An interesting perspective. Although I wouldn’t call it a horror movie. There are scenes that are, perhaps, horrifying, but they form just a part of a complex journey.
Something I really liked was the way the film interacted with the viewer. It takes very confident/arrogant direction to draw in viewers with beauty and then disgust them.
During the time in the forest, there is a building sense of dread. But it is slow. Lulling. Nature is destructive, but it is a slow decay, with each ending life being absorbed back into nature.At this point, viewers are starting to get bored. The psycho-babble is getting irritating, and he probably deserves a good slap.