The Tree of Life – 15 people walked out – best movie ever? #thoughts
So I saw The Tree of Life on Sunday. 20 minutes in, 7 people walked out. 1 hour into the movie and 15 people walked out.
When the film finished, there was silence. No one was sure if that was an amazing cinematic experience that will substitue 2001 on film schools or if it was just a big prank.
I think I loved it, although I’m not sure. The Tree of Life is the story of a 50 year old man who questions if all the traumas of his childhood were significant enough compared to the immensity of the Universe. Love is all that matters, anything else is redundant. Or at least that’s what I understood.
Terrence Malick will show you the Big Band, Dinosaurs, first steps of a baby, summers of your childhood, everything that matters to anyone and will ask you, does it really matter? Look at the universe, it’s fucking humongous, do you really think that that summer when you were 8 would be important when the universe collapses?
One thing it’s for certain though, it’s the most beautiful film I’ve ever seen.
