The Fountain
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- travisbarto0
I thought it was great. Extremely well filmed..really beautiful.
- crap0
looks okayn not too fond of rachel weiss.
Looks like The Cell meets What dreams may come meets Highlander
- republik80
Pitt didn't do the film due to "creative differences". A decision he looks likely to regret, i'm sure.
Doesn't come out here in the UK for a while, but i'm looking forward to seeing it.
- crap0
just read all comments above of people who actually have seen the movie and I guess
I REALLy wanna see it now!
- TheBlueOne0
i was able to figure things out without the aid of recreational drugs...
emokid
(Nov 26 06, 22:19)
---------------------------Was that bc you're like all emo and use your emo powers to understand all these sad, deep things that is beyond the normal movie reviewer?
Just askin'?
;)
- flavorful0
I was going to see it over the weekend, however, while I was in East Juhbumfuck visiting my family they didn't have this in any of their theatres, haha.
I plan on catching it this weekend though, and especially after reading all of these posts!
- Jaline0
Pitt didn't do the film due to "creative differences". A decision he looks likely to regret, i'm sure.
republik8
(Nov 28 06, 04:49)True, especially since he left to film Troy instead. But I'm sure Babel is keeping him in the film spotlight anyway.
- Jaline0
aranofsky will not dissapoint, although i refuse to watch the trailer/ I just wanna go in and be amazed.
Soler
(Oct 26 06, 17:08)that's exactly what I was thinking. And I love Hugh Jackman and Aranofsky so I'm definitely watching it.
- sea_sea0
well i thought the same, yet i was a little disappointed, sorry to say. to much mushy mushy and yes that ring came up one to many times.
maybe next time...
- anayafx0
visually beautiful... other than that, 2 of my friends walked out and saw tenacious D instead.... i wish i would of joined them.
yah i got it... yes it was emotional... deeply emotional actually..... but waiting for those moments through the whole film was too much.
left disappointed.
- Iscariot0
I found out about this movie a year and a half ago and have been waiting patiently for it and perhaps that helped to put my expectations to unrealistic levels, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.
I think everyone should read an article concerning the visuals of this film. No computer graphics were used (to make the visuals).
- anayafx0
i heard about that... you got a link to this article?
- Jaline0
The trivia for it is interesting:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0414993/…- In early 2002, writer/director Darren Aronofsky cast Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in the central leads of Tom and Izzi with a budget of $75 million. During pre-production, Pitt and Aronofsky were having major creative differences, so Pitt left to film Troy (2004) instead and the film was shut down. In early 2004, with a smaller budget of $35 million, Aronofsky cast Hugh Jackman as Tom and Rachel Weisz replaced Blanchett as Izzi.
- Instead of using CGI, Aronofsky chose to do the special effects for the film by using micro-photography of chemical reactions on tiny petri dishes. He has said that CGI would take away from the timelessness of the film and that he wants the film to stand the test of time.
- Both Weisz and Jackman agreed to work on the film at a reduced rate.
- robotron3k0
Wired also has a great article on his new piece. He also said he was influenced as a child, skipping in and out of movie theaters, never really seeing the beginning nor the end and moving between modern films and period pieces...
Arronosky's films tend to be like watching a car crash, esp. Requim, tons of beautiful, technical footage and like a european film, the hero dies heartbroken and lonely at the end. i hope he does something more surprising this time around...
- Jaline0
Right here:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archi…
- traffic_light0
The Fountain was, above all, a love story. No question about that.
The "ring" is actually a spaceship from the 26th century. I wished they would have made that a lot clearer in the movie.
Regardless, I really enjoyed the movie and definitely recommend it to everyone here. I like how a lot of the meaning is left as an exercise to the viewer. The story can be interpreted in so many ways on so many different levels.
- antoine_1010
ahhh, this was supposed to have Cate Blanchlet and Brad Pitt in it as the leads I think but both couldnt commit due to other filming commitments. Think I would have preffered that cast better :)
- traut0
Just returned from another stunning Aronofsky film.
I took 2 friends who had never seen one of his films and it was a bit out there for them, but i explained a few points to them and they understood a bit better, I actually think this one can be a bit over thought if your not careful.
- traffic_light0
Oh and Clint Mansell's soundtrack is amazing as always.