I've been pondering this movie off and on for the past couple days. I've been going back and forth as the different sides of my brain battled: the side with opinions and taste, and the intelligent side that likes puzzles and also doesn't want people to think I'm dumb or uncultured for not liking an obviously deep, artsy movie.
Finally, I decided to look at some reviews and found one that
perfectly sums up my feelings towards the movie, as said by Ethan Alter of
Film Journal International:The Fountain may be a deeply flawed film, but at least it is unlike anything else in mainstream theatres right now.
Thank you Mr. Alter. I can now rest easy.
3 comments:
I also saw the movie, and I loved it. I can understand being frustrated with the film not spelling everything out (or really anything out for that matter). But I think that is a bold move for a film nowadays, when most films seem to opt for narrators explaining the entire movie.
-josh. not your brother josh, but josh.
Well said, both of you :)
I recently watched this movie for the first time, and there's only one emotion for me to describe it. Pain. Not because it was a bad movie, but because it ellicited some of the most powerful emotional reactions possible. this story is about letting fate run its course and about fighting the inevitable. Rachel Weisz' character died, but had accepted it and was fine with it, in a way that seemed oblivious to the feelings of Hugh Jackman's character. Jackman, who appears to be a hero by wanting to break the bands of death and save his love, is meant to be shown as misguided, a foolish character who can't comprehend a larger world. in the end, he comes to peace with the fact that she's never coming back, and that the world is going to keep turning no matter what.
This scenario can be applied to many things, particularly with love: betrayal, loss, breakup, death especially. having recently lost my love of almost three years, this movie tore at the most sensitive of heartstrings, and while it is a somewhat different movie, the story behind it is eternally powerful.
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