Has anyone seen "Tree of Life"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Sounded harmless enough..."About a Texas family in the 1950s". But, after giving it 20-30 minutes, it was so horrifically bad, it literally made me nauseated.

There were no scenes, no dialog, no plot whatsoever. Imagine, just a string of unrelated faces, snippets of images (like jellyfish and dinosaurs), two or three mumbled words, strung together with hypnotic music. The whole movie was like a bad dream

Wish I had read the actual user reviews before wasting the money to rent this. Some were hysterical - like "I wanted to give this a "negative to infinity" rating, but system wouldn't allow it.

[LonePirate]

1. The 1950s family scenes are terrific. The other half of the movie is largely awful.

The movie is comprised of three largely incongruous components, even if the characters played by Pitt and Penn are related.

If a version of the movie was created that contained only the family scenes, then I would wholeheartedly recommend it. Yet as it currently exists, the film is a mess and a trying one at that. The cinematography and score are absolutely beautiful, though.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Very polarizing movie - it is on our Netflix queue.

I loved The Thin Red Line (another of Malik's movies) - my daughter hated Tree of Life....but I have been known to hate movies some love and vice versa.

I'll let you know once I watch it!

[Son of Gob]

3. I liked it

If you had watched more than 30 minutes you would indeed find scenes and dialog.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Kudos to you - you must have a much freer, more artistic mind than I. Let me

ask you a question....Do you like fantasy type films? I don't at all - maybe that's
the difference between people who liked this and people who hated it.

I did read that even Sean Penn said the movie needed more logical scripting

[Logical]

4. I usually love "Art" films but this was one of the worse I have even seen. Made no sense.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. me 2. It's one thing having an incomprehensible "dream/impressionistic" scene inserted

in a plotted movie. This film is the opposite..an incomprehensible plot inserted in a dream/impressionistic movie.

[Skittles]

7. fucking awful

pretentious bullshit

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Can't believe I read the movie was "slighted" by not getting a nomination. Funny as hell. nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. My wife and I absolutely loved it. Will watch it again some day....found it pretty profound.

Then again, Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka are two other favorites of ours. Certainly not typical! (the movies we like....or us, I suppose!)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. wow...you must be on some very high plane compared to me. Maybe

someday when I am recuperating from surgery or two broken legs, I will try it again. :&gt

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. that's what's great about the arts - not right/wrong, better/worse - just different.

Different things appeal to different people at different times....makes the world a more interesting place!

[Whisp]

13. I love Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, so I will be checking out Tree then.

[geardaddy]

12. Couldn't get into either.

I usually give movies a chance, but this one just didn't grab me.

[bigwillq]

14. One of the greatest films ever made.

I loved, loved, loved it. Beautiful, powerful, moving. Well-acted, well-made.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. All I know is...I want whatever you are taking. :>) nt

[bigwillq]

16. It seems like everyone has a different reaction to it.

I was profoundly moved by the film that I am still thinking about it days later. (just saw it on tuesday).
I cried twice during it.
Several scenes in the movie reminded me of myself and my family.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. to be fair, we turned it off after about 35-40 minutes. It was just way too

random for us. The pace and discombobulation almost made me puke. Kind of like a movie about what an acid trip would look like. Tell me if it "picks up" to some degree. Does it ever turn into a more traditional film with some
semblance of a story line? Is there ever more dialogue? I know it won't turn into
a "Descendants" but is there ever a little bit of plot??

[bigwillq]

18. Yes

There's a rather beautiful story about family dynamics, about hopes, dreams, fears, passions, told mainly through the eyes of the oldest boy (Jack, later played by Sean Penn).

Yes, there's more dialogue.

Yes, there is a plot.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. thanks so much. I will give it another shot !