There Will Be Blood/YMMV


 * Complete Monster: Zig-Zagging Trope. Throughout the film, whether or not Daniel possesses any redeeming qualities is constantly being toyed with.  Good luck trying to explore this trope any more thoroughly.
 * Frankly, the ending could be interpreted in several ways, too.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: The whole "I drink your milkshake!" lines. Depending on how you saw it, it could either be this or a Narm. Or both.
 * And, to a lesser extent, "Draaaaaaaiiinage!"
 * The entire ending scene in the bowling alley. It's as if the entire film was building up to . It's incredibly cathartic.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The use of Arvo Pärt's Fratres is good, but it's all about Jonny Greenwood's Convergence, a cacophonous, arrhythmic dirge that plays over the oilwell fire sequence.
 * The third movement of Brahm's "Violin Concerto in D" is used twice in the film. The second time it serves as the music for the credits, which obviously occur right after the ending. The Soundtrack Dissonance alone makes it excellent.
 * Memetic Mutation: The milkshake line again.
 * Moral Event Horizon: There are a number of possible justifications for Daniel's behavior, right up until he starts yelling . Then its all goes downhill.
 * Narm / Narm Charm: Splits the opinions of the milkshake lines even further.
 * Also, "Bastard from a basket!"
 * "Well you're a meanie from jerktown."
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * It's a pretty disturbing film.
 * It's intriguing that most of the nightmare fuel comes from the soundtrack playing over what are mostly pastoral landscapes in West Texas. On multiple viewings, though, the nightmare fuel shifts to being Daniel Plainview himself.
 * Oscar Snub: Paul Dano went surprisingly unlauded.
 * Pitting Dano against Javier Bardem is pretty unfair to both of them, though.
 * Pitting Dano against Javier Bardem is pretty unfair to both of them, though.