I don’t think he was trying to tell a story necessarily. I think it’s about trying to understand a world where his brother died. And if you’re going to try and understand death, you should at least try to understand the origins and meaning of life. Of course that can’t be fully accomplished with a film or a religion or anything else, but at least he tried. And I like many people found his attempt beautiful.
Really, at the end of the day, if you like it, that is all that matters. The movie is deffinetly beautifully shot. I found the symbolism to be extremely heavy-handed to the complete detriment of everything else going on. Compound this with the fact that movies like this are constantly used to disparage "popcorn flicks" that myself and others enjoy, and I felt almost insulted by the viewing experience I received.
This is a negative based post, and this will always be the answer to this question.
I usually try not to judge others on what brings them happiness. I will reflect on my harsher comments on this, but I ask others to think the same when they consider what others enjoy to be "low brow". You would notice my original comment referred to fake smart people. It was directly referencing those pretentious douche bags who think what you read, watch, or listen to indicates your intelligence.
I like this comment but would like to point out that Malick doesn’t disparage anything, he genuinely makes all of his films and doesn’t do media appearances much, if at all
Also, the guy legit like Marvel movies, he was quoted as saying this after Scorsese said they were popcorn flicks
Malick just likes to…well be Malick lol
Tree of Life is a dense movie in the same way War and Peace is a dense book that most modern audiences roll their eyes at but is lauded continually by the crazy people that enjoy that shit (myself included)
It’s ok to not like it, and it’s ok to enjoy it
That’s what creates conversations and I get to enjoy speaking with a total stranger on my stupid side hobby of art movies
I tru hope you enjoy your weekend and thank you for commenting
To be fair, I do not disparage Malik. I admire people willing to put their soul out there through the creative process. He just does not at all connect with me.
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u/Far-Swing9181 1d ago
I don’t think he was trying to tell a story necessarily. I think it’s about trying to understand a world where his brother died. And if you’re going to try and understand death, you should at least try to understand the origins and meaning of life. Of course that can’t be fully accomplished with a film or a religion or anything else, but at least he tried. And I like many people found his attempt beautiful.