Tree Of Life (2011)

[Idioteque...]

Can't wait to see what the buzz around this is. hopefully it's considered one of the greatest movies made in the past 5 years.

[GunRanger]

lol Talk about expectations.

[The_Basterd]

Todd McCarthy review (The Hollywood Reporter):
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rev...All+Reviews%29

Another rave from Variety:

Few American filmmakers are as alive to the splendor of the natural world as Terrence Malick, but even by his standards, "The Tree of Life" represents something extraordinary. The iconoclastic director's long-awaited fifth feature is in many ways his simplest yet most challenging work, a transfixing odyssey through time and memory that melds a young boy's 1950s upbringing with a magisterial rumination on the Earth's origins. Result is pure-grade art cinema destined primarily for the delectation of Malick partisans and adventurous arthouse-goers, but with its cast names and see-it-to-believe-it stature, this inescapably divisive picture could captivate the zeitgeist for a spell.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945242?refcatid=31

http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinem...fe_993108.html

^For those who don't understand a single word in French, this review basically says that Tree of Life is absolutely magnificent, "a unique and majestic cinematic experience". and that you've never seen something quite like it. It also says that Pitt delivers his most mature performance to date.

Tweets:

Tree of Life: Many will find it metaphysical & poetic, tho some may think it fragmented & showy. Fuller thoughts shortly.

Senseless booing at end of TREE OF LIFE screening.

Terrence Malick's Tree of Life - At a loss of words hmm. Very abstract, very surreal, quite an experience, need to process. Amazing score.

Aurelius:

A deeply affecting poem about all of us.

@ICSfilm

A deeply affecting poem about all of us.
The Tree Of Life exceeds expectations.

@OnTheCroisette

Malick is over. A few booing - as expected - but a lot of applause too for a morning press screening.
As a fatherless man this Tree is killing my soul.

@cobblehillis: I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

@braddd:

RT @wellshwood: "Tree of Life" just ended, and it's a very sad and beautiful...wank? The ultimate refutation of narrative? An interminable.

@Breznican:

TREE OF LIFE is daunting to describe. The origin of time and infinity told through the lens of a troubled Texas family. #Cannes

Cédric:
This is my favorite Malick film. Period

Terrence Malick needs a trainer

All those people that dismiss Tree Of Life are.... i don't know what to say. It is deeply, DEEPLY affecting. I get emotional just thinking about it. It is so utterly, utterly ambtious, and it succeeds on every level.

Rope of Silicon:

Tree of Life starts out on the right track, but derails and turns into a bunch of disjointed mumbo-jumbo about 30 minute.

Total Film"

The Tree Of Life: utterly mesmerising first hour, slightly listless second, generally unmissable...visually breathtaking and technically masterful, but excruciatingly drawn out and annoyingly pretentious.

[The_Basterd]

4 stars HUGE RAVE!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michae..._b_862393.html

Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian) loves TTOL. 5 out of 5 stars.


Lisa Schwarzbaum

'The Tree of Life' is part luminous evocation of boyhood, part cosmic woo-woo.

The heart of the story rests with the O’Briens, a 1950s Midwestern mother and father and their three sons. Father (Brad Pitt, above, in a great, mature performance, with Laramie Eppler as the gentle middle son), an authoritarian figure true to his era, is particularly hard on his oldest boy, Jack (Hunter McCracken, yet another in this year’s Cannes parade of riveting non-pro child actors). Celestially eternal Mother (Jessica Chastain, lovely yet given little to say ) yields to her husband’s disciplinary style, also true to her era.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/05/1...-tree-of-life/

[dag]

This will be the first Malick film I will have seen in a theatre.

[Phoenix Theory]

IM a Brad Pitt fan and want to see this.saw the trailer for this almost a year ago.

[KubrickFan]

Well, I guess it's a love it/hate it movie, much like the rest of Malick's work . I absolutely cannot wait to see this on the big screen.

[The_Basterd]

BIGGEST Rave EVER.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michae..._b_862393.html

5/5 RAVE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...of-life-review

10/10 RAVE
http://micropsia.otroscines.com/2011...alick-0-votos/

[Snicket]

Thanks for posting the reviews, but people were booing???


Will this get a wide release?

[technique]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Thanks for posting the reviews, but people were booing???


Will this get a wide release?

If i remember correctly the audience at Cannes also booed Inglorious Basterds so i don't really use them as a gauge for a good movie.

[The_Basterd]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Thanks for posting the reviews, but people were booing???

A member from a movie forum saw Tree of Life and said this:
"All those people that dismiss Tree Of Life are.... i don't know what to say. It is deeply, DEEPLY affecting. I get emotional just thinking about it. It is so utterly, utterly ambtious, and it succeeds on every level.. This is a film that comes really close your heart, your soul, and you react very viscerally to it or not. You know me, I can have tremendous visceral reactions to the right film, and this went straight through me."

Also, from I heard the people booing were together in a group in the right corner in theater, and started before the credits started rolling. Based on this I say these people did this to get publicity/attention in the press, which worked. It was a small group, everyone everyone cheered and clapped after it was over. The boos are getting mentioned, so yeah; ignore them.

[iam1bearcat]

looks like something i'll be renting when it comes out on blu

[papaholmz]

I'll be watching this in the theatre, probably multiple times. And it will be a day one purchase for me on blu. I love Malick's flims... Now, if only we could get a blu release of Badlands!

-papaholmz

[720pDude]

Not a fan of this director at all. I will wait for it to debut in REDBOX for a $1 so that if I cant stand it, Im not wasting mail in turnaround time from BB

[Member-115369]

Originally Posted by 720pDude

Not a fan of this director at all. I will wait for it to debut in REDBOX for a $1 so that if I cant stand it, Im not wasting mail in turnaround time from BB

Why even bother? If one goes in with that type of negative attitude, it's highly unlikely they'll end up liking it so they might as well save the $1 and 2 hours.

At least wait for reviews from others that hate his past films before bothering with it anyway.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by dmaul1114

Why even bother? If one goes in with that type of negative attitude, it's highly unlikely they'll end up liking it so they might as well save the $1 and 2 hours.

At least wait for reviews from others that hate his past films before bothering with it anyway.

two hours? this is Malick, so he'd be wasting like, 8 hours

[jvince]

Originally Posted by 720pDude

Not a fan of this director at all. I will wait for it to debut in REDBOX for a $1 so that if I cant stand it, Im not wasting mail in turnaround time from BB

I'm not a fan of Malick's either, but this one seems quite interesting.

[The_Basterd]

Emanuel Levy [A-]

Metaphysical in narrative, ambitious in goal, and gorgeous in visual style, this is Malick's career-summation work, one that he has been preparing himself to make for decades.

http://www.emanuellevy.com/review/tree-of-life-the/

[Idioteque...]

Thin Red Line got similiar reviews I think and that's emotionally involving, great movie. This looks to be good too, but hopefully it has a set story unlike New world.

[720pDude]

Originally Posted by jvince

I'm not a fan of Malick's either, but this one seems quite interesting.

Which is why despite notliking his approach to filmmaking I will see it regardless of reviews..I will just wait for RB so I dont waste mail time on the rental