The Trouble With The Fountain?

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2006)

After reviewing many sites, the consensus seemed to be that the movie was "hard to follow." I remember people spouting off the same comments about Highlander back in the 80s. It was not that The Fountain was hard to follow, for many I'm told after questioning; they realized they were unable to interpret the complex themes the movie presented, furthermore, the way the it was presented on-screen. What The Fountain is not: a typical Hollywood film. If you expected typical Hollywood action, drama, or other predictable works, bypass this movie and please see the next Bruckheimer film instead. The Fountain is an outside-of-the-box movie and should be appreciated for its simplicity and underlying message of love, religion, conquest and the human desire for immortality.