The Tree of LIfe

Since my work and education fall within the humanities, I had to check with a colleague who teaches quantitative methods that the correct term to describe a distribution with two distinct peaks was indeed a “bimodal” distribution. She said an extreme example would be a class where about half of the students received an “A” for the course and the other half an “F.”

I recently encountered a bimodal distribution when I visited Amazon.com to order the Blu-ray version of the film, “The Tree of Life.” Looking at the customer reviews, I discovered about half gave the film 5 stars and the other half 1 star. Some even suggested a new category, “O stars.” I’m not sure if Terrence Malick was going for a “Love It, Hate It” response, but that seems to be the verdict on Amazon. For me, I’m still haunted by the images and music in the film. I recommend viewing the clip at 720p HD.