Or perhaps to snare incautious filmmakers, as its also the setting for gus van sants movie of the same name, a numinous. May 16, 2015 matthew mcconaughey on cannes reaction to sea of trees. Because for every ephemeral moment to admire in gus van sants latest film, there are. Arthur brennan, a suicidal american decides that the perfect place to take his life is at the base of mount fuji, in a forest which is known as the sea of trees. Gus van sants the sea of trees was launched as one of the hot projects in cannes last year, and now its back in competition. The sea of trees official trailer 1 2016 naomi watts movie. All 85 a24 movies ranked sea of trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of japans mount fuji where people go to contemplate life. Weve got our hands on the first official trailer of the sea of trees, the upcoming drama movie directed by gus van sant and. The film scored just 9% on rotten tomatoes, and the public voted in an equally dmaning manner giving the film a sorry 44% for the audience. This is where he meets takumi nakamura, a japanese man who has simply lost his way. The sea of trees pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the sea of trees pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from.
Arthur brennan, an american professor who travels to japan in the midst of a personal crisis. It wasnt the best movie ive ever seen, but 15% on rotten tomatoes. Information page about the sea of trees starring matthew mcconaughey, naomi watts, ken. When the sea of trees begins, academy award winner matthew mcconaughey arrives at an airport, leaves his keys in his car, and books a oneway ticket to tokyo with no luggage, little more than a few words, and many blank expressions.
The sea of trees is a movie about guilt and grief that elicits just that in its viewers. This movie deserves an opportunity at redemption in the world of movie downloads, and cable movies. We will all miss him, and will wish for him to be with us still. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent the sea of trees online on moviefone. The sea of trees is the sea of trees on netflix flixlist. Aug 29, 2016 matthew mcconaughey and ken watanabe in the sea of trees a24 its official. The two decide to try to find a way out together, and. Sep 02, 2016 after debuting at the cannes film festival in may 2015, the sea of trees was finally released on august 26, but only to two theaters. The sea of trees 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
This is the worst movie ending of all time no, really the third act of matthew mcconaugheys the sea of trees. Arthur brennan treks into aokigahara, known as the sea of trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of japans mount fuji where people go to commit suicide. The best and worst movies matthew mcconaughey has ever been in. Naomi watts, matthew mcconaughey, and ken watanabe the sea of trees official trailer 1 2016 naomi watts movie a suicidal american befriends a japanese man lost in a forest near mt. It was not too long ago that the actual japanese suicide forest, aokigahara, was in the international news. Sep 18, 2016 the sea of trees is a marvelous movie by the man gus van sant, who helmed critical darlings such as goodwill hunting, milk, elephant and many more. Matthew mcconaugheys new movie is bombing in theaters right now. Fanpage dedicated to the movie the sea of trees 2015. The sea of trees 2016 stream and watch online moviefone. Gus van sants moody drama the sea of trees is already known at this years cannes film festival as the competition movie that got booed, the film that joined the checkered list of films. Why does the sea of trees have such an abysmal rt rating. Is the sea of trees available to watch on netflix in america. The consensus states, dull, maudlin, and fundamentally empty, the sea of trees extinguishes the contributions of a talented cast and marks a depressing low point in director gus van sants career.
All 85 a24 movies ranked movie is being offered up to the tomatometer gods, come take a dance around the maypole with us as we rank every a24 movie. Otherwise, by being a true social conformist, i would have missed a. Dull, maudlin, and fundamentally empty, the sea of trees extinguishes the contributions of a talented cast and marks a depressing low point in director gus van sants career. This fantastically annoying and dishonest tearjerker is almost like a parodic version of that movie. Matthew mcconaughey on cannes reaction to sea of trees. All matthew mcconaughey movies ranked feb 19, 2016 situated at the base of mt. How can so many people who know so much about film making come together to make something so universally accepted as one of the worst films of the year. Ultimately, sea of trees feels like an entirely appropriate title.
The best and worst movies matthew mcconaughey has ever been. Find theaters info, movie times, watch trailers, buy movie tickets. With no one to turn to, brennan finds a surprising friend in takumi nakamura ken watanabe. From the cloying, everpresent score to the complete lack of narrative momentum, it all adds up to a film thats easily van sants worst, and is a sad black mark on mcconaugheys mostly excellent recent run.
The film follows arthur brennan mcconaughey trekking into aokigahara, known as the sea of trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of japans mount fuji where people go to contemplate life and death. In the case of the sea of trees all of those contributing factors operate well, not necessarily perfectly, but well enough so as to not detract from the underlying story. The sea of trees uses depression, cancer and suicide as manipulative devices to tug at heartstrings instead of offering even the slightest. The story bears the largest responsibility in the sea of trees. Matthew mcconaugheys mercilessly derided the sea of trees.
The sea of trees, directed by gus van sant and starring matthew mcconaughey, ken watanabe and naomi watts. His last appearance will be in captain marvel, spiderman. Fiji, the sea of trees, as it is known locally, is also the place where people go to commit suicide, and thats exactly what matthew mcconaugheys despairing brennan. The sea of trees is a 2015 american drama mystery film directed by gus van sant and written. So sad to see it destroyed by critics without having been. In the drama the sea of trees, arthur brennan mcconaughey travels to the aokigahara forest in japan with the feeling that his life has come to an end. As he wanders through a mysterious forest with a dark past, he experiences flashbacks of his fraught but loving relationship with his wife, joan, and meets an enigmatic stranger, takumi, who is lost and injured. I was glad to watch the movie before going over to rotten tomatoes or imdb. Love, loss and spiritual torment in the sea of trees. Despite all of the talent attached to it, sea of trees made absolutely no impact, went on to achieve the infamous 0% rating at rotten tomatoes and inspired no discussion of anything anywhere. The film follows arthur brennan mcconaughey trekking into aokigahara, known as the sea of trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of japans mount.
Matthew mcconaughey, art parkinson, and charlize theron voiced the leads in the film. On his journey to the suicide forest, he encounters takumi nakamura, a japanese man who has lost his way after attempting suicide. Instead, van sant and screenwriter chris sparling flashback to fill us in on why arthur brennan is here in the first place, making the sea of trees one of those horrible suicide explainer movies, in which someones depression is turned into a mystery to solve. Sadly, the sea of trees isnt really interested in that movie. Anybody has a right to boo director gus van sant points out that his palme dor winner elephant started a fistfight. Matthew mcconaughey stars as arthur brennan, a man deali. The sea of trees a grossly misunderstood film by the. Aug 26, 2016 sadly, the sea of trees isnt really interested in that movie.
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