Review of The Fountain (2006) by Davidh. — 11 Dec 2006

I honestly can't figure out why this one is getting such a panning from the critics. I think many of them are defensively rating this low as to not be accused of being pretentious. The film is fantastic though, and not nearly as confusing as people are making it out to be.

I went in with my attention cranked up to ten, expecting something along the lines of 2001: SO, but honestly this movie is actually slightly guilty of spoon-feeding the viewers it's symbolism, and shouldn't be confusing to anyone with the least bit of an attention span.

The ending could have been edited slightly tighter, though, maybe ending five minutes earlier or so.