The Tree of Life
My 4th Malick film after Badlands, Days of Heaven, and The Thin Red Line, all pretty good movies. I don't feel like it's a particularly impressive resume for a director who seems to be held in such high regard, unless it's predominantly attributed to how his movies look. This movie looks amazing, although I will say it's the simple moments that wowed me. The 10 minute sequence after about 20 minutes in and the end sequence didn't do much for me. It was during these times that I felt the movie was trying to do too much, and I also believe these are the same times when the film's fans will say wow look how deep this is. Because otherwise, is this a deep film or an amazingly simple one? I think most of the movie is extremely basic, but there's extraordinary beauty in that, even if it's a very somber ride. I loved most of this movie but there were times when it fell flat. Malick is supremely talented but he ain't no Kubrick.
My 4th Malick film after Badlands, Days of Heaven, and The Thin Red Line, all pretty good movies. I don't feel like it's a particularly impressive resume for a director who seems to be held in such high regard, unless it's predominantly attributed to how his movies look. This movie looks amazing, although I will say it's the simple moments that wowed me. The 10 minute sequence after about 20 minutes in and the end sequence didn't do much for me. It was during these times that I felt the movie was trying to do too much, and I also believe these are the same times when the film's fans will say wow look how deep this is. Because otherwise, is this a deep film or an amazingly simple one? I think most of the movie is extremely basic, but there's extraordinary beauty in that, even if it's a very somber ride. I loved most of this movie but there were times when it fell flat. Malick is supremely talented but he ain't no Kubrick.