The Fountain

[pyat]

So, velvetpage and I just watched The Fountain. I really, really liked it. I think it's one of those movies. One of those, "You either hate it, or love it" films.

Comments

[redregon.livejournal.com]

very much in agreement... yeah, it gets a little disjointed at times, but it works!

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

http://www.thegline.com/2007/10/the-fountain.html

I love Darren Aronofsky, but this one simply didn't click for me.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

*Nods* It's a fair review. In my case, there was no point where the film failed to keep my interest.

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

Absolutely agreed. It was never boring; I just felt that it failed to do what it accomplished. I would have loved to see what the original version of this film would have been like.

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

Loved it. Spent the last half of the movie in tears.

However, the graphic novel was better.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

I saw it, "enjoyed" it, and have no real desire to see it again. Which is weird, because π is one of those watch-once-a-year movies for me.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Some movies you can only watch once. Which doesn't make 'em bad, you're just aware that much of the engagement came from watching it a first time and "discovering" it. Whereas you can watch "Die Hard" a dozen times.

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

I could watch Seven Samurai once a week and never get bored of it. On the other hand, I don't know that I ever want to see Funny Games (either version) ever again.

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to see that - Conquistadors and Rachel Weisz! *sigh * someday I will.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested to hear what you think of it. I suspect you might be ambivalent about the actual film.

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

When it came out in the theater, I suggested to two of my brothers that we go see it. "Conquistadors and Space travel!" I exclaimed.

So we watched it.

When the credits rolled, they looked at me and asked, "What the &#@* was that?" I thought it was a good movie, but certainly not the kind of movie we had been expecting to go see. I shrugged to them.

I'm still not allowed to pick the movie when we go out.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's really not about those things, though I liked those elements. I wasn't really sure what it was about, going into it.

[mrs-dm.livejournal.com]

I really liked it. It's chock-full of archetypal imagery and symbolism, so of course I like it.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I actually thought of you, while watching, thinking it'd be a good film for you.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Oh, jolly good show. ^_^

I'm firmly in the Loved It camp. It left me with that rare glow that almost becomes a stunned sensation, of having been immersed in something quite wonderful. (FWIW, the other relatively recent production that achieved that effect was Ratatouille =:)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Another good film!

Also, hi, rabbit!

Don't be ridiculous

[pxtl.livejournal.com]

I'm perfectly capable of doing both at the same time.

On the one hand, it felt clumsy - everything about the movie seemed really heavy handed. All the weird-angle shots, the repeating themes, the over-the-top ending of the contemporary story, they all just felt a little overdone.

But I loved the story. I loved the concept. I need more movies like that. Sci fi that's actually about exploration human experience instead of brutality, without bogging itself down.