I just returned from the Cinema - after all, I couldn't resist to watch the film dubbed because I'll have to wait for a screening of the original version a few more weeks and I was sooo anxious to see it. The German dubbing fortunately was one of the best and most careful I've heard in a long time (probably since "Inland Empire" and "Death Proof") and it did the film no harm. (Just listen to the German Trailer, doesn't it sound adequate?) 

Like A's, my feelings about the film are a bit uneven. It took my breath away and sometimes I couldn't believe what a timeless and grand piece of mature, pure filmmaking I was watching on the screen of a Multiplex - this film definitely has the potential to become a classic (I know that this has already been said by many but it's a miracle nevertheless - how many future classics came up within the last years, especially from the USA?) as it's not devoted to the stylistics and the criterias of today's cinema. But I had the feeling I was climbing a steep rock face without getting really hold of it, just finding a few ledges to climb further but slipping back all the time, only touching the surface of a film that was just to profound to be unlocked within one viewing. 

If Anderson (I wasn't really a fan of his lately though I liked all of his films - now things may change) will develop himself further in the future, he'll might become one of America's most interesting auteurs - he just started his career, more or less. If he keep moving, I wouldn't guess what unearthly individual films he'll make in 10, 15 years... 

In "There Will Be Blood", it's finally obvious which position he keeps upon his characters. He behaves like god - not in a spiritual or arrogant manner but in a moralistic. God loves the people but he doesn't love their sins - that's some kind of key sentence to receipe Anderson's films and while I wasn't sure if Anderson was just a strong, conservative moralist while watching "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia" three years ago, I know think his position is beyond any self-righteous condemnation of his characters. He loves them. 

9/10 (No 25-Point-Rating, the former is just an attempt to demonstrate my reverence to a film which left me with insecure feelings but a strong impression.) I'm looking forward to many future rewatches and the screening of the original version. 

PS: I'll try to read nothing about the film until I feel confident enought about my own point of view, so I'll avoid your reviews for the moment, sorry. I don't like being influenced by others if my mind is a bit inconstant about a film.