are business owners as hard workers who ultimately want to better Society. There are of course cheap robber barons that have no souls. However can you imagine our daily lives without oil?! No plastic, no cars, most machinery would be ineffective because it couldn't be lubricated
Daniel Day Lewis actually looks like someone you would see in a photo from the 19th century. He's got that type of face.
They had better bone structure back then
@@joesheridan9451 it's called starvation
@@robertbrandelius2145 No it's called melting modern faces, mainly due to the soft food we eat and a lot of breathing through mouths. Look into it
@@joesheridan9451 so what the hell did daniel day lewis eat
@@phatlewt2932 It's just from being low bodyfat and chewing a lot and not breathing through your mouth, always keeping it closed
I think Daniel has taken a liking to this "Eli" guy. I see a great friendship in their future.
They are even like Brothers LOL
They even had a friendly wrestling match.
They even share a good milkshake once in a while...
I get it we've all seen There Will Be Blood
You might even say a smashing friendship.
that accent is just pure gold
I think it is a midwestern accent somewhere around Kansas-Missouri.
personally,his gangs of new York I thought was legend.
It's one thing to do a foreign accent, but it's a completely different animal doing a foreign accent from a specific time period that isn't around anymore. The American accent has changed quite a bit in the last 100 years.
Jason Brown wtf are you talking about. The only thing that was of that time, was the script. And he is using his same accent from Gangs of New York. Not to say its bad, its not. But so what, I thought Joel Edgerton from Great Gatsby had just as good if not better of an accent as Tom Buchanan.
Anthonyg Gordon Daniel Plainview and the Butcher sound nothing alike. Cadence, tone, emphasis, none of these things match in those two characters. I'm not sure how you can even compare the two accents.
"I'm a goo man"
I was so surprised they did that 😂
Thats the second time south park has referenced this movie
I laughed so much at this episode.
I knew this would be here, somewhere towards the top.
I like Burger King's fish sandwich with jalepenos. What do you suppose they make that out of?
Always trust a man with a mustache like this.
Trustache
Empjori lmao
Stalin and Saddam, we miss you guiz
Empjori you know who else had a mustache like this? H.H Holmes
You clearly haven't play red dead redemption... Lol
“Please don’t be insulted if I speak about this bread” is dying to be sampled on a hip hop track haha
Someone call alchemist ASAP.
Jordan Belfort: Sell me this pen.
Daniel Plainview: Bitch please
Massive Ringpiece Did you just neglect to hit play? How many families did you see come out of those tents? Did he ever pay for Bandy's oil? Do you not remember the 'I drink your milkshake' speech? Of course he was conning people.
FlyBoyBigBlue
Why would he have paid Bandy for nothing? Bandy refused to let him drill or build a pipeline. He paid for all of the wells that were drilled. Bandy missed out on a clear opportunity because of the laws of physics. Not because Plainview did anything wrong.
Austin Mabry, +museick28 Ladies, lets pay a little more attention to the topic of discussion next time. The topic at hand was, did he con anyone. Drainage is a con. Bandy had no clue about it, and thus got taken of his oil. No where up there did anyone use the word steal. Lets learn about sentence topics and vocabulary before yipping away about something no one said. I get it though, sometimes the children wanna sit at the adult table. ;)
FlyBoyBigBlue
For somebody who wants to talk "vocabulary" you should probably get a dictionary. Look up the word "con" it means to swindle or trick somebody by gaining their confidence. It derives from the term "Confidence Man" shortened to "Con Man".
Drainage is a simple result of the immutable laws of physics. The "Milkshake" is actually one giant milkshake that extends beneath all of the properties in the area. Plainview drank from the "straws" that he put on other people's property, and rightfully paid them for.
Bandy refused to allow any "Straws" to be sunk in his own property, so while he sat by and did nothing, the other straws were dutifully drinking away at the giant milkshake. Bandy missed out, because he never put a straw in the drink before it had been drunk up.
That's not a con. Bandy wasn't swindled out of anything. He just allowed the opportunity to pass him up. Nobody's fault but his own.
Sorry you don't understand physics, or basic english vocab words, Flyboy, you boy.
Hope this helped. ;)
Austin Mabry I can see, the insult has made you boys quite heated, lol. Try to prove you were talking about this and that at first all you want, you weren't. Fact is, you wanted to jump on something and just didn't pay attention to the topic at hand first. That's all. No physics, no boys, just plain and simple not paying attention.
