The CriticThe Fountain
November 22nd 2007 01:28
The Fountain
This is a beautiful film to watch, and the actors are excellent.
But, I didn't understand what the director was trying to say.
So, I went looking for explanations.
Roger Ebert wrote an insightful review, Roger Ebert with a link to a fan's review, here.fan review
Hugh Jackman
Mr. Ebert was touching in his review of the dvd release, since he has had his own close brush with mortality recently. It is very good to have his voice back.
Metacritic gave this movie 51 out of 100 on critic users, and viewers gave it a 7.8 out of 10.
Glenn Kenny, who gave the film a score of 100, wrote in part:
“This may all sound kind of dry and cerebral, and the fact that Aronofsky is currently being compared to Stanley Kubrick (and this film in particular to 2001: A Space Odyssey) no doubt adds to that impression. Aronofsky's work certainly resembles Kubrick's in terms of conceptual audacity and meticulousness of execution (Aronofsky's prior feature, 2000's Requiem for a Dream, showcased a scattershot deployment of a fecund visual facility; here he's got his formidable apparatus under control), but Aronofsky is a romantic with a capital "R," which Kubrick was certainly not. As it happens, each one of these tales is also a love story, and The Fountain is Aronofsky's profession of faith concerning love's place in the idea of eternity. It's a movie that's as deeply felt as it is imagined.”
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The Fountain
I prefer Roger Ebert's explanation of this beautiful, but challenging movie, but comments from the director can be found here:Moviesonline
and here
Moviefreak
If you are in the mood for a provocative film, rent The Fountain.
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