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Starring: Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Fiona Shaw, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan
Director(s): Terrence Malick
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 7.1 out of 10 (50060 votes)
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
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Danny Blankenship (24 May 2012)
Complex and unique different look at life and death showing it's tied to nature, growth, afterlife, animals, and the universe.
I must say that a film like "The Tree of Life" is one that may requirea second viewing before you understand it's point and meaning. Asdirector Terrence Malick's film is a complex journey of the growth oflife and death and his enchanting and very bold universe type visualsare complex and mind challenging, yet they prove that everything allthru the universe is connected to one or the other. This visual themeis just the ground and frame for his flashback story of how a now grownman remembers his time growing up with family and the loss of onebrother.This epic done in flashback style shows how a now grown up JackO'Brien(Sean Penn)recalls his upbringing and childhood as it followshis journey from childhood to that of an adult. Jack the oldest ofthree boys remembers good times yet sees that his Texas family wasflawed and they were meant to fracture especially his tough as nailsyet loving authority type father Mr. O' Brien(Brad Pitt). Lovingmemories are shown of Jack's mother Mrs. O'Brien(Jessica Chastain) asshe was the boys loving overprotective shoulder to cry on.Overall many may not like this work it's complex and visually connectedto themes of love, death, memories and faith making a film that onemust think while watching. Still it proves that nature, life, and loveare connected all thru the universe in many forms with many type ofbeings. Really wonderful and different complex work from TerrenceMalick.
dylanmcarthur (24 May 2012)
Words can not express the beauty of this film
I don't understand how anyone can see this film and not be astonished.Its magnitude, its fearlessness, the brilliance of the film-makingitself, its respect of and love for the human ordeal, its sheerevocative power, all of it overwhelms. When I read reviews that condemnit as pretentious, I am reminded of the words of Christ(I'm noChristian, but the man has some great lines): "To those who have, morewill be given". I think that if you have an original spark, a flare ofwonder within, you will be set alight by this film. If not, you won't.Brad Pitt says he chose to be a part of "Tree of Life" because it "haslegs", meaning it will last. He's right. This movie will enchant,inspire and amaze people for many years to come.
contact-710-569592 (23 May 2012)
An insult to cinema
The movie "The Tree of Life" is a pretentious pile of crap, whilewatching I was thinking at all the things I could do instead, then Imoaned my £4... Never been so angry at a director, anyone who likesthat film won't be my friend anymore.Bottom line it is an insult to cinema, not even worth talking about thestoryline (God complex) or the waste of the actors' talent for thatmatter.Compared to Terrence Malick, Lars von Trier is master of entertainmentand I rather stick needles dipped in acid into my eyes than enduringDogville again..You've been warned!
reviewerfilm (22 May 2012)
An impressive 'work'
I've given it the title of a 'work' as opposed to a film. Those goingto the cinema to watch an entertainment film are not going to get whatthey expected. It is perhaps the expectations that have resulted insuch polarised reviews (mainly 1's or 10's).The film is possibly best watched in the comfort of your own home, asit's not really a weekend cinema outing type of film. It possibly takesa couple of viewings to understand and appreciate it.I've given it 10/10 because it deserves appretiation for the work,cinematography, and boldness of subject matter. To give it 1 out of 10is an indication of not liking or understanding the film, which is notthe same as saying it is a 'bad' film.For those that have not seen it, I can best describe it as closer to anatural history and evolution documentary/drama, than a summerblockbuster.
Chris Beach (17 May 2012)
Tree of Boredom
It's epic. The cast is stellar and there are wonderful pieces ofcinematography. But that's where it ends, sadly.The Tree of Life is an alarmingly pretentious, pious movie. One minutewe're seeing a bereaved mother call out to God, and the next minutewe're up flying around the universe with some stock Discovery-channelvideo clips of the wonder of universe. Later we see an embarrassinglypointless scene featuring two dinosaurs. If this evokes somethingprofound in you, please explain it to me. Questions are asked aboutGod, but nothing original. "Are you out there?" is about as far as thismovie gets.I'm sure the movie will connect with male critics who grew up insimilarly emotionally stunted circumstances in religious Texas. For therest of us it's nothing more than sordid intellectual masturbation.
