Jeff, nice review thread you have here

I just found your thread the other day and I have to say I'm impressed by your diversity of film watching! You really have a wide range of films reviewed here so far...Including classic era Hollywood 30s-50s which is my favorite.
Days of Heaven
Like in Badlands, Malick uses a teenage female narrator (Linda), which gives a film a certain dose of innocence and purity as the narrator clearly isn't aware of her surroundings.
I like what you wrote there. I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right...the young girl narrator isn't omnipotent, which leaves a sense of wonderment at the world Malick shows us.
The cinematography in film is gorgeus, from a masterful field shots to an earth elements theme, the visual poetry that Mallick presented is breathtaking and captivating.
So true, it really is beautifully filmed.
The acting from main characters is very subtle and almost understated , which gives film a dream-like and surreal atmosphere, but it also made it kind of difficult to connect with the characters on an emotional level.
That's very astute. I was impressed with the cinematography, but felt underwhelmed by the story. But now that you mentioned it, I bet that's because the acting is subtle and mostly we movie watchers have been programmed to be
told what to feel by heavy handed fast edits and over glorious music scores. But
Days of Heaven doesn't spoon feed us emotions, it lets us discover them for ourselves.
I don't say this often, but your review has changed my mind on
Days of Heaven and I really feel I need to rewatch it again. Enjoyed your review!