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The Tree of Life (2011)
One Of The Greatest Films Ever Made
First, it's easy to understand why this film gets such extreme reactions. You either love it to no end or hate it. It's seemingly either haunting or boring.
It would be easy to say that smart people like this and dumb people don't, but that's not true.
It has to do with attention span, willingness to accept difference and change, and an interest in life and the universe itself. If you're not into those things, this film will probably do little for you.
But don't be fooled - it's not all artsy pretense and poetry. "The Tree Of Life" has the biggest explosions in cinema history (The Big Bang). It's also got dinosaurs, sharks, volcanoes and asteroids. It's the ultimate disaster movie in some respects.
It's got pregnant chicks and clowns, burn-victims and drowning kids. Feral dogs and planets forming. Who could really ask for more?
So perhaps the reason this movie gets such extreme reactions is because, well, this movie is extreme. In every sense of the word.
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
One of the best documentaries regarding the application of science since Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
The filmmaker, Peter Joseph, gathered up some of the best scientists in their respective fields (along with Michael Ruppert, of "Collapse" fame) to present a case for a near-empirical way of dealing with the problems of society.
Any fan of science over opinion, evidence over belief or challenging the status quo in general will find much to love here.
It is seemingly thought of as a political documentary, but technically, there is nothing "political" about it. It takes no sides in the establishment, basing its solutions on evidence (and the scientific method, in a general sense).
This comes off as a radical approach to problems, only because we don't see that in politics. But as far as radical notions go, what Zeitgeist : Moving Forward presents doesn't seem "out there" at all. But the ideas here are really quite universal. They exist in every culture or religion as "goals" or things to work towards. But until now, a clear case hasn't been presented on how to actually get there - how to solve the problems by taking them into account from the beginning.
Strong societies require strong foundations - and not a country in the world currently has a foundation like that.