Smarlie Chen (16 May 2012)
definitely on my worst list for decades...
I'm a fan of Tarkovsky and Bela Tarr, but even saying this film isTarkovsky-like is an insult to Tarkovsky.This is all about the basic of the film language,abstract/art/non-narrative (whatever you name it) film is nothingdifferent. The camera movements, jump cuts, POV changing, paces,everything exist for a reason. But The Tree of Life is just a disasterto me. It requires a lot more than putting plenty short clips of imagetogether to create the right flow for a non-narrative film. the pace ofthis film feels like singing every notes in a song at the same length.the intention of a lot of cuts and POV changing is not clear. (I can goon and on......)The cinematography is great. The music/sound design provides a moreclear idea about what this film tries to achieve, but the image-flowjust completely fail to build the same.
ccs-5 (14 May 2012)
A staggeringly bad movie, exquisitely filmed
A strong contender for the most boring, laughably pretentious "majoraward-winning" film ever made.Completely lacking in what most people consider a plot, The Tree ofLife is an extraordinarily tedious chronicle of a family, and thetrials and tribulations of their largely uninteresting lives. There isvery little dialog, and a large percentage of it is a failed attempt atbeing simple, yet somehow cosmically meaningful.Then there's the pseudo-mystical ending -- which most viewers willnever see because they will have stopped watching long before -- whichis disappointing, absurd, and ultimately an insulting attempt by theauteur to foist his half-baked philosophy on the by-now brain-deadaudience.Technically the film is extremely well made, though, and a lot of thephotography, camera-work, etc., is outstanding. The actors do a fairlygood job too, with what they are given. But all of these efforts aretotally wasted because of the hopelessly dull story line.
Samantha Stevens (14 May 2012)
What's not to get
There are a handful of truly great directors- Kubrick, Tarkovskiy, andnow Terence Malick- who forget about narrative and the audience's needfor answers, and make movies that are simply the most amazing visualand emotional meditations on a theme. Let's be honest, on firstviewing, The Tree of Life doesn't make any sense, but Kubrick's 2001, aSpace Odyssey didn't make any sense, either, along with Tarkovskiy'sSolaris. I predict that in a few years the Tree of Life will make itonto everyone's top 100 movies of all time, maybe even top ten... therehas to be a place in our hearts I think for directors who make moviesabout the wonder of cinema, and in Malick's case, the wonder ofchildhood, and life, and love.
markorop (13 May 2012)
Tree of life 2 3D soon?
