beautiful meandering pieces

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2015)

Dr. Tom Creo (Hugh Jackman) is a researcher who may have discovered a life extending compound from a tree. His wife Izzi (Rachel Weisz) is dying of cancer. She is writing 'The Fountain', a story of conquistador TomÃ¡s Verde (Hugh Jackman) going to Central America in search of the Tree of Life for Queen Isabella (Rachel Weisz) of Spain. With Izzi on her death bed, the couple imagines space traveler Tommy (Hugh Jackman) in a biosphere with the Tree of Life.
Darren Aronofsky has created beautiful chaotic art in pieces. It is visually amazing. If the theme is the transcendence of love, then the movie is fine. There is some religious imagery that could go the wrong way especially with the Mayan holy man. The weaving in and out of flashbacks and flashforwards of the three timelines drains the blood from the body of the movie. It's a beautiful piece of art to look at but not a great story to embrace.