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Eli Sunday and Daniel Plainview are two of the best characters I have seen in a movie in a long time.
I watched this the other day, and it definitely lived up to the hype. The way that both Sunday and Plainview dealt with one another during the movie wasincredible to see.
Spoilers below
From the church scene where Sunday made Plainview say "I have abandoned my child," to the bowling alley scene where Plainview made Sunday say "Iam a false prophet, God is a superstition," my goodness.....
Also, when Plainview disowned his son towards the end of the movie was straight up ruthless...as if abandoning him on a train after he went deaf earlier in themovie wasn't enough
I just can't say enough about the acting.
I read this on another website:
I watched this the other day, and it definitely lived up to the hype. The way that both Sunday and Plainview dealt with one another during the movie wasincredible to see.
Spoilers below
From the church scene where Sunday made Plainview say "I have abandoned my child," to the bowling alley scene where Plainview made Sunday say "Iam a false prophet, God is a superstition," my goodness.....
Also, when Plainview disowned his son towards the end of the movie was straight up ruthless...as if abandoning him on a train after he went deaf earlier in themovie wasn't enough
I just can't say enough about the acting.
I read this on another website:
Daniel is a learned, self-made man who understands that we are what we make of ourselves. Everything he has, he worked for.
He looks at Eli and sees someone very much like him in some ways - manipulative, charming, crafty, silver-tongued - and yet completely the opposite in other ways. Eli has never worked a day in his life - notice that while Daniel is often down in the oil himself - especially in the early days - Eli does not pick up a single tool in the film. When his church is being renovated, Eli merely walks along the floor boards, watching the work go on.
Daniel is disgusted by Eli's idea that he is somehow "entitled" to money and power. He is also disgusted because he can see that Eli (like, I daresay, most people who ask for money on the behalf of the divine) does NOT believe what he is doing or saying.
What do you think of Eli not picking up a tool during the whole movie? Interesting observation....
Like I said before, the movie lived up to the hype. Did you all enjoy it?