The Tree of Life

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matt35mm

Quote from: MacGuffin on May 16, 2011, 02:35:37 PM
Life, which Malick has been nurturing for years

Heh.

Quote from: MacGuffin on May 16, 2011, 02:35:37 PM
it's a very sad and beautiful...wank?

Is there any other kind?

Stefen

Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

GTFO. Eff this dude. The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

matt35mm

Quote from: Stefen on May 16, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

GTFO. Eff this dude. The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.

I was just about to post this exact thing, pretty much word for word.

matt35mm

Oh shit y'all I just got an e-mail saying that there's going to be a special screening of this in Austin on May 31st with Jessica Chastain there.

$75 though.

I'm thinkin' about it.

children with angels

Quote from: Stefen on May 16, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.

I imagine that was probably his point.

EDIT: Okay, nope - it wasn't: just scanned his review (http://www.movingpicturesnetwork.com/27914/tree-life-review/)
"Should I bring my own chains?"
"We always do..."

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matt35mm

Quote from: matt35mm on May 16, 2011, 06:46:44 PM
Oh shit y'all I just got an e-mail saying that there's going to be a special screening of this in Austin on May 31st with Jessica Chastain there.

$75 though.

I'm thinkin' about it.

(2.5 minutes later)

Aaaand I've thought about it. What else is money for? I'll be there.

Pubrick

Quote from: children with angels on May 16, 2011, 06:46:47 PM
Quote from: Stefen on May 16, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.

I imagine that was probably his point.

why would that be his point? you don't have to read his review to know ">" means "greater than"... have you never come across that symbol before?

pretty strange for a dude with a PhD to not know that.. :ponder:
under the paving stones.

Stefen

Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

children with angels

Quote from: Pubrick on May 16, 2011, 06:51:58 PM
Quote from: children with angels on May 16, 2011, 06:46:47 PM
Quote from: Stefen on May 16, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.

I imagine that was probably his point.

why would that be his point? you don't have to read his review to know ">" means "greater than"... have you never come across that symbol before?

pretty strange for a dude with a PhD to not know that.. :ponder:

Um, yes - I'm familiar with the symbol! I interpreted his meaning to be: "Although I'm a Malick fan, I must say that The Tree of Life is less good even than this other famously self-indulgent film about the tree of life." But as I soon discovered, dude seems to actually LIKE Aronofsky's worst hour.
"Should I bring my own chains?"
"We always do..."

http://www.alternatetakes.co.uk/
http://thelesserfeat.blogspot.com/

john

Quote from: Stefen on May 16, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

GTFO. Eff this dude. The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.

Plus, everyone knows that people who use the phrase "I love me some..." are automatically invalidated. Any time. Every time.
Maybe every day is Saturday morning.

Reel

Quote from: matt35mm on May 16, 2011, 06:49:04 PM
Quote from: matt35mm on May 16, 2011, 06:46:44 PM
Oh shit y'all I just got an e-mail saying that there's going to be a special screening of this in Austin on May 31st with Jessica Chastain there.

$75 though.

I'm thinkin' about it.

(2.5 minutes later)

Aaaand I've thought about it. What else is money for? I'll be there.

sweet deal. Fuckin' Austin, man. Fuckin' every city, state, and country except mine.

socketlevel

Quote from: matt35mm on May 16, 2011, 06:43:21 PM
Quote from: Stefen on May 16, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: squints on May 16, 2011, 04:17:21 AMRT @cobblehillis I love me some Malick, but THE FOUNTAIN > TREE OF LIFE. #Cannes

GTFO. Eff this dude. The Fountain? The Fountain was terrible.

I was just about to post this exact thing, pretty much word for word.

I loved the fountain. but then again a more contemplative version of the fountain could be great as well. we'll see.
the one last hit that spent you...

Stefen

Here's a list of when and where Tree of Life will be showing.

http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4851

Albuquerque GETS IT June 17th. And it's going to GET IT. Because I'm going to give it to it! HARD.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

The Perineum Falcon

Quote from: Stefen on May 17, 2011, 01:29:03 PM
Here's a list of when and where Tree of Life will be showing.

http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4851

Can't wait to see it next year! Thanks Fox Searchlight!
We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Reel

Whens the widespread American release, next month I'm guessing?

I remember before I knew what this was about I thought it was an adaptation of "The giving tree" in the vein of WTWTA, and I was like " How are they gonna make that into a movie, and why the fuck are ppl so excited about it? " I guess it still could be a cool movie though, if they pulled the other one off.