The Tree of Life

              I went into watching the tree of life not really expecting much. I have heard from other people that it is a very difficult movie to watch, so I did not really have high expectations. I knew nothing about the movie going in and was surprised when I saw Sean Penn and Brad Pitt in this type of movie. It was odd because this was extremely different then the films that they normally do. During the film I never did really figure out what it was about.

            At some points throughout the film, I felt like it was more like a Discovery channel documentary, like planet earth or something, then a movie. I was confused when the dinosaurs and every thing entered the picture. I was not really sure what was going on. I think what was going on through out this movie was Mr. O’Brian’s (Brad Pitt’s Character) son died when he was 19. It showed his oldest son jack, (Sean Penn) later in life in the modern times living his life. It cuts back between that and the boys growing up when they were younger. This was definitely a long and difficult movie to watch. It was only a little over two hours, however it felt much longer.

            Overall I did not think this movie was very enjoyable to watch, and did not really know what was going on. I think that if I could understand what was going on more, and then maybe I would have enjoyed it a little more.