Sea of Trees (Van Sant/McConaughey/Watanabe) Sea of Boos at Cannes

[kayumanggi]

Lionsgate to distribute.

[ddddeeee]

I didn't like that clip at all.

[The Futurist]

Is there a movie where Matthew articulates instead of mumbling his lines...

[CoolioD1]

this is getting torn apart at cannes. will probably get some of the worst reviews of the competition. can't say I'm surprised. Van Sant is kind of hit-mis-miss-miss-hit for me.

[ddddeeee]

I was hoping this would be the moment when Van Sant's mainstream work (the good ones) and his experimental stuff (the good ones) came together. I guess not.

[ddddeeee]

Got booed at Cannes. Described as Nicholas Sparks-esque. Goodness.

[The Futurist]

Having your movie boo'ed when you attend the screening must not be a pleasant experience.

But that s what makes Cannes Cannes even if " scandals" are rare these days.

The last legendary Cannes screening was probably Gaspard Noé s Irreversible back in 2002 with people literally screaming at the screen during THE scene...

[ddddeeee]

Probably around that time when GVS needs to make an Oscar bait movie again.

[tonytr87]

I dunno...wasn't Inglourious Basterds or some other great movies booed there?

[filmlover]

It isn't the Cannes Film Festival unless at least one movie gets booed.

[CoolioD1]

I dunno...wasn't Inglourious Basterds or some other great movies booed there?

Sure, so was tree of life. but they weren't getting the embarrassing reception from journalists that this thing is. Just had the ending spoiled as well and it sounds like the most bullshit nicholas sparks thing in the universe.

[The Futurist]

It isn't the Cannes Film Festival unless at least one movie gets booed.

 

As I said, it is part of Cannes history and myth.

You had a french director who won the palme d or in 1987, the whole theater booed him, he insulted the room back and gave them the finger.

The screening you will hear about the most this year will be , again, Gaspar Noé's screening of Love, his longtime dream, doing a porn melodrama.

[CoolioD1]

I can't imagine booing a movie and not feeling like a complete dumbass afterwards.

[filmlover]

The reviews for this are deliriously scathing all around. I wouldn't worry about Van Sant though. Anyone who is able to survive Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (a film so godawful that its horrible reception at the Toronto Film Festival forced the studio to pull its original Fall 1993 release date and dump it the following summer) can survive anything.

[The Futurist]

Ouch.

Press conference is tomorrow.

Good luck Gus & team...

[CJohn]

RIP The McConaissance

[Lordmandeep]

Nice that Tree of Life got booed, 2 hours I never getting back.

[DAR]

So Van Sant made another Gerry

[AJG]

Only time I've ever seen a movie get booed was Johnny English 2....

[ky02121]

Cannes HATED this movie. Some of the reviews had me in tears from laughter. Despite its drawbacks many praised McConaughey's performance.