Comment on Copernicus was at the US premiere of Malick's KNIGHT OF CUPS at SBIFF

Copernicus was at the US premiere of Malick's KNIGHT OF CUPS at SBIFF Read the full article on AICN Fuck you, Terrence Malick.  Your first two films, BADLANDS, and DAYS OF HEAVEN are as good as anything ever made, and are two of the most beautiful films ever shot.  They established you as a genius, and for true geniuses I must watch every one of their films.  I had mixed feelings about some of your films that followed, from being fascinating but flawed (THE THIN RED LINE) to being a self-indulgent mess (THE TREE OF LIFE).  But even in your missteps, there was undoubtedly something fresh and original — you were doing an experiment on a scale that more audacious than others would dare in this century-old medium.  To take us to new cinematic places you have to be bold and adventurous.  It is the nature of experiments that they don’t always work.  I was still with you, right up until TO THE WONDER.  Ben Affleck wandering around whispering random random relationship bullshit for two hours without a narrative is not a movie.