kattah

This movie was trying to deal with questions far too big for its calibre. Producers must think it adds some sort of value and depth to an otherwise hollow Hollywood flick, if you spice it with this kind of bulls*** philosophy. Fine. The problem is, that this movie was not genuinely touching or poignant, just manipulative. Everything is said out loud so that the "hidden message" won't escape any viewers. That can be seen as underestimating your audience. How irritating when you notice that someone is trying to teach you something by telling an a-b-c morality tale. Why does every second Hollywood movie have to deal with the questions of life and death and everything in between anyway? Even in the very end, where they put a viewer to decide "by himself" which explanation he wants to believe. Cripes, who cares? This movie wasn't even entertaining enough to be watched just for the fun of spending time on the sofa.

This movie can be recommended to anyone who has 3 hours to spare, but if you try to hurry this or think you're looking at a war movie, it may not be very satisfying. Terrence Malick has a way of showing us the nature and how inseparably a man is a part of it. At times the presence of war seems almost incidental.