“The Sea Of Trees” (*1/2 out of four) was an incomprehensible mess about an American businessman (Matthew McConaughey) who treks into a mysterious dense forest in Japan called the Sea Of Trees where many go to commit suicide. Once there, he encounters a Japanese man (Ken Watanabe) also about to commit suicide who inspires him and re-affirms his love for life and his aloof wife (Naomi Watts). Since McConaughey’s character is never likeable, it’s hard to become involved in the proceedings but it moves at a snails pace anyway. Director Gus Van Sant who can make great films (“Drugstore Cowboy”, “Good Will Hunting”) shows the worst of his pretentious tendencies here. Kasper Tuxen’s beautiful cinematography is this film’s only asset. Easy to see why this was booed off the screen at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.