Also, Bandy knew he had oil. He didn't want Daniel to have it. Daniel already knew that once he had the fields around it, he didn't need Bandy because he'd get his oil through drainage. That, is an obvious con. Fight it all you want, hell, throw around the base word 'physics' all you want, Bandy was conned out of his oil. Plainview and simple. Also, pretty sure you just proved your insult about basic English vocab wrong yourself. Seems you completely comprehended and replied to a comment of mine, using, get this, basic English vocab! Oh, and the E is capital in English there vocab master. hahahaah You boy's run along and play ina well somewhere now.
He does such a good job in this speech of selling bullshit sentiment to these yokels, that the viewer almost buys it themselves, almost thinks for a moment that Plainview is capable of sincerity. But hints of the snake he really is peek out from around the edges. A brilliant and restrained performance.
Whether or not he was sincere, did he not improve their lives?
***** is that a quote? can't remember.
nfinn42 Nope, just me.
***** I'm with Jerry. What is your malfunction?
***** Lol are you just trying to troll? You are failing miserably btw.
This movie is so fucking good it's insane. Most people, if not all, see it as a drama, but to me it's a fucking horror film. Incredibly unsettling and disturbing.
+EuroTrasho Productions It's a comedy at times, too.
+EuroTrasho Productions I've seen this movie many times and it truly is disturbing. I have to prepare myself to watch it now because it makes me feel like drowning in a bottle of whiskey after its done.
+EuroTrasho Productions Dude your so progressive thats amazing.
Brett Schall Okay, well, uh, thank you and have a great day!
+EuroTrasho Productions Although "No Country" was a really good film, there is little doubt in retrospect than TWBB was the greatest movie of that year, and a contender for movie of the decade.
Sometimes when I'm delivering a pitch to a client, I like to imagine I'm Daniel plainview
Rob Tyler If you use the word client, you're already lost and a failure.
Virgil Grissom why?
Whatchu talkin bout Virgil
Cameron Cutler
Because you work for a client. Daniel gets people to work for him.
It makes sense, they HAVE been wondering why you keep introducing yourself as an oil man.
Many of the best actors have a film or two where they weren't really the standout performance.
But Daniel Day-Lewis...Every single movie he's in, he just fucking eclipses every other actor.
music name?
Exactly. Nobody can touch his talent. I even think he could probably out act Meryl Streep
That's only a bad thing if he's not a main character.
But for characters like bill the butcher, daniel plainview, lincoln, you couldn't ask for a better lead actor who can completely disappear into a character
i can understand what you're saying, But characters like bill the butcher and daniel plainview are almost dominating characters themselves. In a big cast he would stand out like a sore thumb without another fantastic actor opposite him. imo he played TWBB perfectly
Gandhi, not the stand out character. I'm not a student of film so I can say this from a non partial point of view, DDL roles are always refreshing and bring life to a picture.
"I'm a milkshake man"
Now that's a speech I'd listen to! :)
skyhr yeah, but he abandoned his Milkshake.
Mathew Godfrey I ABANDONED MY M I L K S H A K E !!!!
Viva La Lime Crusha!
I like to think of myself as a Milkshake man.
I'm a shinebox man
Out of every speech in this movie this is my personal favorite. It really shows the characters ability to lie straight to your face in such a pleasing manor.
Bill Cosby Lemonade oktl trump
He didn’t lie.
He was telling the truth.
That's how businessmen talk. Hell, they even teach that in business school.
@@danjennpilapil6595 No they don't
South Park brought me back to this masterpiece. "I'm a goo man"
HAHAHAHA, i thought i'd be the first
This movie sucks now as it did 12 years ago; you are vapid.
@@Cincy32 You're on a youtube video watching a scene of a 12 year old movie. Where did the movie hurt you?
@@wrathin99, did the movie do this to her (motorboats doll crotch rapidly)?
@@Cincy32 Thanks for confirming your stupidity.
The character study of Daniel Plainview in this film is on a different level. An incredible movie that will become a future classic without doubt. Day-Lewis' performance is one for the ages.
Harrison Clark Future classic? It already is a classic
Yes, I believe in good old fashioned plain speaking, and in my mind this is Daniel Day Lewis's greatest performance.
The parts about bread and schools were improvised
Like many lies...
Appropriate for the character because they’re malicious lies meant to trick desperate and ignorant people.
doubt it
Trickle Down economics has been around for a while.
