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Originally Posted by The Mothman
i cant really see how anyone could think differently. it was so incredibly slow moving. At times i thought it would pick up, there would be intense music, and the camera would pan over some mountains...and that was it. Anti-climactic. The scenes of conflict between Daniel Day and Paul Dano were awesome, could have used some more of that. everything in between felt like random, uneventful scenes strung together. The ending was worth sitting through the entire 3 hours however.
"I drink your milkshake!"
Still think the title is misleading. no blood in the literal sense, I suppose its in a metaphorical sense, but i still didnt see it.
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i won't argue that it wasn't slow-paced, because it was. that was the point, i felt. the lack of physical action was filled with a brooding tension, and the fact that there was so much going on beneath the surface. you have a man descending into madness, essentially, drilling for oil in the middle of nowhere. for a sparse tale like that, i thought the pacing was perfect.
as for the promise of blood, it's quite literal too:
****SPOILER!!!********
when plainview bashes eli's head in with a bowling pin, there's quite a sizable pool of blood gathering right next to daniel as he's sitting down on the bowling lane.