The movie stars Brad Pitt (The Mexican, Mr and Mrs Smith), Sean Penn (I am Sam, Milk), Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Debt), Hunter McCraken, Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, Fracture), Joanna Going (Lola, How to Make an American Quilt), Kari Matchett (Men with Brooms, The National Tree), and Laramie Eppler).
The plot according to Netflix is about a man trying to figure out the true nature of the world. I did not get that at all. It doess say that his parents had diffrent paths in life. Thats true but I just dont know if thats what the movie is about. For me it was hard to tell. Its could be about someone trying to come to terms with his abusive father.
The first half or third of this movie to me were just random shots of things that had nothing to do with any sort of plot. There was a part with dinosours. And some that were of space. I just dont see how Malick tied it into any sort of coherent plot. I tend to want to see things in movies that tie into other things in the movie. Those random scenes had nothing to do with anything. They were nice visually. As far as the plot they could of been left out with no explanation and you would not miss anything about the plot.
I did like the visuals that poped up through out the filf that reminded me of blood vessels. It was minimial on dialogue. It was like Lost in Translation and I was not a big fan of Lost in Translation .
The second half of the movie did get better. It did focus on the family. It seemed to get the point across of dealing with death, growing up with an abusive father. Just because the first half was so irrevelent the second half did get better. If I only watched the second half it may not of been as good.
I may not be smart enought to figure what the first half of the movie was trying to say or I may of forgotten the reviews after the Cannes Film Festival. Malick has a good reputation I think. But for me this was not a good example of his work. It did not come anywhere near the cult statis of some of his other work.
I am going to rate this one as a C- or D+. Go and see anything else that has some degree of a plot.
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