"I drink your milkshake"

Watching There Will Be Blood in DVD made me regret not watching it in the big screen when it first came out.  It might not have CGI effects that seem to embody almost every major Hollywood movie that is being released.  Its cast can hardly be called stellar.  But what it does have is Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview.  No, let me rephrase that, Daniel Day-Lewis IS Daniel Plainview.  His performance as an oil prospector gave me goosebumps, to put it mildly.  He was nothing short of brilliant and truly deserving of all the awards he got for his performance.  

 The performance of Paul Dano as Eli Sunday should also be commended.  I hated him at sight. One of the most memorable moments for me were the last scenes between Daniel and Eli.  The title of this post is actually taken from that confrontation.  I think I need to have myself checked because of how much I relished what happened to Eli during those last moments.

The movie is almost 3 hours long but it is so rich and so vibrant that in the end, it seems as if 3 hours is not enough.  I know that I don't have the words to fully capture the brilliance of this movie so I won't even try.  My only wish is that they make more movies like this.  Kudos to Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis and the rest of the people behind this masterpiece.