nice try

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2007)

so, after watching this movie i don't get what all that noise about. Critics was too angry, finding it too weak, your regular moviegoer finds it pretty difficult to understand and deeper than it is. actually we have there a pretty weak screenplay and, very good artwork and some great performances. music maybe not so good itself, but works very well with the images. dialogues and storyline are really weak. amateurish mix of castaneda, rerich, bible and darwin. Lack of screenplay was always aronofsky's weak side. p and requiem had the same problems of plot silliness and primitive manipulation, but directors's scills and talent and actor's abilities is always on the patrol and saves the day. just as it saves the fountain. visually the movie is close to perfect, performances are great most of the time and the only problem is that aronofsky maybe should meet someone to tell him what exactly to make. Aronofsky knows how, but he need "what to do" advices for shure. a co-director maybe. anyway the fountain worth a review.not many movies made it since the unforgiven. In the hard "ghost rider" and "brokenback mountain" times can't blame a man for trying. not near the movie of the setnturi but year's top 5 - without a doubt.