How can one rate a "movie" like this one? How can you sum up, what is happening? Maybe you can't, maybe some will be able to see through it, maybe some won't. Even "Tree of Life" seems like a "Straight Story" compared to this. And yet still it is intriguing and very well thought of. It is about life, love and how we spend our time on this planet. How and with whom we surround ourselves with.
Interestingly enough there is a lot of nudity in the movie, which I didn't expect. But nothing that is shown or meant to be exciting. It's just shown, because it is. The movie begins with a voice over which sets the tone. It's like someone is narrating our lives (or C. Bales characters life in that case). While boundaries and rules of filmmaking do not seem to matter to Malick (or at least he likes to break them), for the uninitiated viewer this will come as a shock. Something he or she won't be able to enjoy as movie. Because in fact this isn't just a movie. It transcends that boundary for better or worse. Depending on what you make of it ...
Interestingly enough there is a lot of nudity in the movie, which I didn't expect. But nothing that is shown or meant to be exciting. It's just shown, because it is. The movie begins with a voice over which sets the tone. It's like someone is narrating our lives (or C. Bales characters life in that case). While boundaries and rules of filmmaking do not seem to matter to Malick (or at least he likes to break them), for the uninitiated viewer this will come as a shock. Something he or she won't be able to enjoy as movie. Because in fact this isn't just a movie. It transcends that boundary for better or worse. Depending on what you make of it ...