M and I watched this film last night. What an absolute piece of shit film it was. Honestly, I think it is one of the worst films I have ever seen. Really- I mean it. I've seen some bad films, but this is right up there.
Firstly, there is almost no dialogue- and whilst I do enjoy arty films, this was wanking itself so hard I'm surprised it noticed that anyone was in the room.
The premise is interesting enough, a family in Texas (during the 1950s) whose parents are opposites. The mother is grace defleting all negativity and emitting all positivity and the father is nature- imposing himself on all around him. The film starts with the death of one of the three boys. Problem was, I couldn't tell if Sean Penn's character was the eldest brother, middle or youngest because there was no dialogue.
As for Terrence Malick it came as no surprise to me to know that he also produced The Thin Red Line, which is the only film I've ever walked out on.
But back to the so called plot- the movie lost me when it went off on a tangent about the creation of the world- I literally dozed off. I know it is supposed to be experimental, and we wouldn't be where we are if people hadn't taken risks, but this is was just way too out there for me. I'm sorry, I'm actually at a loss to explain the film fully. For a full sypnosis/review click here.
The review though a positive one- I do like this line about how people would reproach him. "They said, it was pretentious, boring and – most culpably of all – Christian. Didn't I realise, they asked, that Malick was a Christian?."
Brad Pitt sunk his own money into the project.
All I can say, is good thing he has a lot of it.
I give 1.5 tomatoes ( in lieu of stars).
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