Song to Song (Terrence Malick, 2017) Movie • Page 3

This is opening here 3 weeks earlier now. Only one more week!

 

Yes. I was surprised at how sore I have been, but that seems to be the extent of it.

 

Well that's good at least. Sorry to hear about your car. This is playing here for another week. I'm probably gonna go on Monday.

 

I hope I get to see it in theaters, but it feels like The Tree of Life will be the last one as he gets more and more off the mainstream path.

 

I'm actually really surprised that this is playing near me. It's playing at a twin theater that's within walking distance. I'd be surprised if it doesn't come through your area in at least a limited release.

 

We have it in Orlando. To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, and Voyage of Time all did not come that close. I might make the weekend trip.

 

Hope you can make it. I'll be sure to post what I think, though I haven't seen Knight of Cups so I don't have that context.

 

I enjoyed this. But it might be the first time I've ever seen a Terrence Mallick film and didn't think, "I need to see this again" afterwards. Fuck my audience though, there was a group towards the back who kept on whispering throughout the whole thing. I really wonder how many came just for the actors, I'm sure they were in for a surprise.

Edit: this movie made me miss my ex and the way it felt to be in love lol

 

I think I loved this

 

I wasn't sure at first, but the more I reflect on it, the more I like it

 

I will say, I have one issue with this movie that I can't seem to shake. Due to the nature of Mallicks filmmaking, whenever we are introduced to one of the main characters parents or family members I am wholly unconvinced that they are real people and instead just see them as actors who don't necessarily know what to do with their limited role. Like, Ryan Goslings mom felt like an actress playing his mom and not like the characters actual mother, imo. I haven't had this issue with any other Mallick movie, even though a lot of the time characters are introduced and then quickly out of the picture, they usually feel fully realized but I didn't get that this time.

 

For some reason I've never actually seen a Mallick film which shocked me to realize... but my apartment has no power so I'm seeing this in 20 minutes. I have no clue what I'm getting into

 

Missed out on the screening I planned to go to today. For some reason, this is playing pretty much the worst cinema in the city and there's no way I'm surviving the Friday night crowd, so tomorrow morning it shall be!

 

lol I hope you survived.

 

Very curious to hear your thoughts

 

I don't often say this of 2 1/2 hour long movies, but I wish this was a little longer. I wish we had another couple scenes with Fassbender, his story after Natalie Portman dies just feels kinda incomplete but I kinda get the feeling story isn't a big attraction for Malick films.

Man I loved this though, I was drawn in by the talk of this being a SXSW film but this is so much more then that. It was just beautiful and I'm gonna be thinking about this film for a long time.

Was always kinda ambivalent on Rooney Mara before but I absolutely loved her in this, and Gosling and Fassbender are always great. Man I just really really loved this film.

One more note, typing this up I realized that I don't know any of the characters names. I find that really odd, and usually I'd hold that kinda thing against a movie but I don't think it really matters here.

 

I'm glad to hear it went over well! You're so lucky that you get to experience the rest of his films now.

I really wonder what it would be like to have post-The Tree of Life be first exposure to Malick.

 

Still hoping to see this soon.

 

Dude, awesome. Really glad to hear this. What do you think about my comment that I wrote a couple posts above regarding the parents?

 

I liked Faye's dad, I think the connection was there and it was believable. Especially the scene when she's breaking down to him in the parking lot.

I also like the little scene with BV's dad, but I agree with you that his mom was just kinda there. Kinda seemed like it was a fan who was far too excited to be acting opposite Gosling.

 

Very nice of Terry to put every one of the most attractive celebrities ever in one film.

(This is great and I want to see it again but I will not suffer through the most uncomfortable cinema I've ever sat in again. Here's to hoping it moves somewhere else in a few weeks.)

 

what's so awful about that cinema? Issues with the audience or the experience itself?

 

The actual seats. They like curve into you. Didn't sit still for more than like 10 min at a time.

 

oh god

 

This was good, but I didn't love it. Rooney Mara was great, and the filmmaking was great from a technical standpoint. Where does Malick get the money to film in all these beautiful locations?

I'm working my way through his filmography, and I guess I'm starting off by going backwards since Song to Song and Knight of Cups are both available on Prime. I've only ever seen Tree of Life, but I was younger and didn't know much about Malick's style so I don't remember much of it.