The Fountain
The Fountain
PG-13 | 22 November 2006 (USA)
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Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

Reviews
Dotsthavesp

I wanted to but couldn't!

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VeteranLight

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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AnhartLinkin

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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Mathilde the Guild

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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disposablejs

This is a film about acceptance of death. The general tone of this film is earthy, dreamy, and calm. All visuals are carefully composed and very pleasant to the eyes, because Aronofsky is the kind of director who knows his lenses. The music, scored by Aronofsky's long time collaborator Clint Mansell, is captivating and inspiring. Aronofsky's script is experimental and a bit coarse, but full of strong details. The characters are a bit one-dimensional, but skilled actors give them sufficient depth. The film features one simple main narrative, and two parallel fantasy narratives (with lots of elaborate fantasy imagery). The main narrative takes place in the present. The fantasy narratives take place in the past and in the future respectively. The fantasy narratives are not realistic or logical, nor are they supposed to be. Unfortunately this is confusing, and some viewers seem to believe that something super complex is happening and that they need to understand it like in one of those "Inception"-type movies. But that is wrong. The fantasy narratives are more like dream sequences, used to express stuff about the main narrative in a more powerful, visual language which is more accessible to the unconscious. The narration of the fantasy narratives is fast paced, which prevents boredom, but the drawback of this is that there is not much time to build mood. Therefore the mood building seems a little clumsy at times, and some moments which are intended to produce sadness or goosebumps might make you chuckle instead, or you'll find them pretentious. But the artist's intention is always clear and I was willing to stay with Aronofsky's vision and take all scenes serious in order to enjoy the film. This film is definitely a break from the boring Hollywood conveyor belt. It bombed at the box office which suggests that most people dislike it. But some people will love it, and so do I.

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ngocthinhccie

This film is so great, so flawless. I have watched and re-watched it so many times over the years. The story, the actor, the music, especially the music. Everything is so perfect. A masterpiece.

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nicholls_les

Sorry but there are very few movies I cannot watch all the way through but sadly this is one of them. Despite a great cast and no doubt some expensive special effects, the way this movie was written and directed was just awful. It is pretty much impossible to follow, some tell me you need to watch it to the end to maybe get it, but life is too short for that.It starts off OK but quickly progresses into more and more nonsense and I was watching this with others who were equally bewildered.Perhaps the worse aspect of the movie is that very quickly I didn't relate to or care for any of the characters. No one in this movie behaves the way anyone in real life would behave.One of the worse movies I have tried to watch ... ever!

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safihabhab

this movie is a fraud , a disaster , it barely deserves 3 stars , so corrupted , destroyed the laws of physics and nature , i bet that if Einstein was alive at the time this film was made he would hang himself to death despite the religion nonsense this movie is related to,there are 3 stories which the movie is telling about , in which I've been waiting the whole time so i can relate and at the end i couldn't , nonsense all the time , you feel yourself lost , and this guy in the bubble with the tree floating all over the space .a mix of mythology and crap can define this movie please do not waste your time

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