I see a lot of movies

Rating: 1/10 (10 January 2012)

I am educated and appreciate the symbolic movies. In fact, "Songs from the Second Floor" is one of my favorite movies. Many have called this movie so intelligent, so very deep that if you aren't a genius, you just can't understand it! I laughed at those comments; I guess conceit pretentiousness is also a requirement.
This movie was pretentious and preachy as hell. It spoke down to the viewer as if they were idiots with kindergarten philosophy and cliché's. The sheer quantity of vapid voice overs was astounding. Malick really has no idea what he is talking about in this movie and he speaks to us as if he is the ultimate authority. I have an iron constitution for bad movies but this one actually made me and my friend leave the theatre after about 2 hours and 15 minutes. We were not alone in leaving, and a theatre manager was at the ready with a refund without even having to ask for it. I guess it was a common request. Some people seem to like this film but I found it to be the opposite of brilliant and metaphorical... empty and clichéd.