But when he gets baptized he does his best to do as little as possible to acquire the land, and when that doesn’t work he finally drops his guard and openly shows actual emotion. Those three lines he speaks about his son are powerful, and as quickly as he says them he throws his walls back up and attempts to get the hell out of there as quickly as possible. It’s a rare moment of honesty and vulnerability from a man that detests such actions out of anyone else. I think that clearly demonstrates that Daniel is willing to do anything simply to succeed.

And every scene after that Daniel descends into a bitter vitriolic mess quicker then he could beg for the blood of Christ.

****HUGE SPOILER****
It isn’t a coincidence that the second person Daniel kills is out of pure glee compared to the first, which was the result of Daniel being betrayed. The first occurred before the baptism, while the second was well after. Before the baptism Daniel had some semblence of self-control, while after he cared about no one but himself.

that sucks about the subtitles, glad you figured it out though, I was prepared to not go buy the DVD because of that. Lame.

Having a hard time finding the difference between the two DVDs online. I’ll take a look when I get to Best Buy one of these days.

potential spoiler** HERE**

**just a description of a scene from THERE WILL BE BLOOD**

I don’t know Matt. You think he’s definitely seeling his soul there? It seems to me he’s just doing what must be done in order to get the land. I thinkhe’s trying to placate the people in the church and the way in which he does it is humorous – I’m not wrong on the humorous account. I wasn’t the only one chuckling (Colin Covert).

However, it seems that as the scene wears on, he does sort of get into it and start feeling “the power.” That’s what makes the scene confounding. Is he sincere or is he just going with the flow. It’s one of the better scenes in the film, but for me, “powerful” isn’t the word I would use to describe it.

someone fucked up.

whats the difference betwen the single disc and special edition? is the SE longer? I was really pissed watching the DVD at times, theres is no ‘official’ subtitled track that matches what would have been with the theatrical version, its a completely DVD-centric for the hard of hearing subtitle track that includes anytime anyone coughs, puts up music notes for the soundtrack, throws up IN ENGLISH: and IN FRENCH: for when people are switching between languages. parts like with Buscemi shouldnt be watched with subtitles.. basically, i was flipping around with the DVD remote turning the subtitles on and off throughout watching it. sucks.

I thought the baptism scene was not all that powerful… more like confounding with a touch of humor (“gimme the water lord – I’m ready for the cleansing”) – the way he says it is pretty funny. My theater was chuckling anyway.