Day 23: A 2000's Movie

Yes, you all know it thanks to "I drink your milkshake," but it happens to be a really great film, but for a reason different than what I normally give. Back in AP English, when we were discussing All the King's Men, which is a titanic, sprawling book that could cause serious injury if thrown at a person, someone mentioned how the plot of the book is really dull. That's true. I never got past the first few pages because of its boredom, but we only ever focused on two or three key points and ignored the rest of the story. Elmeer defended it by saying that the characterization and meaning of the book is greater and more important than the plot, which is a reason why we read it. I feel like that's the same truth behind There Will Be Blood. The plot is by no means poor or boring, but it's not its strongest feature. The point of the movie is to watch Daniel Plainview's character spiral from shady to downright evil and alone. If you watch closely, you can see how he starts to stoop when he walks, as though his greed was contaminating and mutating him. Daniel Day-Lewis plays the part to perfection to the point he becomes Plainview. It's a great character study, even though it's now impossible not to laugh at the milkshake scene.