Neglify said:

"Days of Heaven" 1978 - 4 / 5
Shortly after starting shooting, Terrence Malick threw out the script and had the actors improvise to get the feel for the characters and story. It took him 2 years to edit the movie, because he had trouble piecing together his own film into a coherent story.

And you sure can tell. This is a difficult movie to get through (for me at least). The visuals are stunning and as always, the atmosphere Malick creates is beautiful. But the acting and dialogue, especially the narration, feel stilted and unnatural. It almost ruins the "real life" aspect that Malick is so great at showing in film.

Just watched this yesterday (for the second time). You're kind of right about the acting and dialogue, but I just get so caught up in the beauty of everything that that almost goes unnoticed for me.