The Tree Of Life And The Oscars

[Miriel]

It may have been risky since anything beyond the formulaic Hollywood stuff can be seen as risky. And for a feature film to be so nonlinear is not the norm. But the film played like a million different music videos or artsy indie films that have existed for years. I once went to a college multimedia art show where someone showed repeated clips of home videos with weird blackouts and bursts of colors scattered throughout. And the visuals, while beautiful weren't exactly new. Maybe in the context of a feature film it was unusual and innovative, but in terms of just pure imagery... Well I've seen a lot of it before. With the exception of the creation of the universe parts which I admit were truly special. But the other stuff, like the shadow of children playing wasn't exactly brand new.

For me, Inception was great fun to watch.

Tree of Life was boring as hell. Inception never acted like it wasn't an action film. I mean the whole thing starts off with an action sequence. But it was a unique action movie. Entertaining, smart, and engaging. Tree of Life leaves you wondering, "What is the point of this movie and why should I care?" This was like the epitome of hipster art house, look-how-different-I-can-be filmmaking. If a movie doesn't move you to feel something, why waste the time? I'm sure some people may have been enraptured by it, just like some people are enraptured by Jackson Polluck, but I'm not one of those people.