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Originally Posted by Pastiche
The movie wasn't about Plainview's conflict with other people. It was about the conflict within himself.
That may be too elevated or high horse for you but, not for me. I enjoy more subtle and still deeply moving conflict within robust and well-acted characters.
You seem to want to cheapen or dumb down the movie so that it's a readily identifiable plot using standard story mechanisms. yawn...
You would.
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What conflict within himself?
The "i'll keep the kid because his cute face will appeal to people - i'll send the kid away because he can't hear me and set the house on fire - i'll take the kid back because....i forgot why, guess i wasn't sitting enough - i'll tell the kid he's adopted because...he wants his own company" conflict?
Or the "this weirdo claims he's my bro, has a paper in his pocket (that proves everything!), i'll drag him around pointlessly then when he asks me for money for a ho i figure out he's a fake (because really, a real brother would NEVER do that!) so i kill him" conflict?
Please...