Sondheim

Anyways, in spite of some of the negative early press I've read, I'm still looking forward to this. That trailer made me happy, even with all its perhaps cheesily cliche "Malickisms."

I'm really interested in seeing what the new, prolific Malick comes out with.

stvn1974

Yeah, it seems to be even more prevalent in music discussions than film but I agree it is annoying. I love Badlands and would put it in my top 20 films of all time but everything since has done nothing for me.

mdc3000

Watch that trailer on a loop for 2 hours and you've got exactly what this movie is - it won't make any more sense or have anything else going on... for real, saw it at TIFF back in September.

Dragon Tattoo

Malick is becoming a parody of himself.

Strevlac

Not in my top 20 of all time but otherwise I completely agree.

Malick is the biggest fraud in cinema today, IMO.

Coral

It definitely looks like a chapter in the Tree of Life universe.

Although I thought Malick would've ended making this type of film with Tree of Life, and I suspect that he's made one too many in this vain - I'm open-minded enough to give it a shot.

Loved all his films except "The New World" (gave it a slight pass), so a bad Malick will probably be better than 90% of the crap that's out there.

Coral

*cough* Tarantino *cough*

Tarantino

Hey pal, what'd I ever do to you?

RichC2

Actually he's the anti-fraud, because he knows exactly what he wants to do and does it.

He's a DJ or a rip-off artist, but I just don't think fraud is the proper term for it.

Hazel Motes

Loved the trailer. Tree of Life is the only Malick film that didn't have a big effect on me. The other 4 are some of my favourite films.


This review pumps me up even more. Despite the quote "if you hated tree of life you'll probably hate this"

Sondheim

Of course, the same is true of Malick. People might not like what he's doing - and I can definitely respect that - but he's not pretending to anything. His films are very upfront and honest about what they are and what they're trying to do. Whether someone finds what he's doing effective or meaningful is another matter entirely.

van der graaf

Exactly. The guy comes from and works through a certain philosophical perspective (look up the book he translated on Heidegger if you want a better idea), if it doesn't work for you, it doesn't make him a "fraud".

Solid Snake

Very much so. To QT and Malick.

inri222

While I do like them (Tarantino up to Jackie Brown & Malick up to The Thin Red Line) I think they are both starting to become repetitive.
IMO The New World was good but not great & I disliked The Tree of Life. I am planning on watching The Tree of Life again just to make sure.
Maybe I will change my mind or maybe it will be like my second viewing of Magnolia which made me despise it even more.

Solid Snake

Repetitive or not. They're manner of filmmaking hides nothing to what their intentions are.

inri222

I believe this is true of Malick but I am not yet convinced of QT. Have to see Django Unchained.

Supermallet

All I know is, if this movie has long periods of people doing ordinary things while you hear whispered off-screen dialogue, I'm going to puke.

Supermallet

Also anyone who willfully chooses Rachel McAdams over Olga Kurylenko is certifiable and I will not be able to identify with their character.

TheMovieman

When I watched that trailer, I thought it was some overly dramatic spoof done by The Onion or College Humor.

Strevlac

No, the same is not true of Malick. He has no idea what the fuck he is doing. Which would be ok if he had the inventiveness and humor and creativity of Fellini, but he doesn't. At all.

van der graaf

Sondheim

Well, if you say so. I'd say the fact that he's consistently made movies that convey specific, consistent ideas and emotions and with a very distinctive, consistent style would indicate that he does know what he's doing.

Once again, you might think that what he's doing isn't worthwhile and you might think that his films are unbearable pieces of shit - but that doesn't mean that he doesn't know what he's doing.

Dr. DVD

FWIW, all of Malick's movies seem to take place in the same universe.

Matt925

For me days of heaven is in my top 10, but I've enjoyed each subsequent movie less and less. I'll rent this if only because the photography in his movies is so amazing, but I have a feeling that like tree of life, I won't make it to the end of the movie.

Hazel Motes

the view askewniverse.