I've been watching a truck load of movies, so I'll just give a brief review of each with a rating.
Decent adventure movie that isn't as bad people say. Give it a watch. (3.5/5)
Scary movie let down by a stupid ending. (2.5/5)
Enjoyable horror/comedy film that brings Tim Burton back to his gothic roots. (3.5/5)
Boring thriller that doesn't have much to offer in scares or suspense. (1/5)
3 Extremes II: Some genuine scares but sadly, none of them make much sense. (1.5/5)
Oddball horror/comedy gets more random as it goes along. Funny and scary, but also nonsensical. (2.5/5)
Even MORE oddball than the first movie. A so-bad-it's-good movie, and don't miss John Ratzenberger's hilarious part. (3/5)
Episodic sci-fi/horror movie is nothing too special. (2.5/5).
Crude, crass and not for everyone's taste of humor. But if you love Sacha Baron Cohen, you'll definitely have a laugh. Story falls flat in the end. (3/5)
Okay, now onto the movie I watched just yesterday:
Wow...what a mind f%ck. I kind of feel Terrence Malick spent a little TOO much time on this movie. Now I know that this is meant to be a personal film for the director, since the story reflects a lot on the guy's past relationship with his father, family et al. But let's look at this for a minute; here we have a period drama movie about a dysfunctional Texan family and the relationship between the dominating father and one of his rebellious sons. For the first fifteen/twenty minutes, we're introduced to endless evangelical music, blue skies, orange lights, erupting volcanoes, molten lava, sea waves, rocky mountains, shooting stars, supernovas, stars, the sun, the moon...and this goes on forever. Even movies like 'Fantasia' and '2001: A Space Odyssey' weren't THIS excessive.
And if you thought THAT wasn't weird; guess what? There are dinosaurs in the movie. And no, I'm not talking about kids playing with dinosaur toys or people watching dinosaurs on TV, but actual dinosaurs in a serious drama movie; DINOSAURS IN A DRAMA MOVIE. There's a boy, his two brothers, a loving mother, a cruel father, all living in normal suburbian America...and then come DINOSAURS. Just what...the...f%ck...?
And again, I know this is meant to be a personal movie for Malick, but Jesus Christ, is it really that hard to get this movie to make sense? I absolutely LOVED Malick's 'The Thin Red Line', one of my all time favorite war movies (4.5/5). I love a movie that goes into philosophical depth, but 'Tree of Life' simply goes WAY overboard. It's so much that's it's hard to follow the story and understand what exactly is going on.
For shame, Mr. Malick, for shame.
Rating: 1/5.