Going to see this in New York tonight at the Lincoln Center! I can't wait; the trailer gives me all sorts of goosebumps! What looks like overarching, life-encompassing themes and breathtaking imagery are all reminding me of The Fountain.
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OK, back from the movie, and....wow. All I know for sure is I definitely have to go watch this movie again. The mistake I made the first time around was going into this movie, thinking that it would be a movie, when it really isn't like any movie I've ever seen, and thus, can't really be judged along with other typical movies. Unlike conventional films, it doesn't really have that much in way of a plot. Instead I would call it a series of mediations or musings on life, love, the universe, God, and time, complemented with beautiful, breathtaking shots of nature, the cosmos, childhood, and Malick's interpretation of the beginning and end of time, all set to a momentous soundtrack. In this way, I feel as if the movie is meant as a guide for the audience to gauge their own personal inner conflicts and spend two hours in an idealized setting - bombarded with awe-inspiring pictures and soaring music - to seriously ponder and come to terms with their own unanswered questions. I would not say the movie was entertaining, or enjoyable, or comprehensible, but I don't really regard that as a bad thing. A lot of the time, I did feel frustrated, confused, and conflicted. But I think this may have been because I was constantly struggling to watch it as if it were just another movie, looking for plot clues or hints at what the director was trying to convey. Looking back, I see it as an exercise to immerse ourselves in the Big questions, the kind we always asked and wondered at as children but have thought less and less about as we grew.
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