Days of Heaven

"Sometimes I'd feel very old, like my whole life is over, like I'm not around no more".

'Days of Heaven' is a mesmerizing film that captures the beauty and calm activities in life, while having this unexplained sadness underneath. At the end, you learn that memories, good or bad, will occasionally haunt your thoughts and emotional state - since the film is about someone reflecting on their memory.

My relationship with Terrence Malick can be complicated, but when he scores, it's remarkable.

One of the highest forms of art.

Gorgeous cinematography coupled with an engaging score and Malick's signature realism makes for a visual treat. It's more of a living portrait than a simple cohesive narrative. There's also biblical allegory undertones that make the whole thing ripe for dissection.

This movie has a lot of beautiful scenery and a great story of scandal and betrayal during hard times.

This is a melodrama in a grain field.

I am admittedly not a huge fan of Terence Malick. I generally understand what he is trying to do, and I greatly enjoy some of his movies. This one kind of fell in the middle - I enjoyed the first half of the film more than the second half.

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There were several scenes where this felt like a gorgeous moving picture. Like something you can hang in an art museum. For everything else, it was a slow paced story about jealousy, prosperity, and second chances. Felt a lot like Steinbeck. I was multi tasking throughout the whole film and couldn't see myself caring if I ever watched this in whole again.