Day 685

The Tree of Something

The Tree of Life was more of an experience than a film. I still don’t quite know what to make of it. It was a beautiful collection of cinematography but not quite a beautiful story, to me anyway. I get that Terrence Malick is a philosopher and that he and his thoughts on existence are more the stars of this movie than the actors themselves but even with that knowledge it’s still a hard film to swallow. Your head hurts by the end. Technically, it’s an astounding feat. And I enjoyed many parts of it. I don’t know how to put it though, I guess I just walked away unsatisfied? But something tells me that’s how all philosophical discussions tend to end.