20 Best Looking Movies Since 2000

Few multi-award winning movies have been met with as much polarized reactions as The Tree Of LIfe. To some it's a masterpiece of stream of consciousness filmmaking - about as close to an Impressionist's painting as films can get - to others it's a painfully dull slog in which nothing really happens.

Wherever you sit with regards to the effectiveness of Terence Malick's grand visionary film, The Tree Of Life is clearly one of the most visually impressive works to have ever emerged from the movie industry.

While much has been said about the "creation" centerpiece - created by visual effects maestro Douglas Trumbell, utilizing practical effects not dissimilar to his work on Stanley Kubrick's 2001 - the cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki which depicts the fragmented and oblique narrative is utterly luminous throughout.

The Tree Of Life was recently released on the Criterion Collection blu ray label, and features a new three hour cut from Malick and supervised by Lubezki, which is essential viewing for anyone who admires cinematic visuals at their finest.