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Good concept, poorly executed.

Best movie ever!

The acting in this movie is really good.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Song to Song appears to be another Terrence Malick film in which is described more as "art and an experience" rather than a typical film. Similar to Knight of Cups, containing the same type of elements in its filming, with much close ups of the actors faces, off screen dialogue in narration and scenes of the visuals of the outdoors, or clubs, artwork, Song to Song doesn't offer much of anything different. This film is longer though does offer more characters and doesn't seem as pretentious compared to Knight of Cups. Lead by Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender, they seem to do a decent job given the description. Though overall, this film becomes quickly boring as not much of anything plot wise occurs. It does feel more like one of those artists/musicians documentaries showcasing artists gatherings and such rather than a feature length film, and we can see as to why this film was panned and movie audiences didn't seem to enjoy it as such. As a film, this was disappointing and perhaps Malick needs a new direction.

This film was like diving into the minds of the characters, through their love, ambition and confusion. You could never know where your mind leads you it may jump to places you don't expect and that's exactly how Malick has made this film. I can totally understand why some or most people would hate this film, it works only for a few people who probably are like the characters of this film.

Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling and Natalie Portman are such seasoned actors that they could convincingly walk around for three hours without any purpose or direction and still sell a story. Rooney Mara on the other hand (try as I may each time to look past the privileged life that gave her a Hollywood career and believe whatever it is she is trying to convey to me) just didn't cut it as the lead actress, she just gave off an aura that she was uncomfortable the whole time which just seemed to confirm that there was indeed no script or that hers was just constantly being revised and shared with no one else but her. When even Cate Blanchett in her blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo is Oscar-worthy compared to a film's lead actress, there is a problem.

Most directors turn out some great movies (Bananas, Schindler's List, Dr. Strangelove, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) and some terrible ones (Everyone Says I Love You, The Lost World, Eyes Wide Shut, Man on the Moon). Some (i.e., John Sayles) consistently turn out good movies, while others (i.e., Paul W.S. Anderson) appear to be on a mission to destroy cinema. But Terrence Malick is one of a kind: he has gotten progressively worse as a director. His debut "Badlands" was a masterpiece. His follow-up "Days of Heaven" was OK, not great. "The Thin Red Line" was well-intentioned but had a too narrow focus. "The New World" was too long and too slow. Malick continues this downward spiral with the forgettable "Song to Song". There's no plot here, just two hours of people thinking things that they want to say to each other. I don't know what possessed Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender and Rooney Mara to waste their time on something so bland and empty.Basically, it's the sort of pointless movie that you'll need to wash out of your memory with another movie (in my case, I watched "An American Werewolf in London"). Terrence Malick is nothing but a hack. I don't know why anyone finances his pseudo-intellectual Oscar bait wannabe.