Yes, my review contains spoiler, the "movie" though, is a spoileritself.I actually thought it passed 40 minutes, watching the first 15 minutes(and i have to say one of my favorite movies, Jeanne Dielman takes morethan 3 hours, almost "nothing" happens and it passes much to soon). Ilike slow movies but this movie is like watching some kind of DVD introscreen of some kind of national geographic epic whatever in an endlessloop.After 50 minutes i was like.. is this it? It all seemed to be similarto movie "Home", accept that there you have this Holly Mother Natureand here you are stuck to God. Although this God is more like a HDpropaganda of achievements of western science and (film) technologiescompletely overloaded with very disturbing and penetrating music(though otherwise i like classical music). From time to time deep malevoice says things like "Mother" or "Oh, why are we here?" reminding meof "Oh, why am i here, watching this?" Story.. Oh, some kid dies in war i guess, and mother's emotions flipinto some pathetic loop of photo-shop big bangs, dinosaurs scenes,waterfalls, space images etc.. that take like forever... after showingall of the possibly imaginable clichés, including dozen of sunsets andangelic chorus music, tears in slow motion etc. ,"story" finally seemsto go on..seems so. next hour enlighten us with very "smart and poetic" Oedipuscomplex sequences, another remix of "Oh, father, oh, mother" whisperedlines and "great performance" by Jessica Chastein, playing a more orless dumb model (accept from time to time saying "Shhhh, shh.") for oldfashion luxury clothes and Valium. She and Brad Pitt must have had anintern competition- who is going to kiss the kids more often in thisepic saga of nonsense. I guess this is next to sunsets and scenes wherepeople are observing their hands illuminated by a kind of wannabeEdwardHopperish light falling through windows with windy curtains oneof the central loop pictures in the movie. "Happyness is love." "Oh, God..." As i thought nothing can go more wrong, there is thisepilogue, showing people gazing at a sandy beach that should representsomething like Heaven, hugging, kissing and doing other politicallycorrect things and a sequence of a sunflower field and Sean Pennstanding and laughing in front of a some sort of Wall Street background(after his attempt in something which looks a lot like a bad remake ofthe famous desert end scene from Pasolinis Teorema).I did not find this movie only very trivial but also insulting by beingreally have-to-see-it-to-believe-it pretentious. It was perverted andshallow. It tries to tell something like, how important it is to loveand be spiritual blah blah blah and how materialism and money etc.don't mean nothing. sure, i definitely believe in words of wisdom andhumbleness from a director, getting and spending millions on this kindof crap. I was so happy this director did not use Erbarme dich fromJ.S. Bach in this movie, cause it would ruin it for me, like it ruinedVltava from B.Smetana used in an utterly disrespectfully way here. Itslike using Schubert in commercials for dishwashers or something...Another thing that really scared me or made me mad, was thisfetishistic way how people are shown. People in movie look like somekind of Arians. Even the "sick child" without hair looks like a CalvinKlein model. All in all cast looks like a cast from some hair productor perfume commercial. At the same time it tries to be critical (oreven not really) towards the family model of 50s, but everything isshown in a way you just want to go there and live that perfect littlelife there. Its very nostalgic in a very disturbing way. We can evenaccept Brads characters machismo and golden watch on his hand, since hecan also play piano and therefore holding mouth shut (what woman andchildren are to do, when he is around) kind of makes more sense. Themovie aesthetic glorifies Nature and Man, but all of this Beauty isshown in a very high-class, stylish, HD, modified, superfied,polished.. very unnatural way, discriminating all the other aspects ofBeauty, reminding me of Nazism ideology. This movie is not a movie opened for discussions. Watching it felt likeshut up and adore me. I am so humble and deep.This may get the Oscar... its even more pathetic than Avatar and itteaches people how to give their hands from money back to God, which isa good business idea before the awaited apocalypses in next year.summary: whispered "God, NO!"
