Hot Trailer: ‘The Tree of Life’

COMMENTS (40)

• That trailer puts my ass in the theater seat. Looks terrific and classic Malick.

  Comment by oh Boy — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• WOW– looks so beautiful.

  Comment by MF — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:15pm PST  Reply to this post

• Thank you for this Terrence Malick. I think we have the new American masterpiece on our hands. If this came out today, I suspect it would be a major awards contender. I cannot wait to see this!

  Comment by Riley — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• Can’t wait!

  Comment by Danzig — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• Tree of Life and the Butterfly?

  Comment by kid — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• Ahhhhhh, Malick.
  Always worth the wait.
  He humbles me.

  Comment by ahhhh — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wha de fa?

  Comment by nom de guerre — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• Incredible.

  Comment by immature — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• Maybe it’s just me – and I’ve seen most of his work – but I often feel while visually stunning often it’s so ponderous as to leave me more puzzled than satisfied.

  Comment by F. — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:41pm PST  Reply to this post

• This might be great – like Badlands or Thin Red Line – but could just as easily be more of Malick’s gorgeous, pretentious, drivel. Thanks to The New World, I’m completely ambivalent.

  Comment by James — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:43pm PST  Reply to this post

• Love it if it’s the Badlands Malick. If it’s the Facebook/Twitter Malick – Pass.

  Thank you.

  Comment by anhonestanswer — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 5:34pm PST  Reply to this post

• I dare you to tell me what that movie is about.

  Comment by Confused — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 6:03pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I’m with “Confused.” What the hell was that? Pretty pictures and some chick who looks like a creative writing major at Barnard whispering? I don’t know much about the director’s work, but I do remember seeing “The Thin Red Line” and totally not getting it. But what the hell do I know: I just got a bootleg of “The Star Wars Holiday Special” from 1978 and thought it was hot stuff.

    Comment by NYCWannabe — Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 7:14am PST  Reply to this post

  • Heaven forbid the entire story be told in the trailer, Confused.

    Go grab me a latte buddy.

    Comment by Confused by your Spunk Gunk — Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 10:46am PST  Reply to this post

  • My guess: A boy grappling with his place in a family as beautiful and tumultuous as the world he lives in. (Works for me, I’ll buy a ticket.)

    Comment by I — Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 11:24am PST  Reply to this post

• At least there’s something right with this industry where Terrence Malick’s movies can still get made.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 6:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• Looks absolutely stunning. Can’t wait!

  Comment by Lhill — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 6:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• Love Malick – can’t wait. But it reminds me of The Fountain.

  Comment by Danny — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 7:24pm PST  Reply to this post

• looks beautiful, well acted and incredibly boring…just like all his films.

  Comment by dave — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 7:29pm PST  Reply to this post

• The trailer alone is better than any movie I’ve seen all year.

  Comment by JC — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 7:44pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I second that!

    Comment by Anonymous — Saturday December 18, 2010 @ 9:17am PST  Reply to this post

• Malick’s got the best eye in cinema. Nobody else comes close.

  But the inner dialogue thing is starting to feel like a gimmick. It’s the same voice every time. Same tone, same phrasings. I get it, Terry, the universe is vast and life is strange and fleeting.

  Unfortunately, I got it in Badlands and Days of Heaven. And then I got it again in Thin Red Line….

  Comment by My Beautiful Fuzzy Navel — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 8:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• has there ever been a more pretentious trailer?

  Comment by Bobmcbob — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 8:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Coming eventually to a theater near you.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 8:55pm PST  Reply to this post

• A lot of beautiful images but I’m sorry is it me or does anyone else find themselves asking what the heck is this movie about?

  Comment by Tracey — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 10:03pm PST  Reply to this post

• while it looks nice visually its just way overhyped for me and im not gonna get burned again by another self indulgent Terrence Malick film

  Comment by jeremy wein — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 10:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• I can’t wait for this film to come out. I just wish Fox Searchlight had the balls to put this film out in awards season, but i guess they had Black Swam, 127 Hours, and who knows how many other films they have.

  Comment by John Drama — Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 11:02pm PST  Reply to this post

• it be purty to lookee at.

  Comment by Vicaro — Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 3:00am PST  Reply to this post

• Sometimes beautiful imagery is enough.

  Comment by Brother Mouzone — Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 4:19am PST  Reply to this post