Fwd: NP - OMFG, I HATE Terrence Malick Films!

[John Bailey]

Roma broke me a bit. There are currents within it that build up such force
and you only later realise how powerful they are. If it's playing in a
local cinema go the extra distance.

On Mon, 24 Dec 2018, 9:28 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com wrote:

> You want sublime?  Try Roma on Netflix.
>
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 12:34 AM <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I once had a first date going to to see The Thin Red Line. I actually
> > enjoyed the movie. The date didn’t. He kept sighing very loudly
> throughout
> > and asking when someone was going to die (also very loudly). Now that I
> > think about it, it would be wise not to use Mallick films as a
> relationship
> > ink blot test. His films are a tad pretentious to say the least, but then
> > so is Tarkovsky (just the first that comes to mind) in a similar vein.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On 23 Dec 2018, at 03:55, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Have you seen days of heaven? That one is pretty watchable. I agree
> with
> > > you in general, but am glad that someone can get films like his made.
> > >> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 8:20 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Tried watching Knight of Cups.  Drove me crazy in 30 minutes.  The
> most
> > >> pretentious film making ever!  Droning inane narrator is not sublime.
> > >> Flickering memory visions get old really fast.  I don't think I will
> > ever
> > >> be tempted to give TM another try, and I've given him many tries.
> > >>
> > >> David Morris
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