I can not believe that this movie has received so many awards and critical acclaim. Someone please explain. Is it because of the adorable child on the poster? I loved him. I heard this was a slow moving yet epic film about life, which excited me because I love movies like that. Cut to me not being able to wait for it to end. I watch tons of movies and I am usually never confused by them, even when there are sprawling and intricate plots with dozens of characters and things going on. I also usually “get” movies that have almost nothing going on. But I had to go read the summary on Wikipedia for this one because I was convinced I missed some giant plot point that would make it all come together for me. I was wrong. I laughed so hard when I read this: “Mr. O’Brien laments the course his life has taken, questioning whether he has been a good enough person. He reconciles with Jack, asking forgiveness for his harsh treatment of him. Five billion years in the future, life on the planet Earth is destroyed, incinerated by the Sun as it expands into a red giant and then left alone as a desolate, lifeless frozen planet still orbiting the Sun, which by that time has turned into a feeble white dwarf.” OH, OKAY. Is this summary even accurate? How was I supposed to know that this shit was going on five billion years in the future? WHAT THE HELL? I went to the always entertaining IMDb message boards, and the first topic was “How does the film go from Brad Pitt to dinosaurs?” I AM CRACKING UP. The dinosaur scene was actually one of the only I really liked. The thing is, I don’t know how the film went from Brad Pitt to dinosaurs. Oh man, I was so ready to love this film and I just… what. Why. I should just go take some video of this gorgeous waterfall near my house and then have someone whisper something about how we are all connected, that there are no differences, only love, cut to some nebulas and then possibly I will be able to go to the Oscars next year.

I can not believe that this movie has received so many awards and critical acclaim. Someone please explain. Is it because of the adorable child on the poster? I loved him. I heard this was a slow moving yet epic film about life, which excited me because I love movies like that. Cut to me not being able to wait for it to end.

I watch tons of movies and I am usually never confused by them, even when there are sprawling and intricate plots with dozens of characters and things going on. I also usually “get” movies that have almost nothing going on. But I had to go read the summary on Wikipedia for this one because I was convinced I missed some giant plot point that would make it all come together for me. I was wrong. I laughed so hard when I read this:

“Mr. O’Brien laments the course his life has taken, questioning whether he has been a good enough person. He reconciles with Jack, asking forgiveness for his harsh treatment of him.

Five billion years in the future, life on the planet Earth is destroyed, incinerated by the Sun as it expands into a red giant and then left alone as a desolate, lifeless frozen planet still orbiting the Sun, which by that time has turned into a feeble white dwarf.”

OH, OKAY. Is this summary even accurate? How was I supposed to know that this shit was going on five billion years in the future? WHAT THE HELL?

I went to the always entertaining IMDb message boards, and the first topic was “How does the film go from Brad Pitt to dinosaurs?” I AM CRACKING UP. The dinosaur scene was actually one of the only I really liked. The thing is, I don’t know how the film went from Brad Pitt to dinosaurs. Oh man, I was so ready to love this film and I just… what. Why. I should just go take some video of this gorgeous waterfall near my house and then have someone whisper something about how we are all connected, that there are no differences, only love, cut to some nebulas and then possibly I will be able to go to the Oscars next year.

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    I AM LAUGHING SO HARD
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  5. personlich said: I also felt ofended by this movie, it’s just: WTFFF?!
  6. theneonbicycle said: finally someone understands my views on this movie. to be honest, i found it to be a complete gong-show of hidden messages and pretty images.
  7. aelectra reblogged this from rockerbabyfi12 and added:
    SPOT. ON. cc: Alex, Emily, Amanda, Laura, Liz.
  8. wanderlustmyfriend said: THANK YOU. While this is a visually breathtaking movie, it was also painful to sit through. Dinosaurs? I don’t know, none of it seemed to make sense to me.
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  10. sandaar said: Did you see Days of Heaven by the same director? I loved this movie, and i think you might like it. (It’s not confusing^^) If you saw it, i would like to know what you think of it!
  11. thegirlwiththeharrypottertattoo said: I felt the same way! So many people in my theater either left or fell asleep haha. I didn’t like the religious undertones, and overall it may have been pretty (loved some of the clothes) to look at but it was so dull to me.
  12. rockerbabyfi12 reblogged this from capriamovies and added:
    I haven’t seen this movie, but I’ve heard enough about it. Mostly from Aja, who I thought would enjoy this review by...
  13. raleigh-st-clair said: This is more or less what I’ve heard. My friend rented it and I told him I did not want to watch it. We did not. I was happy. We did a puzzle. The end.
  14. gracethestate said: I have no words for this movie. But I watched this in a theater which I got discounted tickets for because the air conditioning broke, try being sweaty in a small indie theater wanting this to end, it sucked.
  15. mixingtheblues said: I saw this in theatres for the experience and when I left, my eyes were glazed. It was quite the film but I don’t know if I’d recommend it, and to this day I’m not sure if I enjoyed it. It’s one that I can’t really sum up, to be honest.
  16. tryingtodohandstands said: hahahaha man i was so looking forward to watching this movie! im still gna watch it but now at least my expectations might not get shattered!
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