Comments on: Uwe Boll Calls ‘The Tree Of Life’ A “Piece Of Shit” And Lars Von Trier A “Ret*rd”

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

@ sean …

that was my (sarcastic) point.

By: You guys are crazy man, you're Crazy

You guys are crazy man, you're Crazy — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

The Tree of Life is so packed full of awesomeness that most people cannot handle its greatness. It’s like the Arc in Raiders.

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

I never thought I\’d say this, but I actually find myself agreeing with Uwe Boll.

I think I died a little just typing that.

By: rob humanick

rob humanick — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

Wait wait wait, let me try: I was not bored to death watching \”The Tree of Life.\” I was, however, nearly bored to tears by \”Alone in the Dark.\”

By: evilnik

evilnik — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

same here.. i kind agree with Boll\’s some feelings :0
yeah. crucify me. but dont deny that the michael bay comments were like bang on :p

By: bobmorton

bobmorton — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

the guy may not make great movies, but he\’s certainly right.

malick: undeservedly over-praised by the pseudo-intellectual cinema going community.
von trier: trolling is somewhat socially retarded, so he\’s a retard.
bay: he makes recruitment films. period.

By: actionman

actionman — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

anyone giving uwe any sort of public forum is clearly brain-dead. the guy makes Ed Wood-styled movies. He\’s one of the worst filmmakers every to pick up a camera. Spare me with this moron\’s viewpoints on The Tree of Life. Yeah, the guy who made Postal — I wanna hear what he thinks about The Tree of Life. Ha!

By: Papushi

Papushi — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

I thought Tree of Life was silly and banal, but fuck you Boll.
I haven\’t watched a Von Trier film yet, but I really enjoyed his documentary the Five Obstructions.

But anyway fuck you, Boll.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

yeah, fuck me. as a long dedicated Malick fan, I have to say that Uweee kind of has a point. The Sean Penn scenes were over contrived and pointless in my opinion. But Terrence Malick is a reclusive genius and this film has been gestating for a couple decades, he spent the last 4 years editing it, so it must be a masterpiece, right?

By: hmm

hmm — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

Except Bay was highly critical of the Iraq war and of Bush. Being patriotic doesn\’t mean he\’s jingoistic, and it\’s not a bad thing to put soldiers in a positive light.

He\’s right about Tree of Life though.

By: Carson Dyle

Carson Dyle — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

He\’s an absolutely awful filmmaker, but, I must say that he\’s spot on about The Tree of Life.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

@hank
The longer the process it takes to make the film doesn\’t mean the better.

I see what Uwe is saying. Tree of Life, is a boring film. On the same scale as 2001. But both are beautiful to watch and matter within the film industry.
von Trier is a film troll who seems to make films for himself. Whether it\’s a film talking about poking his idol (which really, that film was all about Lars), a film about how all women are insane, or making a film with Bjork acting, he enjoys make films that piss people off.
As for the Bay comment. Yeah, he stated the obvious. American made films about America being \”awesome\”.

By: Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

[i]Actionman, The Greatest Hero of Them All![/i]

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

I like how in one week the Playlist goes from scolding Martin Campbell for not liking the last Bond film to defending Uwe Boll\’s right to criticize The Tree of Life and Lars Von Trier. Wow. Just wow.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

Jesus Christ, Uwe Boll and I have the same position on U.S. foreign policy? Kill me.

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

Wow, what\’s with all the Malick hate here? Don\’t remember this when The Playlist reviewed The Tree of Life.

By: Nik Grape

Nik Grape — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

Yeah I don\’t get the Malick hate all of a sudden.

Uwe Boll can have his opinion about Tree of Life but obviously he didn\’t connect with the movie like many others did. Tree of Life has more thought and depth in one frame than all of Boll\’s train-wrecks put together…which just sounds obvious when you say it out loud.

His opinion on Michael Bay\’s movies though are right on the money.

By: Chris Bell

Chris Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

Boll\’s entitled to his opinion on film, but definitely not moreso because he makes them. He\’s got the platform but he doesn\’t deserve it any more than anybody else.

Seems like his view on cinema is frustratingly narrow. Seems like the kind of guy who will sit through something slow and minimalist only to throw up his hands at the end and proclaim \”OMG WHAT WAS THAT??\”

Everyone has different taste, but different films have different agendas. They\’re not bad if they don\’t follow a three act structure, etc. Of course this can be boring for some, but the tone of his statements/rants seem like he didn\’t give these different things a proper chance. \”Tree of Life\” works on its own logic from an extremely emotional core; because of that it definitely overreaches at times but it, like every film, deserves to be given a chance on its own terms.

When all is said and done, \”Tree of Life\” ain\’t perfect and is definitely not for everyone, but surely more can be said than \”y duz sean penn walk around…\” or \”naional geographic took over n it was dum.\” And I\’ll definitely be checking out Boll\’s \”serious\” (read: non-video game) movies relatively soon…

By: You guys are crazy man, you\'re Crazy

You guys are crazy man, you\'re Crazy — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:15 +0000

The Tree of Life is so packed full of awesomeness that most people cannot handle its greatness. It\’s like the Arc in Raiders.

By: A Random Fellow

A Random Fellow — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:14 +0000

I've gotta say, when Uwe Boll, the guy who made some of cinema's worst, is calling your movie bad, and makes sense, it's time to rethink your career. His problems with Michael Bay are rooted in personal preference, so I won't fault him for that.

See what you did, Terrance Malick, you made me agree with UWE. BOLL.

By: Oh well

Oh well — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:14 +0000

Yeah, agree with him about the tree of life and Michael B.

By: rosenoel

rosenoel — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:14 +0000

Tree of life is heavenly beautiful as for Boll= Bollshit

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:14 +0000

Hilarious, so this nobody who after I googled his films and results come back \”worst filmmaker of all time\”, is going to give the director of Badlands and Tree of Life advice …don.\’t make me f****n laugh.

One minute of a Malick film is better than anything this guy could ever direct in his career.

By: Quatto

Quatto — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:14 +0000

The best troll.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:16:14 +0000

I do think he\’s exaggerating a bit, but he\’s 100% correct about Michael Bay. But the thing is, Uwe, the rest of the world LOVES those movies from Michael Bay. So in the end, that\’s all that matters, doesn\’t it? As for Terrence Malick, I haven\’t seen Tree of Life, but I absolutely loved The New World. It\’s poetry. Which Uwe Bol may know something about, having a PhD in English.