@@gelsen888 they were. The bread part It was at least... I dont remember in what interview (i saw years ago) but they confirmed
Daniel is the kind of actor that is a honor to the entertainment industry. No paparazzi, no hollywood bull, just pure talent like the old days.
Pretty sure the old days had more Hollywood bull
He demonstrates a level of class and passion that very few posses in this modern age
One of the very few actors in Hollywood who is a true artist
@@thomascross6150 class and passion that very few EVER possessed, it’s not an age thing. He’s a timeless actor, not a product of the “better times.”
He is the best actor of all time.
Certainly... the Tom Brady of acting!
You may very well be right. He is truly remarkable.
In top 5 for sure.
That title belongs to Jack Nicholson.
@@godsstrongestschizo Nicholson is a phenomenal actor. But he isn't as versatile as DDL
Daniel day-Lewis is your favorite actor's favorite actor.
If my favourite actor IS Daniel day lewis, does that mean he’s an egomaniac ;)
And then that actor turns out to be DDL!
DDL is the DOOM of acting
Actor-ception
@@januarybaby1063 yes
"You'll have bread coming out of your ears!" *shot of barren wasteland with a completed oil derrick*
Doug Wiseman lololol
This is gotta be top 3 best persormances of all time. Joaquin Phoenix in the Master was amazing too. This director is a genius.
J2theB I thought Joaquin Phoenix was absolutely outstanding as Johnny Cash. Especially the tics and mannerisms when shown playing guitar. His voice sounded as close as it could be, as far as an actor is concerned. What did you think?
J2theB The only downside was that Joaquin Phoenix was pretty much was upstaged by Reese Witherspoon. I normally never thought much about her abilities, but she KILLED it in Walk the Line.
I have to agree that Mr. Lewis is quite possibly the greatest actor out there. You forget it's him when he takes on a role, all you see is the character he is portraying; masterful.
So true, I don't think the same can be said for any other actor I can think of.
@@lyrickoner javier in no country for old men is the only character Ive seen that equals this. Specialists have said his performance is the most accurate depiction of a real psychopath put to film
@@rolan5948 can you provide evidence of these specialists saying this. Or perhaps name some of said specialists. I've heard of psychiatrists
Who is here after south park episode?
Me
"Will the new road lead to the church ?"... haha, Eli is such a troll, look at his face afterwards:D
the word "troll" has lost all meaning if you think Eli is such.
Absolutely. Their interactions make the film. Sure they're the central characters but it's just their chemistry and ability to play off of one another's hatred. "Well that'll be the FIRRST place it leads, thank you Eli!" lmao Or that scene where he's attempting to purchase the land and the two men realize they're mirror images of one another. Daniel's delivery of "That's good, that's a good one" makes me laugh out loud every time. 'For your church, huh? All right you little fuck. I know what you are and I'm gonna bury you underground."
Plainview thinking "The new road will lead all up your ace"
@@koko40800 your gunna build beansie a ramp
"Will the new road lead to the church?" ...*Cue Yao Ming Face...BITCH PLEASE!!!
I wish I had this ability of selling bullshit. But I'm an honest man. Not an oil man.
Iron Osiris changed the world? Yes. made the world a better place? No.
I suppose you're doing your part by utilizing a solar powered computer that was completely manufactured with non-petroleum parts.
The world is a much better place than what it was 100 years ago, and guys like this helped to make it better. Without the use of petroleum, coal and nuclear energy, we'd be nowhere close to powering the world with solar, wind, wave, or geothermal energy. Don't blame a man like Plainview for people being unwilling to evolve. He did his part to move us up.
+jesusnthedaisychain Riiight, because the world is doing so great now, and all these technological advances have benefited everyone equally, not just Western "first-world" nations... pfffft. And the funny thing is, you say that people who disapprove of guys like Plainview are "unwilling to evolve," but as I see it, people like Plainview are the ones who are ultimately the most primitive and true to our cut-throat, animal nature. It is the people who are saying, "It doesn't need to be that way, we can rise ABOVE this dog-eat-dog bullshit and create something beautiful together, and if we pull together, nobody needs to go without basic necessities" who are truly trying to evolve the human species and pull us further out of the muck. You just aren't looking at the bigger picture, that's the only reason anyone would ever defend the actions and mentality of a man like Plainview. Not seeing the forest for the trees. Damn shame, because it is your un-evolved type that is truly holding this planet back. A perfect utopia is not possible, but we sure could get damn close to one if we all started doing the right thing.
