Holy Crap, Batman!

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2007)

OK. I watched this movie, I read the remarks made by other viewers posted here on IMDb, and I have a VERY open mind about most everything. Both sides have valid points. The Fountain does attempt to open minds and make statements about life and death. However, it seems to me that the author is either unsure himself, or hasn't quite got a grasp on the art of storytelling. It's possible, however, that the book would make much more sense, as we all learned from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The books were excellent, but the movies were just pale images of Tolkein's imagination. But we don't rate stories or ideas here, we rate how well they work on the screen. The Fountain just didn't work. At all.