nolketessa (12 May 2012)
A sad achievement first time I walked out of a movie
*** This review definitely contains spoilers ***Wow, just scrolling over the user reviews here shows that the opinionsare very much mixed on this film. I am sorry to say that I am with theones that are negative about this film.Yesterday I went to see "The Tree Of Life" with high expectations. I amnot familiar with Terrence Malick's movies but I was drawn by the namesof Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. Quality stuff or so I thought. This is nowthe first time EVER that I walked out of a movie and - mind you - Ihave seen quite a few, ranging from very very good to very very dull.This one I found unbearable.I am a sucker for slow storytelling and it takes a lot for me to find amovie too slow, but something is not right when I start thinking tomyself while I am watching the beginning: "OK, they could have leftthis out". At the BEGINNING of a movie! All the way through the firsthalf hour I was thinking: "when is this movie actually going to start?"To me, that first half hour did not contain any storytelling. Afterendless images of beautiful landscapes (very befitting aBBC-documentary) with a very odd short bit about dinosaur-likecreatures in there I thought there was finally going to be some sort ofstory. And there was, to my relief, albeit not a real story in my viewbut more a collection of short scenes. However it clearly depicted thefamily dynamics and gave a good impression of the tyranny of the BradPitt character.And then, without rhyme or reason, the family moves house and asequence of incomprehensible scenes (for example the one in whichcharacters of past and present mingle on the beach) begins all overagain. This, combined with the whispered comments (those really got onmy nerves) all through the movie were too much for me and I decided tocall it a night. I am not proud of walking out but I really couldn'ttake it any longer, especially since I knew I was only about two thirdsin. I was not the first one to leave the cinema by the way.It has to be said that the imagery and photography of this movie wereflawless, but that is really all the praise I can give. I just did notunderstand it, obviously I am too thick for this kind of movie.A loose thing that bothered me is that the son who dies is 19 yearsold, but the actress playing his mother (Jessica Chastain) does notlook a day older than 25 when she receives the telegram about his deathright at the beginning of the movie. I was irritated by that right awayand that stayed with me all the way through. Changing a woman's hairfrom 'down' to 'up' does not necessarily make her look older, Terrence.A little bit more effort in that respect would have been good.I am happy that there are reviews here giving this movie 10 out of 10,because that only shows that movie-goers are a diverse audience. Achacun son goût! It was just not mon goût.
brucemcurran (11 May 2012)
A Gaggle of Babble
The Tree of Life - I saw this movie on its opening night here in Makati- no-one had any names in the movie, Sean Penn did not say a word inthe movie, Tree of Strife was my first re-naming, then Tree ofNonsense, and Tree of No Names. I was expecting an intelligent deepreflective mind promoting movie...but instead my mind emptied into avacuum of nothingness while the guy behind me started snoring, and 2others were busy rustling their plastic food bags to at least get theirtaste senses moving. Some brilliant shots of planets, jellyfish, athoughtful predatory dinosaur (the deepest thinker in the movie). Thenit was back to the main plot with the dis-functional family. I wenthome with only recollections of rock formation's planetary explosions,a wonder for nature and a confirmation that the USA is brilliant atcreating and living in a world of obsessive irrelevance. I plead to therest of the world to be keen and be aware and to take pity on thechildishness and destructive nature of irrationality!
corina_yoana (11 May 2012)
"Unless you love,your life will flash by"
An extraordinary movie!Even though I didn't cry,I was definitelyshaking.It has a really strong meaning,for us to care more aboutspiritual things,and relationships,and accept everybody as they are,notby trying to change them,but changing us.Absolutely stunning filming!It has wonderful scenes,and few lines.Maybethis is why everybody understands it differently.Nature,windows,lightare combining our way through life.This is not a typical movie,as i have said,it has really few lines,andi strongly recommend it only for people who would like to feel strongemotions through images.Also,first 40-50 minutes are quite slow,and abit static,but do not give up on it.The most important message is,in myopinion,the fact that we must accept our fate in order to leave inpeace,and evolve in our thinking by approaching to others,actually justevolve,be superior to all sad emotions,and feel the connection betweenus,the universe,and The Creator of it,may you call it as you want.Icall him God.
