There is an enormous amount of visual magificence on display here. The staging and photograohy are stunning. There is a working piece of American Indian culture at work here. It speaks sadly, nearly tragically, how little the typical review or person knows, cares to know, or is willing to learn about American Indian People. There are some real ones in this film and they get to make some wild and close to the mark poetry and medicine. the sound tracks are often enigmatic and quite clever. There is poetry and work here and some imagination is needed (c'mon man). It is not perfect but it is an imaginative and beatifully satged fusion between the takers of the gold and the children of the earth.

After having watched Valley Of The Gods in its entirety, i can only tell you that it's got John Malkovic in a couple scenes. And that's about it. It's very rare for a film to have .. so little meaning. So, let me explain: There is .. an archeologist in the field. He looks around. Then there's a mysterious stranger that goes to a Batman-like mansion. Then there'a bunch of young adult Natives who are really upset about .. idk, Natives politics things. We are at 25 minutes in a there has been no dialogue. There is a city office worker in his house and his wife is antagonising him - he's unhappy.We finally have some dialogue. At around 40 minutes in, the city man meets the mysterious stranger. They do not talk.

.. i could go on but, there is no point in this ... "film", where a recognizable chain of events starts happening. They are a series of .. very well filmed, even very well acted, within the limits of the material, unrelated scenes, where you, as the viewer, have to make up your own idea of what the common theme is.

In other words, "the more full of *** you are, the more you will like this movie".

There was obviously a large amount of money well spent on this film and you can see the results, visually it is very well made, and the sparseness of the dialogue actually works in its favour. It's a reasonably intriguing art film, but as a product, it's only viable for those who specifically want an art film. I won't call it "teh worst film evah" but .. it's not great. You totally can, make an art film, that ALSO has a story. But Valley of the Gods doesn't.

my vote: 6/10 - for effort

No thanks, I already saw "Tree Of Life" and am not currently in the market for more pretentious existential nonsense mistaking itself for high art. People need to get over themselves.