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cinegeek.de - wrote on 11/01/2016
Mal angenommen, The Fountain sei ambitionierter Unfug - dann würde der Film doch passend sein zu seinem Sujet: The Fountain handelt vom ewigen Leben. Darren Aronofsky hat sich dafür entschiedenen, seinen Film auf drei verschiedenen Erzählebenen zugleich anzulegen. Er wählt dafür drei ganz unterschiedliche Richtungen, die anders als vorige solcher Experimente nicht zwingend auf denselben Kern zurückzuführen sind. Man hat Aronofskys Werk dafür auf den Filmfestivals verlacht und als dümmlich bezeichnet. Das ist leicht, denn The Fountain hat eine ganz hervorragende Qualität: Es ist ein Werk von grosser Ernsthaftigkeit! Der Grund: The Fountain handelt mehr von der Möglichkeit, dem Tod zu entfliehen als vom ewigen Leben. The Fountain handelt vom Widerstreit eines Mannes (bzw. des …
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4/4
Symbolism at its most incredible.
memento_mori - wrote on 08/22/2013
They say this is a 'love it or hate it' type of movie… Well, I guess I love it.
This film seems to focus on the aspects of life and death a lot. The way I understood it, the tree in the mysterious round force field shape symbolizes life (tree of life) and the dying star the couple sees and the Mayans astonish is supposed to represent death.
This film is filled with little easter eggs of mysteriousness that are absolutely beautifully directed by a visionary talent Darren Aronofsky, especially through his macro photography.
Hugh Jackman as three versions of Tom is amazing. He has proven himself to be a great dramatic actor, and his efforts here exceed any others I've seen from him.
Rachel Weisz was good as his wife/queen; she was mainly there for Jackman to have someone to bounce …
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3.5/4
"The Fountain" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 02/02/2012
A surgeon desperately searches for a cure for his wife's cancer while absorbing himself into the world represented by her final novel. Darren Aronofsky is nothing if not brave and once again willingly sacrifices mainstream acceptability to realise his vision. Similar in format to 2046 in that fantasy and reality are happening in parallel on screen, The Fountain is a representation of his musings on mortality, love and loss and coming to terms with personal grief. It is a truly stunning film to look at with an appropriately beautiful score, complimented nicely by a surprisingly sensitive performance by Hugh Jackman. I'm sure some may dismiss the script as a load of pretentious claptrap, but I personally found it both visually and aurally enchanting as well as deeply moving. However you …
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3.5/4
The Fountain review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/20/2011
One should have an open mind, patience, focus and expect something different from this dramatic movie. An intertwined story of a modern-day Doctor (Tommy), a conquistador (Tomas) and a space traveler in the future (Tom). Tomas is tasked by the Queen of Spain to travel to the New World in search of the Biblical Tree of Life. Tommy tries his best to search for a cure to help his wife Izzi who has a brain tumor. Tom travels and sees a tree where he feels where it breathes life and his dead wife appears. Each one has a mission to fulfill. Hugh Jackman proves that he can perform straight up drama while Rachel Weisz a worthy co-lead. The cinematography and visual effects are distinctive, striking and futuristic.
The film had a lot of topics and symbolism's related to Buddhism …
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2/4
This fountain showers down bizarre waters
goodfellamike - wrote on 10/26/2008
The Fountain is a beautiful-looking, but hollow and strange film that takes place in three different time periods: Spain in the past, Earth in the present and space in the future. There are few characters that inhabit The Fountain, but three are played by Hugh Jackman and three are played by Rachel Weisz. On Earth, scientist Tommy Creo (Jackman) is desperately working on a cure for brain tumors using primates as test subjects; his wife Izzy (Weisz) is dying from a brain tumor. Izzy is writing a book about the Queen of Spain (also Weisz) who sends a conquistador (also Jackman) on a quest to find “The Tree of Life”, the biblical tree that will extend life forever. Amid these story threads are peculiar scenes involving a bald man (again Jackman) traveling through space in a giant bubble …
