Tree of Life - film review
Mar. 9th, 2012 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatFinished watching the film Tree of Life which is a meditation on life and death in the format of what best can be described as a visual and musical poem. Almost went to sleep during it...because it is very meditative ....sort of reassures and relaxes. Also ultimately a beautiful statement about life.
The plot is fairly simple, a middle-aged man is struggling to come to terms with his younger brother's death and the warring impulses of his mother and father inside of him, and his feelings for both, along with how he feels towards God.
Quibble is that I think Malick is a bit redundant. He seems to repeat himself at times. The film was almost too long and sort repeated itself in places, almost as if the filmmaker either fell too much in love with his own images much as a writer might with their own sentences or he feared we would not get the point. That said, Malick continues to be one the best cinematographers out there...as visual poetry goes, few can top this. And you definitely have to be in the right mood. It calmed me, took away all the stress and anxiety ....like a massage for the mind.
The plot is fairly simple, a middle-aged man is struggling to come to terms with his younger brother's death and the warring impulses of his mother and father inside of him, and his feelings for both, along with how he feels towards God.
Quibble is that I think Malick is a bit redundant. He seems to repeat himself at times. The film was almost too long and sort repeated itself in places, almost as if the filmmaker either fell too much in love with his own images much as a writer might with their own sentences or he feared we would not get the point. That said, Malick continues to be one the best cinematographers out there...as visual poetry goes, few can top this. And you definitely have to be in the right mood. It calmed me, took away all the stress and anxiety ....like a massage for the mind.