Review of The Fountain (2006) by Enrica C — 10 May 2012

Not an easy movie to review. "The Fountain" isn't for sure Darren Aronofsky's best project so far, but it's still a great example of good cinema: it's really complex and requires multiple views to be only superficially understood -- it's about the past, the present and the future and much of it is just hinted or left open to interpretation.

It's fascinating, sad, slow and different from any other movie I've ever seen... Sure, it's not easily accessible to anyone because of its complex story, but I still see it as fascinating.

You know, looking for eternal life, trying to save someone you love more than anything. Looking for the Tree of Life, finding it -- this is a really criptical movie. I've seen it a couple of times already and I still can't get it completely.

The soundtrack fits the movie beautifully, and the special effects used to portrait Xibalba are among the best I've ever seen; for some reason I love the scenes where we see Tomas floating around in his bubble, I'm in love with those golden colors.

Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz were just right for the part. And this was not an easy movie to act in, given the complexity of the story and the many multiple sub-stories that were just implied. This is a new genere, a movie different from any others with just little dialogues but much meaning implied -- Recommended, but just if you're in the right mood for it.

Be aware that the movie is kind of slow and you might need multiple screenings to appriciate it.