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Let's be honest, most people who like his (TM) films are...

posted 9 years ago by ItalianGreyhound
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... pretentious hipsters who will like anything that's perceived to be "different" or "experimental" in order to make themselves sound "hipper than thou". These people will spend hours discussing films like this and "The Tree of Life" with fellow hipsters, looking for all kinds of meaning in these films, when in fact it's just a random collection of images because TM can no longer be bothered to write a proper screenplay. They are narrow-minded people who (along with TM) forget that film is foremost an entertainment medium.

[–] LipSipDip 9 years ago

Another person incorrectly using "pretentious" in a failed attempt at sounding relevant? Boring.

Let me guess, you also enjoy calling films you don't understand "artsy-fartsy" as well, since those phrases are practically mutually exclusive to knuckle-draggers everywhere.

[–] ItalianGreyhound 9 years ago

I understand these films perfectly. The problem is, there's nothing there to understand. No substance, all style... no thanks.

[–] lucascolebooks 9 years ago

As one who used the term artsy-fartsy in a separate post about this "important" film as I compared it to another box office (but critically acclaimed) dud, Birdman, I wanted to suggest to the hipsters that there are very literate, intellectually satisfying, yet quite entertaining films like those by Ingmar Bergman and even the early Zatoichi films, the latter an art form that depicted the subtleties of Japanese culture along with the swordplay. Those films, like Bergman's The Seventh Seal, entertained while being high art forms and, the number one requirement of a good film: telling a story.

[–] ItalianGreyhound 9 years ago

I agree 100%. Why even bother with a film if there's no story being told?

[–] robbystoner 9 years ago

There is a story being told. Its just not present to you in the same format that 90% of film makers present it in.

Can this really be the end..to be stuck inside of mobile
with the Memphis blues again.

[–] ItalianGreyhound 9 years ago

No, there isn't a story. Malick doesn't even bother with scripts anymore. He just lets his actors ham it up in any way they desire. That's why they love working with him - he really appeals to the thespians' inner pretentiousness.

[–] leo-hork-na 9 years ago

Terrence Malick just blows. His films are arty fartsy plastic.

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[–] steveruby 9 years ago

Saw the trailer, think I'll pass on this. Looks dull as dishwater.

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