Malick's a confusing filmmaker, and that's okay.

I'm sure everyone's had a run-in with a Malick film before, and he has a very distinct way of making films. I'm personally following a theory that Malick is looking to make one film in every genre before he retires, and that can be pretty weird considering how some filmmakers work for years just to become proficient in their one genre of preference. And then you get to the film The Tree of Life and you're left sitting there thinking "what in the world is happening?"

I never really liked Malick until later on in my college career when I learned to appreciate what he does, and you can see him channeling his style full-force in this film. His other films like The Thin Red Line and The Badlands are more narratively driven in a prominent way than the film we previewed, but his way to let the camera drift and display incredibly beautiful landscapes, even in a film about something as gritty like the war in Vietnam. Hopefully, his next films will continue to impress as he has 2 more projects potentially on the way this year.