afterthought and memo

Chaz 2022-04-20 09:01:04

I think the plot is average, but the acting is superb. As expected of the three-time best actor Daniel. A bit of a fan of this British guy. After watching this film, I realized that sometimes money is not the source of happiness, but the source of pain. Let yourself go down the road of loneliness. When someone approaches you, you will think that it must be my money. How tiring to live like this! It seems that it is true to be an ordinary person. The story follows a self-made miner. Accidentally discovered the business opportunity of oil and embarked on a prosperous life. Live with the children of dead workers. One day, a young man offered 500 shillings as a deal to tell the man where the rich oil was. The male protagonist arrived at the destination and found that there was indeed oil, so he quickly bought the land to mine. Conflict with local priest over accidental death of a worker while mining. Soon the violent oil development sparked a fire that left the adopted child deaf. Later, he made a fortune, and inexplicably came a half-brother. The male protagonist feels that his business is a bit sustenance, and he doesn't have to work too hard all the time. But later it was discovered that the younger brother was actually a fake, and he was killed in a fit of rage. Soon the male lead joined the pastor's church in order to wait for the support of a piece of land from the locals. Take his career to the next level. A few years later, the adopted child decided to leave the male protagonist and start his own business. The male protagonist was furious when he heard it, claiming that you were just a piece of shit I adopted. At the end of the plot, I couldn't understand it, and the priest came to teach the male protagonist. But he was taught by the male protagonist, and he was killed~

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Extended Reading
  • Alexys 2022-03-24 09:01:07

    Adults can't understand the Catcher in the Rye, and people who don't know much about Christianity may also have obstacles in watching this movie.

  • Hilton 2022-03-23 09:01:07

    That bloody money, that bleak life, cruel but powerful.

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.