Complex story about love, humanity and death

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2007)

THE FOUNTAIN became a long-awaited project, the production and shooting of it took many years, the result is a complex love & death story with sterling performances from both Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. There are three stories to be told; the main story is about doctor Tom who's doing everything in his power to prevail his wife's tragic fate; death of cancer. This is a moving and powerful story that is the main-spine of the movie, keeping it fairly understandably and appealing. Then we go back to the 15th century, were Tomas is having a burning passion for his country Spain as the country is on its last breakdown before its inquisitor forges a full-on dictator; Tomas is thereby sent out by the Queen of Spain to find the Tree of Life, hidden somewhere in the deep jungle, strongly guarded by Maia-Indians - and then, we travel into 2500, were Tommy is living in a bobble in space together with the Tree of Life, ready to sacrifice for his love for his now-dead wife so they can finally live together for ever. I don't even know if I got the story correctly, but I know that THE FOUNTAIN gripped me right away and it is one of the most compelling and fascinating movies of 2007. Especially Jackman and Weisz keeps the movie burning, as their performances stands as probably their best so far. A very interesting and very fascinating movie, handling the topics of true love, life and death.