Did you read what I wrote? I said, and I quote, "Don't blame a man like Plainview for people being unwilling to evolve."
In other words, Plainview (or people like him) took us from a world of coal burning and whale hunting and gave us the tools to get us to the next and necessary step (wind, wave, solar, geothermal). Without oil, we'd be nowhere near where we are right now. There is simply no other readily available resource that is as energy rich or versatile as oil.
So, people like him aren't to blame for our resistance to growth. We're to blame. Isn't that funny? I demand that we all accept responsibility and you demand that we shirk it. Blame the "evil" industrialists instead and cry some more.
jesusnthedaisychain I read what you said, and understood it thoroughly. I just strongly disagree with you. Has nothing to do with shirking responsibility. It has to do with rising above our animal nature. We are animals, yes, but there is something else in us that is much nobler. That's where things like art, beautiful music, compassion, charity, forgiveness, selflessness, egalitarianism, etc, come from. It is natural to rape and murder, but does that mean we should cultivate such behavior? No, not at all, and I would say the exact same thing about selfish, ruthless pursuit of power, wealth, always the goal of MORE MORE MORE for ME ME ME (capitalism anyone?). Fuck that, it's primitive, and hopefully we as a species learn to shed it and rise above it or it is going to be our downfall. It's already starting to happen, the hour is late.
i love this movie because despite all of daniels cruelty and manipulations, there are moments where we see a bit of humanity in him, buried deep but there. in the end after h.w. leaves his house, the flashback daniel has of him and h.w. playing around like real father and son shows that daniel really does love him
The whole meltdown at the end where he kills Eli is really about him rejecting the only person who he ever loved and who ever truly loved him. Without now independent HW he is stuck with needy Eli and it infuriates him. Earlier in the movie he makes sure that HW while away isn't being bullied and allows HW to slap him around once he comes back, something he forgives him.
DDL has a incredible emotional intelligence. He understands the feelings of his characters and the understanding of a character every actor aims for. That is why he is so unique. You have to BE the character you are playing
what's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? .......... wait
SoCal Dazed lmfaooo
I lost a milkshake once
He drank it up.
DRAINAGE CHIGURGH !!!!
Sugar?
Nearly as good as Tommy Wiseau. "I'm an oil man....oh hi Mark".
prez58 your comment was way ahead of its time . i did not hit her .i did nooot
It's not true, it's bullshit. I did not drink her milkshake. I did not.
Amazing scene. The music is so haunting.
men like that built America
+like2surf "family" men. Just their family, not yours.
bitch please!
+Zarcon and are destroying it
+Byron Gordon they aren't destroying America because they don't exist anymore
Ezio Auditore Yes, they do. It's called oligarchy.
I've had friends say they found this movie boring, and I guess I can understand what they mean. But my god, DDL's performance is so powerful, you don't just watch it, you can actually FEEL it-- like an earthquake or a thunderstorm. Plainview in this movie is not a man. He's a dark force of nature.
Yes.. Its called method Ely..
Oceanmachine27 its not a movie for everyone but the perfomances is so good.
I find movies like this boring but not this one, I've seen this movie several times now and it still captivates me and I cant say why, it's like watching a car wreck, you cant take your eyes off the smoke and carnage.
Oceanmachine27 you need new friends
I loved There Will Be Blood. I found Lincoln to be boring, even though it was also a great performance by Daniel Day Lewis. Lincoln was tough for me to get through.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's still drilling - when Daniel says "I'm an oil man" he fucking means it
Basically he is lying to all of them, right? Like just selling an idea they want more than anything so they will let him do whatever he wants? I think the somber music in the background is the key because why would a great improvement to the town be so sad? The music is telling the audience how sad it is that he is lying and the people believe him. Is that right?
Yes. He is bullshitting them big time but he's doing such a great job at it. He knows what he is "selling" is bullshit but talks it up so much you the watcher even start to believe it.
but he made their lives better, he created roads, schools, seems like he made their life better of course considering what he was taking away from their land, they were definitely getting the shit end of the stick
Matt Josh he built their town with gold underneath their feet that they didnt know was there or how to retrieve it
CrackerJack06 Where did he bullshit anything in his speech? He had the background and experience of prospecting and owned capital, he found and drilled the oil from the ground, and enriched the lives of all in the region. He kept his end of the bargain, with the exception of Eli Sunday.
