Content #2

WOW! AMAZING! FINALLY! Now I’ve gotten somewhere with this movie. After reading “Terrence Malick’s Insufferable Masterpiece” I got a better understanding of “The Tree of Life”. The whispering sound that I had no idea about previously is God talking to Job, which is the story on the book of Job Professor Devine, explained to the class in the beginning of the film. Of course I still don’t understand the purpose of the light in the beginning of the film, as the concept wasn’t explained entirely. I understand why I didn’t understand the film the first time I watched it because it was in fact all over the place as explained in this article. Malick’s whole vision was for viewers to understand his life as a child. But, if I can remember my experiences as a child most of them are blurry; it’s funny to say that I do only remember being mischievous as a child. I don’t really have any positive memories or experiences as a child; which clearly goes for Malick as well. However, the dinosaur aspect of the film wasn’t explained and I’m very interested in seeing what critics have to say about that particular part of the film. I also found it very interesting that I couldn’t follow the film because the motion of the camera that the film was shot in, as stated in the article the film director never has the camera standing on a tripod throughout the entire film which is very interesting. I think that Malick was trying to get readers to be in his shoes as a child. Also it’s interesting that there barely was any speaking throughout the film, the little bit of words that were spoken wasn’t as significant as the symbols displayed and the actions enacted.