come anticipate the masterpiece that will be terrence malick's TREE OF LIFE.

Well, I did respond to it, but by feeling nauseous, I doubt that was what the movie was supposed to do...

the next thing you know everyone is dead, including you, and even as you juggle a jumble of memories, loves, experiences, mistakes and regrets, you're not one step closer to understanding the way the universe works or why.

Yeah, like I said, I was fine this when the movie was depicting memories, of childhood thoughts and images and experiences meshing with each other... But what I didn't get why the same technique was used with the cosmic/spiritual stuff. Like, in the beach scene in the end of the movie Malick keeps cutting within the same "Heaven" (or whatever it's supposed to be) imagery, he doesn't juxtapose it with memories or stuff from other parts of the movie, it's just jump-cuts within the same scene on the beach, and I seriously don't get what was the point of there. From what was actually happening in the scene, it felt like we were supposed to witness the state of grace mentioned earlier in the movie, of sins forgiven (hence the mother being all cuddly with the father again) and losses regained... But the way it was presented felt stressful and chaotic, closer to music video than anything solemn. And if that was intentional, I just don't get what the intention was.

The new Blu-ray/DVD release features two versions of the picture — the 139-minute, Oscar-nominated 2011 theatrical cut and a new, 188-minute extended edition. This longer edit, however, is not a “director’s cut,” although Malick himself prepared it.

http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/will-terrence-malick-ever-really-finish-the-tree-of-life.html

Same as it ever was. https://t.co/V4PiwEryqb

— Michael Oman-Reagan (@OmanReagan) October 30, 2019

Er, not sure what happened

Shout out to my friend who once tried to torrent Malick’s The Tree of Life, downloaded 3h 8m of the trailer on a loop, and watched that for thirty minutes thinking it was “experimental” before he caught on. I have thought about this approximately twice a week for ten years 🙏

— Megan (@mmegannnolan) October 30, 2019

I suppose you're also going to shatter my illusions by claiming that the film isn't actually scored to an extended mix of 'Yackety Sax'.

prayers up for this poor bastard mentioned in the comments

another s/o to @SomeNiceFun who inadvertently watched it thinking it would be a calming film to take the buzz off an acid trip, and who was also - unbeknownst to him - was simultaneously coming down with norovirus

— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) October 30, 2019

prayers up for this poor bastard mentioned in the comments

another s/o to @SomeNiceFun who inadvertently watched it thinking it would be a calming film to take the buzz off an acid trip, and who was also - unbeknownst to him - was simultaneously coming down with norovirus

— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) October 30, 2019

prayers up for this poor bastard mentioned in the comments

another s/o to @SomeNiceFun who inadvertently watched it thinking it would be a calming film to take the buzz off an acid trip, and who was also - unbeknownst to him - was simultaneously coming down with norovirus

— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) October 30, 2019

prayers up for this poor bastard mentioned in the comments

another s/o to @SomeNiceFun who inadvertently watched it thinking it would be a calming film to take the buzz off an acid trip, and who was also - unbeknownst to him - was simultaneously coming down with norovirus

— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) October 30, 2019

grrr

Thank u for recreating the experience of watching bootleg Tree of Life

Lol

I had totally forgotten Jack shouting at his father "SHE ONLY LOVES ME!"

Extended version throws in too much that truly is too much/not enough (Ben Chaplin as abusive dad in the neighborhood). Also Chastain's mother (Fiona Shaw) explicitly diagnosing Pitt's resentments, which we can see for ourselves.

Alex Ross's Criterion supplement on the musical selections is excellent.