Nature and History
What I liked about this movie was how it made me think about nature and history. After the movie was done we talked about what it would be like to arrive in a new land and try to settle there - and how strange it would be to find people different from you living there. We also talked about nature and how different the Indians used the land compared to the English people. It made us really aware of how much we struggle with nature rather than work with it.
What I didn't like about this movie was that it was very slow moving. My sister fell asleep half way through and then she woke up and left the room to go sleep somewhere else. Then towards the end of the movie my dad left the room and didn't bother coming back to watch the end - it just didn't hold their attention. I also felt like the music could have been better, I kept waiting for a new more grand part of the song, but it seemed to stay at the same excitement level and the same melody. And also, I disliked that toward the end nothing bad happened anymore and it was just a romance story - what happened to the Indians? What was going on in the English settlement? There was so much struggle in settling and struggle between people earlier in the movie, and then that just disappeared and we were only watching Rebecca fall in love with John Rolfe.
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Friday, December 01, 2006 2:08 AM
Pammy, from reading your blogs, etc. I think I have an understanding of your film watching preferences a little. Well, the best I can describe is that Terrence Malick doesn't tell stories the way films conventionally do. There isn't always clear cut plot. His films are not action driven. I would even say they aren't "love" driven. As you probably noticed, it isn't a "genre" film. His films, for me, act as a painting, or piece of art that stands on its own outside of what most people would expect from a movie. Not necessarily telling me a story but giving me an experience. So even though the pace and music wasn't what you were expecting I hope you enjoyed Malicks artistic excellence!
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Friday, December 01, 2006 2:07 AM
Pammy, from reading your blogs, etc. I think I have an understanding of your film watching preferences a little. Well, the best I can describe is that Terrence Malick doesn't tell stories the way films conventionally do. There isn't always clear cut plot. His films are not action driven. I would even say they aren't "love" driven. As you probably noticed, it isn't a "genre" film. His films, for me, act as a painting, or piece of art that stands on its own outside of what most people would expect from a movie. Not necessarily telling me a story but giving me an experience. So even though the pace and music wasn't what you were expecting I hope you enjoyed Malicks artistic excellence!