MisterWilliamTell (10 May 2012)
Projections of Thought and Being
Terrence Malick, the director and screenwriter of "The Tree of Life",an artist that, including this feature, has only directed five, andthat remains unseen in public, constructed a picture that doesn't onlyshock and impress and outrage, but is Mr. Malick's masterpiece, hisstroke of genius. This new picture, wonderfully called "The Tree ofLife", involves the story of a boy's childhood that is composed by theadult memories of that same boy, Jack (as an adult, Sean Penn; as ayoung boy Hunter McCracken). Thinking about "The Tree of Life": youwon't be seeing a better picture this year.And really the film happens in Jack's memories, it rarely occurs in thepresent  leaving Mr. Penn quite lost in the middle of the modernsimplicity of the film (but never nonetheless speechless). Memories ofmother, father and son (and at times Jack's brothers) make the featureinto a family picnic filled with flowering performances, the freshsmell of nature and grass and still the little salty flavor of scienceand sci-fi  a complete meal.We trace the evolution of Jack  always through memories - in theMidwest, who is one of three brothers. At first, the world seemsmarvellous to the child. He sees everything as his mother does, withthe eyes of his soul. "There are two ways through life: the way ofNature, and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you'llfollow."  says Mrs. O'Brien (Jessica Chastain), Jack's mother, in thebeginning of the film. This character, which is a simple, true person,that represents love and mercy, reveals to be, as Jack's father (BradPitt)  a father that tries to teach his son the world's way, ofputting oneself first - a very important influence in his childhood.These two very different personalities shape Jack into the man that henow is.Therefore these two characters  mother and father  are in the filmrepresenting "nature and Grace", and because of their differences theirmarriage is also not the best. But they are everything Jack needs tobecome a good man, and it is as he has his first glimpses of sickness,suffering and death that the world, once a thing of glory, becomes alabyrinth.It is in between all his childhood memories that the (simple andcomplex) questions of life are brought up: he - and his mother - areconstantly making the most important questions, addressed to God, itseems, and focusing in the matters of the creation of the world, thebehaviour of the world, death and the existence of a God. Mostly"Why?". And what is so fascinating about this story (which can almostbe suggested as "lacking of drama") is that it speaks about mattersthat we can't, or just haven't, spoken about. Perhaps we don't thinkabout these subjects because they might bring up questions that are toodifficult to answer (or rather impossible) that we chose not even tosay them. Perhaps we just don't have enough strength to take them andconfess we don't know the answers. Or perhaps we just don't want tounderestimate the answers that we do know, or that perhaps by lookingfor them we might be offending God (the God some think exists  noteverybody -; the God we so much love and hate, for the questions andanswers He gives and doesn't give).Therefore these ideas instantly spread through the room and infiltrateyour mind very strongly: you will (like it happened to me) be thinkingabout the film a week after you've seen it. And this is what makes thisfilm unique and creative, and fresh. Mr. Malick had the guts to saywhat we didn't (but what we think about); Mr. Malick did what everybodydidn't (but wanted to); Mr. Malick awakes us with his film to reallife. Mr. Malick is awake himself.And together with a score (by Alexandre Desplat) brought from theHeavens, the result is the excellence of "The Tree of Life". There isno film, from all the ones I've seen, that brings such meaning andreality up; that clarifies, through two different characters, the wayof Nature and the way of Grace. That asks so many unanswered questions;that has such a power-full script. That seems to speak to God; thatrevolts and provokes anger, love and mind, involving such complexmatters of both faith and science. "The Tree of Life" relates to somany important points of being, mostly a filled childhood: again, "TheTree of Life" is excellence. Finally, and as you might already have understood, this film wasn'tmade to answer  we don't have any answers -, it wasn't made tounderstand  we cannot possibly understand -, "The Tree of Life" wasmade to pure, free and enlighten our minds. It completely and perfectlydoes.http://movienthusiastic.blogspot.com/
chriswhitley (09 May 2012)
Through the wringer inside out !!!
Having seen and marvelled at Days of Heaven,I caught up with this filmat a one off showing a couple of months ago. Most of the audience wasmid to senior age range. 15-20 mins in the exodus had started.I felt drawn in to the emotional experience without reallyunderstanding all of the meaning. By the end I was quite exhausted, notby a marathon film, but felt my mind had been probed,pushed and pulledand, at times, numbed.Waiting in the foyer for my partner, after most people had left, Isuddenly found myself crying uncontrollably. Confusing for a 65 yearold man !!!! It is only now after reading through some of the reviewsthat I realise it wasn't just my experience, but that of others too, tovarying degrees. That's a relief I can tell you.As has been said the viewer must open their mind to get anywhere nearthis film. It's not for everyone,that's for sure.
Badou_Boy (06 May 2012)
Relative to the viewer.
