There Will Be Blood vs. The Mosquito Coast

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And why, pray tell, would I pit these two masterpieces against each other?
Because I can.

No. Actually, they do have important things in common.
Terrific performances by Daniel Day-Lewis in TWBB and River Phoenix in TMQ, but I guess that's not enough to make a comparison.
But both films feature a doomed fanatic: oil tycoon Daniel Plainview and eco-techno Frankenstein Allie Fox, two men with a plan to escape society.
Also, both men have to deal with a benign Preacher character and both feuds end in violence.
While big accidents are fairly common in frontiersman stories, the explosions in both these films prove to be very signficant.
The Mosquito Coast is the last place where you'd expect an explosion to happen, and it looks impressive and truly horrific.

If someone told me, you can have only one of these two movies...I don't think I could make that choice. Could you?



Great comparison! Both films explore obsession and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Each protagonist’s downfall is fascinating to watch.
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There Will be Blood is amazing, and it's flawless.

The photography, the direction, the acting, the music are all better than The Mosquito Coast if you want my opinion.
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Never thought of the similarities between the two movies but I see them now and in terms of pure entertainment, I have to give it to The Mosquito Coast by a hair



Not quiet on par with it thematically (there's enough similiarities), but I can't stop thinking about The Brutalist and how it'll fare against TWBB in a poll, given a few years...