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'Tree of Life'.......my personal review...........

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RedGrant

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I decided to do it on separate thread instead of contributing it to others since I may agree with Tinear but for different reason.

First of all, I don't recommend the movie as of this moment. Now it may change since I thought of '2001' the same say I think of this movie.

Needless to say, I 'grew' up and now appreciate '2001', especially on a big screen.

I think people should look at this 'movie' as a visual and psycho-acoustic 'poetry' if they want to appreciate it. I am just unable to bring myself to that point of view as of this moment.

To me, parts of this 'movie' looks and sounds like a very slick MTV video or commercial designed to sell underwares.

For me, as of this moment, an interesting failure that may grow on me, maybe someday.

Follow Ups:

For Americans only - Frihed89 05:37:09 08/01/11 (1)
My danish wife, who could not relate to Winter's Bone, could also not relate to a family in which there was so much violence and regret was the only substitute for imprisonment. She refuses to believe that Ozark hill-billy culture can exist or that parents who beat their kids are not reported to the local government authorities. Her idea of a good movie is one where ordinary people deal with tragedy through quiet suffering, acted out in conversations among family and friends.

This was to me a movie about brutality with a trite, happy ending. I far preferred the ending of Dogville where those who brutalized the weak were held accountable for their actions by the machine-gun toting angels.

So did my wife.
"What did the Romans ever do for us?"
- Actually lots of violence prone 'Americans'....... - RedGrant 16:22:15 08/01/11 (0)
  .......didn't care much for this movie. Too 'cerebral' perhaps?
  
  "My danish wife, who could not relate to Winter's Bone, could also not relate to a family in which there was so much violence and regret was the only substitute for imprisonment."
  
  I think you and your wife are being 'American' when subscribing such a Manichean view.
It has a VERY heavy, overstated "message" that could have been - tinear 08:51:44 07/22/11 (3)
delivered with a lighter hand. The constant sophomoric "why are we here" drivel, recited in breathless voice-over, was too much. It would be hard to satirize the film, it's already so over the top.
- RE: It has a VERY heavy, overstated "message" that could have been - RedGrant 16:13:06 07/22/11 (2)
  "The constant sophomoric "why are we here" drivel, recited in breathless voice-over, was too much." - Tinear
  
  Yes, I understand where you're coming from. That's why I had said earlier, this 'movie' needs to be appreciated as a non-linear 'poetry', not a 'novel' with standard linear chronology.
  
  But that is just too much 'avant-garde' for me as of this moment, or as you might say, too 'sophomoric'.
  
  It would be hard to satirize the film, it's already so over the top.
  - Avant-garde means ahead of the curve. It is antithetical to "sophomoric". - tinear 10:24:10 07/23/11 (1)
    At a very young age, people question why they are here, what its all about. The central ideas of the film not only are clich�s, they are repeated for effect for HOURS. And they are breathlessly mouthed in the most simplistic imaginable dialogue. The universe is a cold place and we are emotive, emotional beings. People die and there doesn't seem to be any reason.
    Now, I don't mean to imply people don't think about these things as they mature; but most people have found answers at a young age--- after a tragedy, it is what allows them to continue on.
    Malick's unforgivable gaffe is that he had to beat us over the head, BOTH visually and aurally, with this thought. A good filmmaker would let events speak for themselves. In "2001," and I hesitate to compare a Sistine Chapel panel to a graffiti wall, a great filmmaker shows how to address somewhat the same questions--- and many more--- in a clever, non-obvious, and original manner. Malick hasn't made a good film since his first one, "Badlands." He never reaches for anything but the 9-pound hammer.
    - That's why I said............ - RedGrant 15:48:13 07/23/11 (0)
      ....this movie should be appreciated as a 'poetry'.
      
      "Malick's unforgivable gaffe is that he had to beat us over the head, BOTH visually and aurally, with this thought."
      
      ....kind like a poetry.

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