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jacktrewin
challenging piece well well worth seeing. it hasn't had quite the impact on me as others on here but i thought it was miraculous filmmaking and surpasses mere beauty.the performances of all the cast are staggeringly real and ever changing. it is one i want to see again in a years time and i reckon it'll have a stronger impact even
palefire
What a fascinating film. Probably the most nostalgic film I have ever seen.Paper_Okami
Absolutely brilliant. Profound and beautiful, this film deserves to win best director,picture and cinematography(at the very least) in next years oscars. Alas knowing the academy it won't win a single award...akuma587
Terrence Malick tells quite an incredible story, but if you are expecting a lowest common denominator Michael Bay script to be spoonfed to you, then go watch Transformers 3 or Mr. Popper's Penguins.This is arguably the best film I have ever seen in terms of visual storytelling. The camerawork in this film is up there with many of the most masterfully shot films in history. And this film really captures what it is like to be alive, to grow up as a child, and to just even experience the things that are around you through a childlike lens of discovery.
This is not a film for everyone, but if you just let your guard down and get rid of your preconceptions of what you think a film should be, you will have quite the journey. Films like this are the reason many people become directors in the first place.
Vinsmid
My god this is one intense movie!! Camerawork and lighting is very involving and beautiful. The story is epic as well as down-to-earth small. The wonderful soundtrack supports the images very well too.Forrester
I'm also one of the haters. I feel the same as I did with 2001: A Space Odyssey. This movie is like looking at a vague modern art painting for two and a half hours, while you're trying to find out what the painting is supposed to resemble. I almost fell asleep while watching this. Definitely not my kind of movie.JustinBieber
It's sci-fi because it mentions the Big Bang theory...anyway, I HATED this movie! It was extremely long, didn't make sense, not much dialog and Brad Pitt wasn't even cute. Don't waste your money on this.
Fellini_Fiend87
Um, how the hell is this sci-fi?! WTF IMDB?! It may have moments involving nature but it's hardly sci-fi.gerryt
a beautiful score, beautiful hublepics, beautiful naturepics and that mixed with human drama and the eternal "why" questions about our existence.that guy
Here's a movie that doesn't present easy answers, a movie that asks big questions, a movie that gives you things to think about days after seeing it.(sigh) I enjoy movies that have ambition- I like popcorn movies too, but it is thrilling to watch someone reach for something new
Fenring
Emmanuel Lubezki is god of cinematographyTimec
An enlightening dialogue between AO Scott and Manohla Dargis (two critics far more interesting and enlightening than Zacharek - and I thought that long before seeing the latter's review of this film) regarding people's rather empty, kneejerk usage of terms like "boring" and "pretentious" to condemn less "traditional" films:""Pretentious” functions, like “boring” elsewhere, as an accusation that it is almost impossible to refute, since it is a subjective hunch masquerading as a description. Manohla, you had some reservations about “The Tree of Life,” but your dispatch on it from Cannes emphasized its self-evident and disarming sincerity. Sincerity is the opposite of pretentiousness, and while it is certainly possible to be puzzled or annoyed by Mr. Malick’s philosophical tendencies or unmoved by the images he composes or the story he tells, I don’t think there is any pretending involved. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/movies/films-in-defense-of-slow-and-boring.html?_r=1
Timec
chemosh - Thanks for posting that. I've been avoiding Zacharek's reviews for a while, and now I remember why. Among many other points of contention within her review (the "he doesn't care about people" line is about as misguided as criticism can come), her use of the word "pretension" is a dead giveaway that she's not actually willing to seriously consider or grapple with the film. "Pretentious" is up there with "boring" and "overrated" and "lame" as one of the emptiest, but most commonly used pejoratives.Don't get me wrong - there's absolutely nothing wrong with disliking this film. But her snide, dismissive review offers absolutely nothing substantive or meaningful.
mikhaelmt
It’s spectacular. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. I believe this film will be called classic in years to come.I can’t wait to see it again. It takes time to really get a grasp of what it means to you.
It’s a rare experience in cinema.
akuma587
Have to wait until July 8th for a national release. I hate being stuck in podunk towns.Showing items 91 – 105 of 109