Has anyone seen "Tree of Life"
Sounded harmless enough..."About a Texas family in the 1950s". But, after giving it 20-30 minutes, it was so horrifically bad, it literally made me nauseated.
There were no scenes, no dialog, no plot whatsoever. Imagine, just a string of unrelated faces, snippets of images (like jellyfish and dinosaurs), two or three mumbled words, strung together with hypnotic music. The whole movie was like a bad dream
Wish I had read the actual user reviews before wasting the money to rent this. Some were hysterical - like "I wanted to give this a "negative to infinity" rating, but system wouldn't allow it.
LonePirate
(13,437 posts)The movie is comprised of three largely incongruous components, even if the characters played by Pitt and Penn are related.
If a version of the movie was created that contained only the family scenes, then I would wholeheartedly recommend it. Yet as it currently exists, the film is a mess and a trying one at that. The cinematography and score are absolutely beautiful, though.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,031 posts)I loved The Thin Red Line (another of Malik's movies) - my daughter hated Tree of Life....but I have been known to hate movies some love and vice versa.
I'll let you know once I watch it!
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)If you had watched more than 30 minutes you would indeed find scenes and dialog.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)ask you a question....Do you like fantasy type films? I don't at all - maybe that's
the difference between people who liked this and people who hated it.
I did read that even Sean Penn said the movie needed more logical scripting
Logical
(22,457 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)in a plotted movie. This film is the opposite..an incomprehensible plot inserted in a dream/impressionistic movie.
Skittles
(153,258 posts)pretentious bullshit
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,031 posts)Then again, Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka are two other favorites of ours. Certainly not typical! (the movies we like....or us, I suppose!)
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)someday when I am recuperating from surgery or two broken legs, I will try it again. :>
NRaleighLiberal
(60,031 posts)Different things appeal to different people at different times....makes the world a more interesting place!
Whisp
(24,096 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)I usually give movies a chance, but this one just didn't grab me.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I loved, loved, loved it. Beautiful, powerful, moving. Well-acted, well-made.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I was profoundly moved by the film that I am still thinking about it days later. (just saw it on tuesday).
I cried twice during it.
Several scenes in the movie reminded me of myself and my family.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)random for us. The pace and discombobulation almost made me puke. Kind of like a movie about what an acid trip would look like. Tell me if it "picks up" to some degree. Does it ever turn into a more traditional film with some
semblance of a story line? Is there ever more dialogue? I know it won't turn into
a "Descendants" but is there ever a little bit of plot??
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)There's a rather beautiful story about family dynamics, about hopes, dreams, fears, passions, told mainly through the eyes of the oldest boy (Jack, later played by Sean Penn).
Yes, there's more dialogue.
Yes, there is a plot.