I find Malick’s style cycles through “profound,” “odd,” and “a bit much.” How many shots of women frolicking through field and sunlight do we really need?
But no one (that I’ve watched, anyway) places the biggest questions of existence on display in such a beautiful, honest, and compelling way.
Many movies tell human stories of love and suffering in an excellent way. But Malick realizes the most fundamental human questions have nothing to do with us and everyone has them. …