So no, he didn't bullshit anything. Whether he sincerely cared or not to enrich everyone is irrelevant because the Invisible Hand already did its course.
Wow. Adam Smith was a smart man, wasn't he?
***** the power of the scene certainly runs deeper than the simple notion that he is just bullshitting everyone.
This movie is so goddamn good it’s simply ridiculous, the writing, the acting, the cinematography, the music, literally everything about it is perfect. Whenever it’s on I just stop what I’m doing and watch it, usually with a stupid grin on my face. I also think that Daniel Day Lewis’s performance as Daniel Plainview is the single greatest acting performance ever put to film.
It's not my number one but there is no denying that ddl turns out consistently spectacular performances. My personal reason for him not being number one on my list is he doesn't make many movies because he's so meticulous about the roles he trys out for and accepts.
I'm a GOO man...
I don't know man, something about this movie is just so fascinating. . When I think of great movies some masterpieces like Social Nerwork,Fight Club,Inglorious Basterds, Inception, Fellowship come to my mind but this movie is just.. something else. It's just like a really melancholic image of the entire humankind even a fresque if you like. It really depicts all the hopelessness and beaty of our lives. Every scene is so meaningfull. “There will be blood” is definitely the desert island movie for me - not only because of the great perfomances and cinematography but because of the perfect score and the nostalgic feeling it carries. Its like a movie which you think of when mankind comes to an end and you go back and think how innocent and harmless things used to be. And the "Fratres" scene man its so powerful. I happen to be from Russia so obviously am a great fan of Dostoevskiy. I have seen a lot of movies and in my mind this movie is the closest cinema can get to him because it tells us so much without us even noticing it. This movie is undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever created and Im so happy to have seen it many times! Hope you can relate , respect from Russia!
Fellowhip? Never seen that film.
thanks for putting into words what this movie made me feel! you're completely right
America. Water, irrigation, cultivation, education. WASPs.
The Medigans.
I'm a goo man I like to think I im
"I'm an oil man...ladies and gentlemen". That pause between the 2 phrases gets me everytime.
Patrick Kitts I’m a ladies man...oil and gentlemen
@@averypalchikoff8045 That was Boogie Nights
Daniel Day Lewis is the greatest actor in the world, and arguably the greatest actor in history. He is unique among his peers in that he transforms completely into whatever character he is playing. Compare his Daniel Plainview to his Newland Archer (Age of Innocence), Gerry Conlon (In the Name of the Father), John Proctor (The Crucible) or Bill the Butcher (Gangs of New York). It seems as if it cannot possibly be the same man playing all those characters. Lewis is a method actor's method actor.
He kind of looks and sounds the sound in 'Gangs' and this.
seth f You must have poor eyesight and even worse hearing. DDL's Bill the Butcher looks/acts very different and sounds completely different than his Daniel Plainview. It would be trivial to tell them apart based on audio alone.
They both have big mustaches and they both growl a lot. Plus, you're a douchebag.
seth f Mustaches and growling? That's all your dim mind perceived? LOL What are you, an 8-year old? Or maybe you're just a simpleton with a 2-digit IQ.
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Wow - you are such a fucking nerd. I love getting you internet douches all worked up. Have you gone so long without human company that you cant tell when someone is joking? You're a fuckin idiot.
One of the finest movies, starring one of the finest actors, Daniel Day-Lewis, ever!
Not one word in the first 10 or 15 minutes and then it took off. I walked out of the theater, as most did that year, and said to myself, Best Actor, hands down case closed. Day-Lewis learns the role and he never let's go. One of the best ever!
Amazing how there was so little dialogue in the first 10-15 minutes, and it was still incredibly compelling...sometimes the best scenes are the ones with no dialogue
Everyone says there is not one word spoken in the first 10-15. You are incorrect. He says, "there she is." Referring to the silver he found in the first scene. Subtle but still there. Do not spread false information. Fact check
I don't count barely audible background mumbling as dialogue. The first lines of the movie were nearly 15 minutes in when Daniel gave his sales pitch to the first town-
sOuTh paRk broUght mE heRe
Best actor alive
Currently....Yes he is....period.
currently and of ALL time
Lol no
@@Gma00001 Yes, and likely there will ever be.
Well as it happens, the towns where oil was found DID actually flourish in real life. If it wasnt for oil, you think Houston, Dallas etc would be big successful cities? Oil brings money, money brings people, people with money brings commerce etc.
