‘Tree of Life’ is completely in
the definition is a drama. But it’s not the kind of drama you must have seeing
before. It’s a complete new experience in observing a tale of emotion, at times
maybe quite difficult to explain it in words as it’s purely fascinating and
deeply though provoking.
When you extract the plot from
this whole movie experience it just looks plain, simple and mundane. A family
who loses their elder son at the age of 19 is shattered and deeply saddened by
the unexpected event.
The loss is viewed in terms of
the parents and the second child of the family and the movie represent
different time periods of the main even before and way after. And the story
flows concentrating the faith the family has put upon god and their views of
their faith in times of despair and loss. But more than being a religious movie
‘Tree of Life’ ends up being a true film that touches the mind of the viewer.
The story telling is extremely
creative. The cinematography is totally and completely mind blowing. I cannot
recall a movie in recent times which had gone to the extent of being ‘beautiful’
and ‘creative’ in cinematography than this. And the music which is bound from
scene to scene will put the viewer in to a trance and it’s almost like a
meditation for long minutes. The movie at times flows just like a usual movie
with people acting and telling the story. And at times it depicts the characteristics
of a documentary from National Geographic with simply extravagant collection of
footage from distant corners of the planet earth, and graphical representations
of deep space and micro organisms. And you may get to indulge your senses in
magical moments when the earth was so young and the dinosaurs roamed it. When
you read this it might sound insane. How can all that fit in a movie which has
a simple theme of family and loss? You have to watch it to understand.
All of the above with raw acting makes ‘Tree of Life’ a wonderful movie experience, which comes to presence very
rarely with genius visualization of a director like Terrence Malick.
My Score 4.5/5
Genre: Drama
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica
Chastain
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