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"Tree of Life:" incredibly large pool of crap. I am not a Malick fan because he

Posted by tinear on July 3, 2011 at 11:39:50:
is SO trying hard to make a GREAT FILM. Here, he takes the light show of Kubrick to eternal lengths--- but, unlike in 2001, there is NO reason for it to be in the film, at all.
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Yes, I know it is supposed to show the contrast between the cold and powerful world/universe and the human condition, but this is hitting the audience over the head with a 2000-lb. mallet. How many times must one make this rather trite point?
I saw the film at an "art house" in my university town. A second after it ended, a woman behind me loudly laughed. A man added, "Amen!" Several snickered at that. I'd agree with those reviews. Nothing is worse than pretension. Excess. Grand overreaching. This isn't just a bad film, it's a really bad one. Sean Penn is wasted. Brad Pitt almost dislocates his jaw jutting it out so much. I confess I was distracted by him so thrusting it out. It is remarkable. See if you can ignore it. I guess it kept me from leaving. I wanted to see if he could speak while maintaining it in that position. I won't share that secret, it would spoil just about the only fun you'd have at this stinker.