Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Fountain (2006) - Shelvia W

"What if you could live forever?"


Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz
Director: Darren Aronofsky

I find the movie interestingly different.

Three parallel love stories, each from the past, present and the future, all with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz playing the main characters as follows:
  • Past Story: About Tomas being a conquistador in the Mayan underworld, who's looking for "the tree of life" to free his demonized Queen Isabel;

  • Present Story: Dr Tommy Creo, an oncologist who's researching "various trees" through animal testing, trying to find a cure for his wife, Izzi Creo;

  • Future Story: Tom, an astronaut who travels in an ecospheric spacecraft housing a "living tree", towards a golden nebula. He was often accompanied by with visions of Izzi.


The scenes in this movie were very pretty (especially when combined with the beautiful music). The movie has a very interesting dreamy-like calming effect.

Rating: 8.2/10

P.S.: This movie was originally going to start in 2002 with a budget of $70million - starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. This was shut down.
The project was resurrected in 2004, with half the original budget.

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