The Tree Of Life reviewed by Mark Kermode
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Uploaded by kermodeandmayo on Jul 9, 2011
Mark takes a look at director Terrence Malick's impressionistic drama, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The film has been dividing opinions since its debut at Cannes - what does the good doctor make of it?
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@thejoker100ify I happen to think this is the movie of the year, but to claim that makes me pretentious is just ridiculous. Don't be intimidated by a film just because it's not clear in its message! I don't think anyone can lay claim to understanding it 100%. (Incidentally, another of my favourite films is Face/Off, which is hardly pretentious.)
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having said that, this was an excellent review by Mark
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This is now my favourite film
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I want to take every pretentious, snot-nosed dipshit who called this the movie of the year, and force them to watch nothing but big summer blockbusters. These are the types of people who will turn their noses up at anything that isn't "artistic."
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@TheGroucho66 Man, you should sit him down and force him to watch that great film!
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Well said. I have a 16 year old younger brother who likes all the crap in cinemas today. One day him and I were watching TV. I was flicking through channels when I realised that 'The Seventh Seal' was on. I knew my brother would hate it so I went onto it. It showed the scene involving the knight playing chess with Death and after 4 seconds my brother said "Turn it over! This is crap! It's black & white, has words along the bottom and is showing death playing chess". lol
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@skyflynite I agree, I think that art is worth arguing over and I think the worth of art is stressed through argument. I'm not saying that The Tree of Life isn't art, and I'm not saying he's just trying to make money. I'm saying that his artistic endeavor was a failure (in my eyes). I think people who are in it for the money are pathetic, so I still respect Malick, but I don't like Tree of Life, being the only film I've seen by him.
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@Bassbait Well you've expressed a fair and cogent opinion, and even though I disagree, this just sums up the best thing about art: it means different things to everyone.
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I loved this film. It could've been 6 hours long.
amaxamon 1 month ago 4
@thejoker100ify-I used to call things "pretentious" at every turn too. I grew up.
thegunclub123 6 days ago 3