Comments on: Legendary Characters: Daniel Plainview

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:48:55 +0000

I just have a question if anyone know its. What role does Religion play in this movie?

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By: Sahil

Sahil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:31:17 +0000

I still dont understand the fasination for this film. I liked it but I didnt love it like everyone. I would give it a 7/10.

By: Willy

Willy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:10:24 +0000

Daniel Plainview takes the Klingon Proverb: “Revenge is a dish best served cold” to new heights.

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By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:05:52 +0000

I am pretty sure it was a combination of H.W. finding out about the con man, and the fact that his father was now spending time with him.

Later in the film when Plainview gets a hold of his brothers diary, the pages are charred from the incident.

By: Amish_Bill

Amish_Bill — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:59:14 +0000

Doug and Kristina,

Agreed. I also think there’s a parallel to the fact that the son is walking out on his “father” much like Daniel did to him years ago on the train.

As a side note, do you think H.W. set fire to the cabin because he figured out the “brother” of Daniel was a con man, or was it because he was just jealous or was he nutters from going deaf? I haven’t figured that out yet.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:42:14 +0000

About the “bastard in a basket” line…I really believe that he was saying that shit more to save face than to hurt the kid. As much as he wants to act like a hardass, he really did love that little boy, and the thought of his own son(well, not really his own, but hell, you raise him, he’s yours) turning his back on him was the last straw. In any relationship, the scorned party tries to save face by tearing into the other person. That moment was more about Daniel’s need to protect his ego than it was about hurting HW.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:17:32 +0000

His relationship with his son would be another article of equal length. I figured it may be best to leave the son out when I wrote the piece. It may have been a mistake.

His relationship with his son shows us a window into his human side. As time passes, his compassion and trust seem to fade into nothingness. When his madness reaches a fevered pitch, he casts out his own son (that by all accounts he should be proud of). Who knows why his son’s desire to strike out on his own upset him so. Perhaps he was offended that he didn’t want to be part of the family business – or disgusted that money that could be his, was going elsewhere.

The scene with the son was one of the most disturbing of the film – I am in agreement.

By: Amish_Bill

Amish_Bill — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:59:10 +0000

Great recap Doug, though you made no mention of Plainview’s relationship with his son which was a major story line throughout the movie. I would argue that the climax of that relationship was as powerful and moving as when he dispatched Eli Sunday.

“Just a bastard in a basket”. You’ve got to be a cold-hearted SOB to say that over and over again. He didn’t physically murder H.W. but he sure did psychologically.