What the fuck was his problem?

What the fuck was his problem?

There's a new kind of mean in him. He is angry and he's hunting.

Butthurt because his brother was always smarter and generally better than him.

DRAINAGE

I
DRINK
YOUR
MILKSHAKE

He's a hothead.

He wasn't being kept in a glass jar on some shelf

HE WAS THE AFTERBIRTH

SLITHERED OUT ON HIS MOTHER'S FILTH

Was Eli gay? Was that the implication at the end?

I'M FINISHED !

My man that was the "implication" throughout the whole movie.

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This is the only real American cinematic masterpiece since the 70s, since Apocalypse Now.

Bowling pins are harder than skulls

Where else was it implied? Obviously he was kind of effeminate but that's just how Classic is, and he's not gay. I took it at the end with him talking about the handsome boy going out to California and how he has sinned so much etc.

Eli Sunday was somewhat mentally disordered, to the point that he once impersonated a false twin brother "Paul", to bring an oilman to his town and get some excitement going. After this incident, Eli compartmentalized and dissociated his false alter ego, even confusingly mentioning this "brother" while beating his father. Nevertheless, Eli was deeply religious and a skillful actor, which allowed him to build and grow a church.

However, it is also reasonable to suppose that Eli Sunday was homosexual, as he never had any known female companionship (apart from his family and the old women of his congregation). Moreover, Eli make vague references to wicked desires that he himself experiences, during the final scene.

The twin brother was real.

The implication is that both Plainview and Eli were terrible shitty people willing to do anything to get ahead, only that Plainview was in PLAIN VIEW and Eli was hiding behind the church/religion but deep down he was just as opportunistic and cruel as Plainview

Never really understood why he got murdered in the end.

HE WANTED TO BE IN THE GAME

But Plainview hide behind Mammon.

They where both deplorable people who died bitter and alone.

He got murdered because he was weak, and this is a movie about business.

And why did he pour three drinks when it was just he and Daniel at the bowling alley?

because the movie was about to come to an end and there had to be blood

you must be a beta male or a woman. you have never felt the joyful rush of bloodlust. the feeling of crushing another man with your own hands.

One for God.

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excellent post