Terrence Malick's visually captivating 2011 Oscar nominated film Tree of Life
was one of the most divisive films last year. You either really loved
the elusive Malick's undeniably beautiful, ambitious, grandiose
filmmaking or you were completely bored and frustrated by it. (What in the hell were those dinosaurs doing there?) How you felt about Tree of Life,
which a close friend of mine once accurately described as, a "really
great three-hour screensaver" will likely dictate how you feel about the
celebrated director's latest effort, To The Wonder.
While
the trailer doesn't give much away about the actual plot of the film
(which played to mixed reactions at both the Venice Film Festival and
the Toronto Film Festival) the resemblances to Tree of Life
are undeniable: a soothing voiceover speaking in broad, inspirational
quotes about the mystery of life set to a sweeping score (here, Javier Bardem as a priest), very attractive people in very beautiful settings soaking in and pondering the mystery of life (here, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Olga Kurylenko), and, of course, trees. Watch:
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