There Will Be ‘Blah.’

So, I agree that Daniel Day-Lewis certainly deserved his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but seriously, what was the point of “There Will Be Blood?”I understand that it is a story about greed, and the ‘blood’ is both figurative and literal, as Daniel Plainview stomps all over everyone to get to the top.   But I sat there thinking, should this really be a 3 hour long movie?  With how much they left out skipping years at a time, would it have really hurt to leave out a little more?I was never entirely bored, and I still find myself quoting Plainview (“I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!”), but honestly, to have a 3 hour movie that ended like this one, with no real conclusion … I felt like I wasted my time. I’m not going to deny that the film definitely has strong points.  A fine debut from the kid who plays Plainview’s son, not to mention what should have been an Oscar-nominated performance by Paul Dano (“I am a false prophet.  God is a superstition!”)  I just don’t see what they were trying to show with the film.  Any ideas?