Critique of the ending of “There will be Blood”

After reading Orr’s critique of the ending of “There will be Blood”, I have formulated my own thought based on his ideas. The movie itself was a masterpiece. I loved every second of it and felt the emotion, the action and the step-by-step story going into the conclusion. The conclusion, however, was one that I did not expect and to tell you the truth, I wasn’t that satisfied with it. I agree with Orr, that the whole movie was great and it definately deserves praise, awards and fame. This movie was quite genious in explaining the internal battle between capitalism and christianity and the external battle between the conpetitions held in capitalist money-making. Throughout the film, you feel and see the swith of Daniel Plainview from a man of once high morals and perseverance to one with greed, exess perseverance and lack of care not only for himself but for the world around him. “I hate everyone”, well we all got to see that in the film. For a movie like this, the ending was unsatisfactory. A great movie, deserves a great ending but the ending contained shows lack of information, childly gestures which destroy the seriousness of the situation between Eli and Daniel. I also think that the ending could of maybe contained a bit more information with what happens to H.W. Plainview, which is a character that played a significant role in the film. Simply telling him that he is “an orphan” a “bastard from the basket” and having him walk off with no more participation in the film left me unsatisfied. Overall the film is a masterpiece and a work of art, but the ending could have been way better.

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