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  • Reach
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Jun 2003
    • 7471
    #1

    The Fountain

    I couldn't find a thread for this.

    Did anyone else see this film? It came out at the end of November I think.

    Because if you didn't, it was well done. Really, it was one of the best performances of the year IMO. Handfulls of people didn't like it but I'm not really sure why. I watched with an open mind and was rather impressed.

    I found, in most of the reviews I read that were negative, that the reviewer either 1. Didn't understand what was going on, or 2. Appeared to have something against the movie before even going into it. Anyway...




    Incredibly well written script. Props to Aronofsky for delivering something fresh and multi-layered. Generic, predictable and unintelligible movies have assulted the theatre for awhile now. This one really stands out from the rest.

    Artistically it was rather impressive as well. Definitely some great shots in there that are quite innovative.

    Also, the acting was top notch. Hugh Jackman did an incredible job and definitely put out one of the performances of the year. Rachel was great too.

    9/10
    Last edited by Reach; 12-20-2006, 07:22 PM.
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    • cC@Zz
      FFR Player
      • Apr 2006
      • 1427
      #2
      Re: The Fountain

      Although the movie as a whole I thought was alright (not stunning from my perspective) I thought Jackman did a great job.
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        • zephyrx
          FFR Player
          • Dec 2006
          • 12
          #3
          Re: The Fountain

          Hm. I haven't seen it yet. It sounds like it'd be definitely something worthwhile to watch. Thanks for posting about it.. I'm eager to watch it now. ;-;
          Last edited by zephyrx; 12-21-2006, 06:15 AM.


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            • zeplinfan911
              FFR Player
              • Aug 2005
              • 208
              #4
              Re: The Fountain

              its on my to watch list =]



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                • mead1
                  Cerebellumberjack
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  • Aug 2003
                  • 3960
                  #5
                  Re: The Fountain

                  I really wanted to see this, strictly because it's Aronofsky. I just never got the chance. I'll try for it when it hits DVD.

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                    • MalReynolds
                      CHOCK FULL O' NUTRIENTS
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 6571
                      #6
                      Re: The Fountain

                      "I'm Hugh Jackman. I'm riding in a large thought bubble with my tree-wife to make her alive again. Imgonneatchabark, wifey!"

                      "I'm Hugh Jackman. Look at my helmet. This part isn't even real! It's part of a story that - "

                      "I'm Hugh Jackman and my wife is dying while writing a book. I hope she'll turn into a tree."
                      "A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."

                      "Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor


                      My new novel:

                      Maledictions: The Offering.

                      Now in Paperback!

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                        • Janeille
                          FFR Player
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 129
                          #7
                          Re: The Fountain

                          Many people didn't like it because they didn't understand it. It truly was a great movie.

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                            • Reach
                              FFR Simfile Author
                              FFR Simfile Author
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 7471
                              #8
                              Re: The Fountain

                              Originally posted by MalReynolds
                              "I'm Hugh Jackman. I'm riding in a large thought bubble with my tree-wife to make her alive again. Imgonneatchabark, wifey!"

                              "I'm Hugh Jackman. Look at my helmet. This part isn't even real! It's part of a story that - "

                              "I'm Hugh Jackman and my wife is dying while writing a book. I hope she'll turn into a tree."

                              1. It's easy to make fun of something before understanding it.

                              2. I suppose the 1500 AD part of the story was more or less a symbolic journey of Tommy's understanding of death, where as the movie is actually taking place in 2500 AD.


                              Admittingly, it was kind of funny when the flowers started growing out of him XD, but the message behind it was pretty powerful.

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                                • MalReynolds
                                  CHOCK FULL O' NUTRIENTS
                                  • Sep 2003
                                  • 6571
                                  #9
                                  Re: The Fountain

                                  Oh, I didn't hate it. It's still easy to make fun of, I think, because it really was a little too strange. But it's not a bad movie by any means.
                                  "A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."

                                  "Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor


                                  My new novel:

                                  Maledictions: The Offering.

                                  Now in Paperback!

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                                    • plasmix
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Jun 2003
                                      • 3639
                                      #10
                                      Re: The Fountain

                                      Surreal, and abstract, but absolutely mind-blowing.

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