"What!" cried Kubrick "Is the connection between the apes and robots in space?" I respond." It's the way they make you feel." "The spectacular feelings that come with watching the beginnings of all life and the preservation of human consciousness and intelligence." "What!" cried Malick "Is the connection between the beginnings of the Earth and a small American family, as well as a man going through the paces of life and wondering what life's all about." I respond. "It's the way they make you feel." "The spectacular feelings you experience whilst watching the beginnings of what existence is as we know it, the happiness and sadness of life and the effect of death. If there is anything really else to Terrance Malick's The Tree of Life I really didn't find it. That's not to say that the film didn't effect me actually the film effected me more than I understood it. It's like 2001. I didn't fully understand it but the emotions and wonder imposed by it are what make the film great. The Tree of Life is made up of 3 certain narratives. The first is a creation of earth sequence. This is such a visual wonderment. It's such an exciting thing to see that you forget the fact that this film is mostly made up of the second element. The story of a family (It is more focused on the older son). This part makes up most of the movie. Brad Pitt stars as the father who is an abusive man. The kid fights back what little bit that he can. Here the film is most effecting and has more of a narrative structure. Except like the entire movie itself this chapter does not have a "sound" narrative structure. Things just come and go and you can need to put it together. This is a good thing. The third is about the boy (A fantastic Sean Penn) who is grown up now dealing with the fact that life is not eventful and going imagining seeing the people that he knew in life. This all, especially the beginning of the earth dinosaur(Yes there are dinosaurs) stuff should not work. But it does. The fact is the stories created a lot of emotion that iron's over everything. The beginning of time stuff is bewildering and just fascinating to watch. The cinematography is what benefits this even more. The camera moves gracefully leaving you feeling soothed if anything. This is a gutsy movie to make. I mean the mainstream audiences (masses) today completely hate this kind of thing. I'm glad to see it here. The Tree of Life is a movie that a lot of people would hate. Some won't get it, others will just think it's stupid but I liked it and it had a real effect on me. The Tree of Life gets a 9 out of 10.
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