Comments on: Baffling First Official Synopsis For Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight Of Cups’ Unveiled

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

Oh good, I was waiting for someone to point out that this isn\’t original to Malick, rather it is the Hymn of the Pearl…quite gnostic in its storyline.

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

I kinda see this as Malick\’s La Dolce Vita

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

Autocorrect be damned! lol

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

I\’m always astonished when someone in the film community, an seemingly intelligent one as well, says that Malick\’s films are thin on plot. They are some of the most densely plotted, and richly themed films ever made. He just doesn\’t condemned and try and spell things out for the viewer. He challenges them. And to that point, this trailer is very clear in showing that it\’s a story of lost man in search of redemption.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

This film looks like another exploration of many of the themes of his last two films, To the Wonder and Tree of Life: the absence of God/ God/ love / the source of love / carnal love vs. transcendent love, etc. How can we live in the love of the "one who loves us", as the Bardem priest character says in To the Wonder, when love is forever fleeting and falling part?

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

Very poetic. So pretty. Much Malick.

By: Glass

Glass — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

@M – wat.

By: Mark R.Y.

Mark R.Y. — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

It looks like Malick is playing the "reality vs. illusion" game. Can\’t wait to see how he handles that.

By: M

Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

I wish I was a Malick fan. But I\’m not. Trailer is like a great looking Batman Begins.

By: sergio

sergio — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

rick comes from a wealthy/renowned family, set on a path to achieve something; along the way he meets different people who shows him another side of life, losing sight of his original goal; the king is his wealthy father, the pearl is his goal in life and the deep sleep is the detour he takes in his path.

By: hank

hank — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

broke the internet? more like took a big dump on the internet.

By: bohmer

bohmer — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

"Terrence Malick broke the internet yesterday afternoon" ? Dude, really?

By: Cuchillo

Cuchillo — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

We all will see it anyway.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

So Bale is leading himself out of "Egypt" twice in one year?

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

And judging from the trailer, it fits in well with the theme of Bale\’s character rising from his empty sleep of fame and setting forth to be the man he always wanted to be.

By: cary

cary — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:42:26 +0000

It\’s not a baffling synopsis at all. The story Rick\’s father told him is The Hymn of the pearl(or hymn of the soul, hymn of the robe of glory) from Acts of Thomas.