But they have to develop something else, as in Dallas, commerce, and Houston, chemicals and commerce.
Otherwise, when the oil wanes, so does the town.
KutWrite the oil didn't wane for three lifetimes. It is still in the ground. It is the people, particularly the greedy ones, and their greed which makes the town wane.
wilson blauheuer KutWrite
Of course, the thing about greed is that "it's always the other guy that's greedy (never ourselves)." !
wilson blauheuer That oil's been had. DRAAAAAINAAAGEE you boy.
Katzendaugs
DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAGE!!!
Cover your milkshakes though, otherwise Daniel will drink it from across the room.
I think this is the best movie of the 21st Century.
Jacksirrom So far...
I agree, a masterpiece in every way...the writing, the acting, the cinematography and the score
This, Muhullond Drive and La La Land for me. This performance and Anthony Hopkins in Remains of The Day are my two favourites
@@matthewrichmond4139 For me , this movie along with Far from Heaven the one directed by Todd Haynes
Jacksirrom he made the movie happen , if it wasn’t for DDL in the lead role , the movie would have went to sh** .
As a young boy in 1970, I met my grandfather who died a year later. Born in 1888, he fought in the Great War and won the Military Medal at The Somme. Like Plainview, he was a tall, lean man. He looked you in the eye when he shook your hand, which he did formally, and with respect. When I saw this film, I was immediately reminded of my grandfather. Daniel Day Lewis's real trick was to recreate a breed of men long gone; their posture, their mannerisms, their nobility. A billion miles from the casual, "Hey man" culture we have today. We won't see their like again.
How could you remember him at 1 years old ?
I'm not sure that you interpreted the character of Daniel Plainview correctly. He may be able to comport himself well in the beginning but he is an empty individual with a seething hatred of people down inside that causes him to treat them as objects. This hatred eventually consumes him until there is nothing left and he is alone, stewing in his bitterness.
@@neighbourhoodmusician That's right, all that old school 'gentility', 'manners' and 'courtesy' was a front....a mask for the savage neanderthals they truly were (and are)
Of course for Plainview, these formalities and niceties were only the necessary conduct to gain influence and impose his will on the world, but they do improve one's image, unless painfully contrived like the kid in high school who wears a cheap suit and fedora every day in attempts to emulate an image he associates with status and class.
I think we can safely assume that DDL is undoubtfully one of the greatest actors of the current era. Can we all please agree on that ?
+Moise Mensah No doubt. Greatest living actor in my opinion.
Riloman17 I highly think that nobody is as methodic. He really gave life to the haunting and evil Daniel Plainview.
+Moise Mensah Agreed. He is a beast of an actor and amazingly talented. His range of American accents and accents in general in his movies are truly next level.
smackedinthejaw Absolutely and he really embodies his characters, gives them life and depth. He's a wonder.
+Moise Mensah Ironicly he is also one of the famous actors with the less roles.
The shot of the people at 2:15 is poignant, almost like a painting from the old European masters....Like "The Potato Famine", or the paintings of old Irish or Russian peasants
The faces are hard, sad, maybe a few are just a little hopeful....The faces of dirt poor people living hard lives, listening to the con man promising them riches
And at the end, after Eli asks "Will the new road lead to the church?" (a powerful, metaphorical question), a second man behind Eli steps up like he wants to ask a question...But Daniel cuts the meeting short - he says "I'm pretty easy to find" then abruptly leaves before any more questions can be asked
+koko40800 I was thinking of the painting "The Potato Eaters" by Van Gogh....Not 'The Potato Famine'
And of course these people are potato eaters...That's all they can grow on their rocky, barren land....When Daniel and H.W. first camp on Abel's land, "Abel says (somewhat humble/ashamed) "We have no bread....We have potatoes"
You need two ingredients in modern society that are necessary - cheap goo ( food ) and oil ( energy ) to function competitively.
Me when I find a village in Minecraft
Edatlin: I am an oil man. Now! Give me all your milkshakes! Give them to me!
Someone was bound to make that SNL reference!! Yes
Words cannot express how much I liked Daniel Day Lewis' performance in this movie. I can think of very few other actors who can equal his skill.
These days the oil man has been replaced by the social media man
The crypto bro.
Fun Fact: Daniel Day-Lewis improvised the majority of this speech, per Paul Thomas Anderson.
this scene isn't even in the screenplay! Genius
In fact when you open the screenplay it's just hundreds of blank pages!
