Genius in a mental exile

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2005)

This a great movie by Aronofsky, Gulette and Mansell. I mentioned three names because all three have made this movie great. It is a great story about a genius, his struggles and the truth about life.
He is a great mathematician that is trying to figure out the realities of life which is mainly mathematics and to be more precise, the patterns in nature. It is always believed that nature has a structure based on patterns, but proving one of them is much harder than proving a human-made theory. Therefore first of all, I need to praise the person who brought up the idea.
The casting is good although is some sequences, I felt it could have been better. There are also some spots in the plot line as well. For instance his guru in mathematics (Sol Robeson) has left him the 216 digits right before his death. He was accused of being scared. However, if you are a mathematician, you only live with the numbers, not with your feelings. And also it shouldn't be as easy to find the solution after getting a bust in your face telling you were afraid. That seemed to me like a little dishonesty to the viewer.
The music needs nothing to be told. Clint Mansell is a great talent and he has affected the movie a lot. The ambiance music created has left the viewer in total awe.
A movie with this kind of budget is a total boost for me actually. A movie is not about effects, scenery or anything else. It's all about a good sense of art both in writing the screenplay and also shooting. Music and casting are supporters of it. This movie has done very good job in showing the reality of mathematics, the life of a genius and the true life out there that is ready to make use of you until you are finished and then throw you out like a garbage.