Like music

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2006)

To review this film is just difficult, difficult, difficult. I went to see it with my longterm girlfriend while we were in the middle of a fight. Being a fan of Aronofsky's other flicks and having wanted to see this for the past few years, I went anyway and she followed. The next two hours consisted of almost constant tears for the both of us, only I can't for the life of me explain why. Do you know that intangible feeling that you get from really beautiful, great songs that hit you deeply? That's what this film did. None of the dialog stands out in my memory, the cinematography and imagery were almost subliminal. Whether or not this had to do with my frame of mind or not, it was probably the most deeply affected I've ever been from a movie. "The Fountain" completely ripped me apart emotionally and I'm lost as to how.
I think Darren Aronofsky has done something beyond "typical" film-making at this point. I can totally understand why a lot of people despise this movie, because I myself can't explain why I liked it aside from the vague ramblings I've already done here. The song analogy is the only thing that comes close, so hopefully other people reading will know what I'm talking about.