The mix for this release was nothing more than average. I listened to the lossless Dolby TrueHD soundtrack for the purposes of this review.

Paramount/Miramax offer the options of English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and English, French, and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks for this Blu-ray Disc release. Flesh tones are natural, and there are no major compression artifacts or processing problems such as edge enhancement or posterization to speak of. Contrast is also set somewhat high, causing brighter scenes to wash out and whites to bloom just a bit, making things look bleached, particularly in the desert scenes. Cloth is all finely textured and film grain is captured and presented flawlessly.īlack levels are good, with deep, obsidian blacks, but shadow detail suffers, and blacks tend to crush in dark scenes. There is a fine amount of detail in both the foreground and background of note is that almost every bit of stubble on Daniel Day-Lewis' face is apparent. Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 in a high definition 1080p/24 video transfer, There Will Be Blood on Blu-ray Disc is pleasing and film-like, if not absolutely reference quality. Overall, however, with the film's excellent musical score from Jonny Greenwood, which helps build the tension, the wonderful cinematography by Robert Elswit, and brilliant performance by Daniel Day-Lewis (as has become expected), it is easy to see why so many have piled so much acclaim upon this piece of work. The film’s pacing tends to crawl in places, as well. Both Day-Lewis and Dano play their parts brilliantly, but Anderson misses many of the real social issues by putting so much of the focus squarely on the violence and maniacal avarice of the Daniel Plainview character. past, and the battle of commercialism versus deep-rooted evangelism. Paul Thomas Anderson, through this film, tells an interesting tale of the early robber barons that are part of the U. The two have a battle of wills for supremacy through violence and humiliations. When Plainview's greed brings him and his son of questionable origin - a boy he uses as leverage to bargain with people to his own advantage - to the small California town of New Boston, he runs up against a fanatical preacher (Paul Dano), son of one of the landowners he swindles. One line from the film sums the character up best when he says 'I don't like anyone else to succeed.' The film follows Plainview on his endless quest for more money and more oil. From writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson comes There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in his Academy Award© winning role as the ruthless and murderous early 20th century oil tycoon Daniel Plainview.

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