Comments on: The Tree of Life http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/the-tree-of-life Powered by Webshore Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Movies Critical Digest: 6.12.11 | Critical Twenties http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/the-tree-of-life#comment-9947 Movies Critical Digest: 6.12.11 | Critical Twenties Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:37:51 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=3674#comment-9947 [...] really funny take on the film, The Tree of Life (2011).  You know, the movie that everybody wanted to love but nobody actually understood?:    [...] [...] really funny take on the film, The Tree of Life (2011).  You know, the movie that everybody wanted to love but nobody actually understood?:    [...]

]]> By: Lekha http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/the-tree-of-life#comment-9231 Lekha Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:29:07 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=3674#comment-9231 I won't deny that the film was absolutely stunning, especially the evolution bit and it definitely has me thinking about it. Interposing the demise of a loved one with the birth of the universe reminded me strongly of what Kahlil Gibran haunting passage, "Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. And that that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space." Having said that, the movie felt self-absorbed and bordered on pretentious. And a lot of bits looked like a cellphone ad (especially with the breathy voice-overs) . I thought Malick struggled to maintain that balance of subtlety. Some scenes were either so subtle that they veered into WTF territory, or were chock-full of Important and Obvious Biblical Metaphors. I won’t deny that the film was absolutely stunning, especially the evolution bit and it definitely has me thinking about it. Interposing the demise of a loved one with the birth of the universe reminded me strongly of what Kahlil Gibran haunting passage,
“Yet the timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness,
And knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.
And that that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling
within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.”

Having said that, the movie felt self-absorbed and bordered on pretentious. And a lot of bits looked like a cellphone ad (especially with the breathy voice-overs) . I thought Malick struggled to maintain that balance of subtlety. Some scenes were either so subtle that they veered into WTF territory, or were chock-full of Important and Obvious Biblical Metaphors.

]]> By: Sowmya http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/the-tree-of-life#comment-9230 Sowmya Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:23:23 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=3674#comment-9230 Fabulous first two paras Danish!! Fabulous first two paras Danish!!

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