The Fountain

The Fountain - 7.5 Aronofsky's newest effort may not reach the (lofty) heights of Requiem or Pi but it's still pretty damn good. For one thing, it is shot beautifully - this is especially evident watching on my bluray and nice TV. Rachel Weisz was good as always and Hugh Jackman was really impressive. With this and The Prestige I am quickly becoming a fan. I also liked the intersecting story/time lines. It was a cool way to set the movie up and get across the main idea. Ah the main idea, my main (minor) problem with this film...I hesitate to place too much criticism here in case I missed something Aronofsky was trying to get across, but I think at times this movie was perhaps not quite as profound as it thought it was. This isn't to say that the overall point the movie was trying to get across wasn't interesting or correct, I just could've done without some of the heavy handedness. With that said, The Fountain was extremely well-done and overall pretty interesting. If you can deal with a movie jumping around through stories and time that is open to multiple interpretations, it's certainly worth seeing.