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Movie Review: "The Fountain", dir. Darren Aronofsky


So, I finally got around to watching "The Fountain" last night, and let me tell you, it was well worth my time. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz deliver stellar performances in this transcendentalist masterpiece.
The movie weaves in and out of three story lines set in the New World past, American present, and indeterminate (by both time and location) future. The three blend seamlessly together like a complex puzzle, taking moments of heightened intensity to a suspenseful drop by a plotline switch.
The imagery and symbolism in "The Fountain" makes it one of the most visually appealing movies I've seen in, well... probably ever. Each of the story lines carries it's own form of a particular image/symbol, and searching for these is perhaps one of the great joys I derived from watching the movie.
The musical score to the movie matched the movie scene for scene in both intensity and beauty. I'm not sure who arranged it all, but to whomever did, Kudos!
"The Fountain" is one of the few movies to become one of my instant favorites. The story as a whole evoked a sense of awe and beauty that was hard to not feel throughout the film. I'd expect nothing less from the director of Pi.