Sven

I kind of wanna watch the Tree of Life on acid.

mykicks asked: It's really not different because the only problem with The Tree of Life you laid out in your post was that it was "white people problems," which is a really shallow criticism, and one that you can use against most movies when you dumb them down enough. With the exception of Sean Penn's character as an adult, the characters in the movie aren't even wealthy - Brad Pitt spends most of the movie yearning to be wealthy, and then loses his job.

I hoped you would have understood that my post was not a full movie review.

If it doesn’t win cinematography I’m going to be pissed.

But this movie is seriously just. Blech. It’s so heavy-handed in its ambiguity, except for when it starts feeling dogmatic (not in its religious aspect, but in Malick’s temptation to shove his discontent and/or world view without ceasing).

Thin Red Line is a really good example of Malick at his top form because it’s still got a story even though it gets a bit abstract in its philosophy.

But the nature v. grace battle is too obvious (ambition v. faith in There Will Be Blood is one of the only _____ v ______ movies that I think has been successful [at least recently]). He makes a good case for it, and again, it’s an absolutely beautiful film, but fucking please with Jessica Chastain moaning over 20 minutes of the universe being created. I feel like that section of the film would have been so much better without her moaning. And I totally don’t like its placement in the film, but that’s just because I personally think it would have felt more natural after a little more context (instead of “here’s some vague exposition and then here, look at these pretty pictures, I promise we’ll get back to the story I got you interested in”).

Anyway. Malick is really hit or miss for me, so I knew there was no middle ground coming into this movie. He frames it as a movie with such intense feeling but then makes it incredibly difficult to actually feel anything, because the story goes huge time spans without advancing at all. Not to mention the fact that I really would care about these characters except for the context in which it displays them. It’s almost like the film is reminding us constantly how big the universe is, and how little the story matters. The performances are so good, and the characters so deliciously unrelatable, that the framing of the movie ends up undermining a lot of that, in my opinion.

But god damn is it pretty.

EDIT: This being said, it’s not the type of movie I think I’ll watch just once, so I might yet change my mind.

mykicks replied to your post: mykicks replied to your post: I’m watching The…

Not Interiors!

Oh my god that was ONE TIME

mykicks replied to your post: I’m watching The Tree of Life.

Yet you like Woody Allen movies

Very different, Woody Allen tells stories and also jokes.

I’m watching The Tree of Life.

I was really hoping I would like it.

So far it’s rich white people problems the movie.

Wahhhh my son died here’s a star being born. Wahhhhh god let me down.

Wahhhhh I’m Sean Penn and I live in a fucking crazy nice house but I’m saddddd because someone died forever ago.

Signed a two year lease in Kensington.

Off the B/Q at Beverly/Cortelyou and walking distance to the F/G at Church.

A two bedroom with a musician friend who is this totally badass chick. Living room will be a studio, etc.

I’m excited to not be living with my ex anymore. Moving next weekend.

Just an update, I guess.

isthisapiano:

Words of wisdom

GIFs like these are my favorite thing about the internet.

(Source: iamsosorry)

kelseybyrne:

KNIFE.

Kelsey is the best because when she plays live and electric she’s seriously like Lissie and Nicole Atkins had a baby. Watch dis.

thedailywhat:

Look At This Acting Dog of the Day: The Incredible Acting Dog shows off his thespic chops.

[b3ta.]

This dog is my new best friend.

This video of a dog is my new best friend.

Say hello to my new best friend, everyone.

shellylikeschicken asked: you are like eighty percent lucille bluth.

I found a new place.

In Kensington, with a musician (living room = studio), paying $750.

A bit of a walk to the B/Q or F/G (10 minutes or so to either) but it gives me options and makes it a commitment to go somewhere I wouldn’t need to go.

Signing the lease in the next day or two. Moving probably next Saturday. Which happens to be what would have been Alex and I’s 2 year anniversary.

I need to get out of here for my mental health but I’m having anxiety about the move, anyway. :/

This was supposed to have a point to it. Whoops.

subterraneans answered your question: Question:

do you love biophilia that much

The thing is, I don’t know. But I do know that I haven’t seen her live before and that she’s playing in a museum that’s been like, customized for her. So that’s why I’m considering it.

Question:

Is $159 too much to spend for a ticket to see Björk in a museum?

What if tUnE-YarDs covered Call Your Girlfriend.

WHAT IF.

thedailywhat:

Amateur Night of the Day: President Obama sings the sultry opening line from Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” during a campaign event tonight at the Apollo Theatre. 

Green, who was in attendance at the historic event (the first visit to the legendary Harlem landmark by a sitting president), has yet to share his thoughts on Obama’s loving homage.

[@alex_ogle.]

God damn. He’s not bad. Once he’s out of office, I’m hoping for a covers album.

EDIT: Fuck this “out of office” thing, let’s just think about how FOR SURE his reelection would be if he recorded a covers album RIGHT NOW.

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