Beyond compare. The entire film is just shot after shot, scene after scene, so profoundly beautiful it's almost too much to bear. It's one of the few films that have moved me so much that I am aware of how my heart feels as I'm watching the film. There's very little dialogue, it could be a story from the Gospels. Linda Manz is incredible, so powerful and so funny - one sequence in the film features an unrelated monologue played over the action which is just a recording Terrence Malik made of Linda Manz explaining her understanding of the book of revelation. Terrence Malik is the biggest Christian ever and I think his films are so special because he's trying to convey ideas like grace and redemption and you can tell from the sensitivity with which he captures the world and people that this is the vision of someone who sees the world as Creation.
beautiful beautiful film. knows how to handle itself with taste and reservation. dream-like, meditative , tense , with possibly the hottest male leads ever
As perfect a movie as I’ve ever seen. Changed my life the moment I saw it from the barrel chairs of Metrograph with angel Terrence Davies there to speak. A love song to his mother, the movies, and the home in which he grew up. Loaded with a phantasmagorical sound design and mix matched only in emotional impact by the music of Burial.
painfully beautiful film. good god. go see this immediately!!! it will make you feel good. instant favorite. i can't get over the final scene - nothing new but beautifully done. beautiful is the only word i can think of. also has a very lovely (albeit small) soundtrack. reminded me of people i once loved. made the experience all the more bittersweet
i sense the most reliable path to true contentment and fulfilment in this life may be found by focusing not on ‘what will make me happy’ but on ‘how can I be useful to those I love and my community’.... the two are by no means mutually exclusive and i believe the first can only ever be found through the second.