Terrence Malick is always re-inventing himself as a filmmaker. He'salways telling new stories and rarely in the same way. Sure, he uses anabundance of visual flourishes to tell all his stories, but his imagesare never the same in each film, and in "The Tree of Life", he haspushed the boundaries of storytelling once again despite some flaws andmoments of tedium. The film simply asks you to sit back and becomeabsorbed into it. The film is a hypnotic collection of memories,dreams, thoughts and feelings, and the film depicts growing up andcoming of age in a form rarely seen. The music and beauty of theimagery is in full force. Malick shows everything from dinosaurs to theouter reaches of the galaxy, to the depths of the sea, to the darkestand brightest corners of the universe. It's clear that Malick is moreambitious than ever before. Everything he has learned as a filmmakerand photographer is put to the test in this very personal film, whichtouches on every aspect of life imaginable.The film takes place in the 50's and is about a family of five (Amother, a Father and their three boys). The family undergoes manychanges throughout the film, often mirroring the development of our ownlives. There's misunderstandings, fights, love, frustration, honor,trust and hate at the heart of the family, and so much more. Malickpaints a living and breathing family in this film in a way that fewfilmmakers dare would. They have plenty of humanity, but also plenty offlaws. No one in the family is perfect, which is part of the reason whythey're relatively freshening to watch. The eldest son is the mainfocus of the story, as the film shows him as an adult in the beginningand end of the film, and what he thinks of his life, friends and familyin those portions. The portions of the film showcasing his childhoodare vividly authentic and compelling. Throughout the story, we feel theboy's frustration as his Father's influence on him is overbearing. Weget the feeling that he's in pain and can't stand the sight of hisMother as a victim of his Father's yelling, which later causes the boyto take out his own frustrations on his brother and everyone elsearound him. We him and his brothers grow up, learn from their mistakes,get into trouble and interact with their family.Nearly all of these moments are naturally done, and although the filmdidn't captivate me from beginning to end like "Badlands", "Days ofHeaven", etc, due to its didactic nature and some out of place momentslike CGI dinosaurs, it works more often than it doesn't. Malick'svisuals are better than ever. As mentioned above, so much of theuniverse and life as a whole is shown in the film, and in abreathtakingly exotic way. At times, I was reminded of StanleyKubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey because of the images of outer space,which hinted at unknown life not yet tapped or discovered. Basically,every visual sequence in the film tells its own tale, which led me tosearch for clues and hidden meanings throughout the film, as if it wasa puzzle wanting to be solved, but Malick probably just wantedaudiences to sit back and calmly watch the film and to get their ownmeanings out of it. The performances are all strong and believable, notjust from Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, but from the nonprofessionalchild actors.When kids watch the film, I can imagine that the childhood portionswill speak directly to them, if they don't fall asleep at least. Adultscan gain the most out of the film because it's one of the most thoughtprovoking and stimulating films about life to come out in quite awhile, and it will undoubtedly improve with multiple viewings. WhenJack is on the elevator at the end imagining his friends and family andreflecting back on his life, it's a proud, powerful moment. It tells usthat this man has come a long way, jumped over many hurdles, faced manyobstacles and learned the true meaning of life in the process. Lifegoes on, people grow old and die, things change, plants grow, citiesget bigger, jobs grow more scarce, but we're right in the middle of it;a universe full of mystery, excitement, danger, boredom anddestruction. Life is what you make it.
