A difficult masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (29 February 2008)

I just saw this long after all the controversy about it was over. I loved it, but can't exactly say why. I knew I wasn't being talked down to, for starters. The director doesn't do all the work for you, and I think that's what I liked best. If you want to be spoon-fed your opinions, The Fountain probably isn't a movie you'd enjoy. The movie is beautiful to look at and listen to. I haven't ever heard a soundtrack that fit a movie so well. I consider this one of the best movies I've ever seen, and I'm a bit of a film buff. It is what you make it - allegory or not. Epic without the trappings of an epic - an intimate epic if you will.