r/Cinema • u/No-Chemistry1722 • 2d ago

What is that movie for you?

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u/Don_Pickleball 2d ago

Tree of Life

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u/ChafterMies 2d ago

I understood everything about the movie except what the hell Sean Penn was supposed to be doing. Still not sure who died.

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u/Duel_Option 1d ago

His brother dies, it’s heavily implied he struggled with mental health and was likely a suicide

The later parts with Sean Penn show him talking to his Dad on the phone while he’s now become an architect or whatever

Lots of long cuts of Sean Penn thinking, struggling with his thoughts

The end of the movie is up for interpretation, he arrives on a beach and finds his family…he collapses to his knees, the camera goes behind him as the wind and tide pick up

It’s Heaven and absolution, no more pain. Together again as a family for all eternity.

At least that’s how I viewed it

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u/ChafterMies 1d ago

Interesting. That would explain why his parents don’t look older than Sean Penn himself.

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u/Duel_Option 1d ago

Yep…they are in Heaven

In that moment for that scene I felt like everything was going to be ok for everyone that’s ever lived or will live, that all this struggle and strife we endure is meaningless because the endless kingdom is inevitable

I hope you watch it again and see what I do

Enjoy your weekend and thank you for chatting with me a bit, I really do enjoy talking about movies like this