Brutal Jones That's not true, almost all the dialogue here is in the script. www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/therewillbeblood_script.pdf
*+Mordekai Quill*- Yes of course. So many screenplays have no information of what's on screen or what the players have to say. 18 people liked your comment? Smh.
*+Jezzock 16* There exist many "scripts" out there for many films that are simply transcriptions of the final product. This does not mean that the original screenplay is/was the same. Though I would certainly like to know for sure in this case, youtube is not the place to find the answer.
theres more truth in this film than I have ever seen from any other movie.
I'm considering a move into politics...If Trump can, I figure what the hell.
Daniel, where/s my 5,000?
Implying that if Daniel Plainview existed he wouldn't vote for Trump
Go back to history lessons,kid
Mr. Law He wouldn't vote for Trump at all, je would run against him. Remember that he doesn't like "winning", he just hates seeing others succeed.
Oh. On a Republican or Democrat ticket?
Make shure people like Eli dissiappears I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE
The goo man!
I'm a goo man
I'm a goo man you see
I'm watching this movie for like 15th time and this scene still gives me chills and goosebumps!
1:53 - Paul said to Daniel earlier when he told them about the land that when you drill you hit salt water pretty easily. There was never was any intention of helping the town grow crops.
He seems like a trustworthy fellow; he’s got my vote!
Must be that "good old fashioned plain speaking"...that was Bush's scam, and a very effective one
What I love about his character is that even though he was totally self serving, he held up his end of the bargain. The community grew from his enterprise, and he treated his workers fairly, which is better than most did in his time.
Lieutenant Dude only thing he didn’t do was give Eli five grand. We also never find out if he did build a school in Little Boston (let’s assume he didn’t because of how angry Eli is at Plainview not holding up the bargain), but he most definitely boosted the local economy greatly, helped the community grow and become prosperous, and he did care about his workers.
Good businessman, unless your name is Eli Sunday. At least Paul got cash out of it.
@@caleblim6890 the only bargain Eli care about is the one for his church
you have no idea what he paid his workers...and I disagree he treated them fairly...when one of them died he gave the rest of them a half day off the next day ("shut down until mid-day")...he stiffed Eli out of the $5000 he promised him, he gave the rest of the gullible yokels 'quail prices' for their land (meaning he probably robbed them all out of a rightful share of the oil profits)...and there never was any shiny new school, or agriculture, or any of the other BS he promised...he's just another American capitalist lying con man
Eli cared about Eli. He built his reputation in little Boston and fortune off his community and went to Vegas and blew it. He’s just as bad as Plainfield. That’s the whole point of the movie.
Did he now?
Where did you see the irrigation, crops, and school he promised?
Where did you see a single piece of bread?
Jonny's score in all it's glory here. Perfect.
It makes me sick that this score couldn't get an oscar nomination. This is my favorite movie score ever
What a wonderful speech filled with the right kind of sentiment..The saddest thing about this speech is we never saw any of the benefits go to the community..
Exactly, what's so sad about this scene is that you can tell that he hardly understands normal people or their desire for love and a good family life, everything is saying is just going through the motions, and the music in the background just makes that clearer. Plainview is a misanthrope bordering on a sociopath, and the movie makes you empathize with his perspective that all these pathetic superstitious peasants are just getting in the way of his success and he needs to crush their annoying anthill.
ravenouscolonelhart
Yeah this is one of the recent movies I respect but don`t like watching...I can empathise with PV I wonder how he got to be who he was.I`m sure I have meet people like him and have been a little of him at times.The longer I live I do understand some of his out look, his hardness desperation and drive but not all of it.Also I can only imagine what sort of strength of character it would take to succeed in such bleak and desperate times.I do not envy him.
ravenouscolonelhart It's a good one.
hes an oil man
That's why I respect the hell out of him. He does the grind where he steps on whomever he has to to get his fortune. I'm in sales and maybe a little prejudice, but Plainvoew busted his ass to make his fortune . Any one of those townspeople could do the same of they had balls as big as Plainview
"I'm a goo man..... I produced plant based goo....and I would like to use my goo to supply all your meat substitutes..." - South Park
Funny episode.
Also, "Plant based meat" is pure shit.
D.D.L. was just simply amazing performing this role.
Incredible shiity wok chicken?
Incredibly shitty mongorian beef?
I love his reaction to Eli's question, he absolutely despises him and the rest of the town.
