Title: Rather crude filmmaking despite the beautiful images.
Product review: What could be more obvious, when your subject is the ugliness and futility of war, than to alternate hideous battle scenes with beautiful images, i.e. breathtaking shots of nature and somebody's lovely wife on a swing back home?And what's a more obvious and contrived way to convey the psychological trauma experienced by soldiers than to have them recite protracted, cliche-ridden, pseudo-poetic monologues at the drop of a hat?And people find this film deep and profound? The only thing I get from it is that Terence Mallick is trying really hard to be great.This movie may be visually breathtaking, but it doesn't change the fact that it's an artistic failure.
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