Monk3 (06 May 2012)
This is not a film or a story
At 25 minutes in my wife and I said to each other, "We will give itanother 15minutes. Soon a plot has to start. At the beginning it hintedthat it might have a plot about a boy's journey to manhood or amother's grief and how it might effect the family... but no. We laugheda lot at the movie although it wasn't a comedy. We were laughing at thedirection and writing and how obvious and incredibly trite it was. Itwas a non-stop visual cliché. The problem is with this still goingon... there was still no plot, no story, not even dialogue.At an hour and a half in to this stock footage "movie" we said to eachother, certainly the movie will start now, we can see some acting and aplot will develop. I could go on and on for the 2hours and 20 minutesthat I will be billing the "director" for but it is just rinse andrepeat of the first hour and a half.It was SO amateurish! Everything went into it including the kitchensink from a 'what I learned at director school'. Every angle, everylevel, every photographic technique, it makes you want to vomit. Thewhispering monologue, the ridiculous CGI enhanced space telescopeimages, 15 minutes watching a dinosaur at a stream... at stream level!Brilliant!... not. Every scene was too long. This theory, not a movie,could have easily been portrayed in a 10-15minute artistic short.If it didn't have Brad Pitt and Sean Penn's name attached to this,whatever it was, it wouldn't have been picked and would never have madeit out of festival if it even was at festival.It gets a zero from me as it wasn't a movie. At the end of this80million dollars spent I told my wife I would have rather watched a Brated zombie movie, which I have never watched. It is THAT much of awaste of your time. Sure ignore me and try it but 25 minutes in whenyou say let's give it another 15 minutes, don't and do something elsewith your life that will provide better entertainment, like watchingpaint dry.
catherinejohnson9 (05 May 2012)
Dreadful
This film has no cohesion, no focus and is simply boring. I keptexpecting something to occur which would give the film some deepspiritual meaning but nothing did. It seemed that the director expectedthe constant use of imagery to replace any plot/storyline/characterdevelopment and the overall impression is one of unmitigatedpretentiousness.I have never fallen asleep in a film before but with this, it was hardto stay awake and I did eventually succumb. I would've walked outexcept I was with friends and wasn't sure if they were enjoying it. Itturned out all 4 of us thought the director had simply lost the plot(no pun intended).
Ibad Ansari (04 May 2012)
Fantastic but Disappeared....
I am so Mad. Mad that this movie didn't gain popularity as i wasexpecting.I mean its better than all those summer movies, a little slowbut still good with two of the best actors in Hollywood i.e Brad Pittand Sean Penn.A must watch for Brad's fans. A must watch for Sean'sfans. Fantastic work ! Peaple interested in watching a film onsensitive subjects are going to love it ! Fantastic Direction.Fantastic Acting. Brad Pitt's one of the best performances of hiscarrier. Sean Penn is also good. Not as good as in "I am Sam" and "TheMilk". Anyways, i give 9/10 for wonderful acting and ART. Well doneTerrence Mallick. LOVED IT.
markuswills_9 (04 May 2012)
A masterpiece
Little has to be said after seeing this movie. its beautiful, hypnotic,and memorizing. The fact that it doesn't follow a structured storylineis a big turn off for some people, and i respect that, but i completelyembraced it. This movie gave me something more then just an experience.It was almost something outer worldly. The unstructured narrative WASthe journey for me.Don't listen to the other reviews, or the 'booing' articles. Go see itfor yourself. Submit for two complete hours, and just let malick enfoldyou in his wings. And I guarantee, that if you have a passion for life,and for art, then you will find yourself sitting in awe of this movie.Becayse when I came out of the cinema, i was sure i had just seen thegreatest film within the last decade.
desoto102 (03 May 2012)
A beautiful film weighed down by pretension
The Tree of Life is a beautiful film that aims high but falls woefullyshort of it's mark. This is a film that would be better suited to amodern art museum than a movie theater, with little in the way of atraditional plot, instead opting for stunning and abstract imagery thatis usually left open to interpretation.However, not all the imagery used is easy to interpret, which willleave many viewers in the dark. This is the main flaw with this film;too many images are so abstract that they become essentiallymeaningless. A suitable comparison would be to view an abstractpainting and be expected to see a 'deeper meaning' to it.That being said, the Tree of Life has amazing cinematography and thisalone may be enough to satisfy some viewers. However, if you arelooking for something more than pretty images, look elsewhere.
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