Eli was easy to despise.
I'm a goo man
P L A I N V I E W 2 0 2 0 🇺🇸
Wow, sounds just like what the oil companies are promising us with the Keystone Tar Sands oil pipeline. How could we go wrong! lol
Now China will get all the oil instead.
+RealityCk Jobs are created, and people make money, so you're able to buy food, clothes, rent, toys, etc.... My god, that's horrible!!! You're right!!!!
hahaha yeah China are gonna build a pipeline from Canada to Beijing right? Grow up.
Jordan Belfort who?
"it's an abomination that any man, woman, or child should have to look upon a loaf of bread as a luxury." It's such a passing line but it speaks volumes about the nothingness that the community had, then the boom and abundance that oil gave them, to the point where that wealth basically let them take advantage of it (and I'm a huge admirer of 19th-early 20th century oil barons/tycoons). I just like the fact that DDL is aware of it to some degree.
@Jesus Didnt Exist, No Proof, Look It Up starve? The oil gave them jobs, schools, and infrastructure.
Now environmentally speaking... that's a different thing.
I can't think if any other scene that sums up the last four centuries of the modern world: Commercial interests and folk with a messianiac vision who found each other useful.
This comment, just wow. Thank you Sir.
Great comment
Dumb people. Do they deserve what they get? The nature of the beast is our competitive spirit. Without it, we're sheeple standing around waiting for a speech. What's neat about Plainview is that he is intrinsically motivated.
+Iseekknowledge But he's also lying to these people...These dirt poor, uneducated hillbillies that are easy to swindle
First he says "I encourage my men to bring their families" while the scene shows a sparse camp with fireplaces and tents...Does that look like a place where you would find women and children? Or a place that would encourage it? It looks like there probably isn't a single family there....Just single working men....and God knows how much Daniel is paying them
He also promises the townspeople "irrigation, agriculture" etc, but that's another b.s. line....How many farms do you ever see around oil fields? If anything, oil wells often end up fouling the well water
Like many tycoons he promises that his business will uplift the community..."Education," etc....But that's a line also...The poor uneducated hicks stayed poor and uneducated, and many of them got suckered out of their land....And not for oil prices, but (as Daniel said earlier) "Quail prices"
I’m a goo man! Who’s with me
Gotta admit Daniel day Lewis is one the best method actors in film history he's so versatile
Agreed
The music right after the speech starts, suggest it's the beginning of the end for Little Boston. The life of Little Boston, the oil, is slowly being extracted from the ignorant residents, and it started with this speech. Plainview is selling hope, in reality the only hope he has, is hope for his personal wealth to grow to unimaginable amounts by controlling a natural resource. There is no hope for Little Boston, hence the music. Brilliant scene, brilliant score.
Plainview: "I'm an oil man"
2020: I'm about to end this man's whole career
"Will the new road lead to the church?" Lol
"Well that will be one of the first places it leads to, thank you Eli..."
Its and abomination that any man woman or child should look upon a loaf of *GOO* as a luxury.
It's scary how much care and cherish is behind the words.
You still feel in the way he speaks that he just sees these children, the future as just simply workers of tomorrow to serve the needs of those who can afford it.
Jesus fucking christ.
+spacepimpkevin Really good observation man, I like that.
Thus you have the Rockefeller public school system.
I’m a goo man
I feel like this isn't in the comments because its obvious, but I still just need to point it out to WHOEVER didn't pick up on it. Actions are louder than words. We hear him talk about building a school and the water wells for the townsfolk to use for farming. But do we SEE that while he's talking? No. They're building his oil rig. THATS why I love this scene
South Park making me, come back to this movie 😆😆
This is the goo man😱
This is hands down my personal favorite monologue in any movie. There Will Be Blood is also one of my personal favorite movie.
I sell my goo to people who eat crappy food anyway.
I was at my dads house just watching this randomly one day. So glad I got to watch this with my dad. Such an amazing movie.
i am sold. take my land
South Park just brought me here XD...."Goo man"!
Plainview is such a prick.......I love it!!
When someone says "im an oil man" ...
run
Part of the reason I like this movie is it paints people who are business owners as hard workers who ultimately want to better Society. There are of course cheap robber barons that have no souls. However can you imagine our daily lives without oil?! No plastic, no cars, most machinery would be ineffective because it couldn't be lubricated
I am a goo man
I remember seeing this in the theater and walking out just stupefied.