I think I figured it out lol

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2006)

Definitely read "Tom in the present is tom in the future" posts before reading my theory :) I think those Adam and Eve references meant something very critical to the ending. My theory is, yes the past sequences with Tom were nothing more than the story... and that ending where the foliage blooms out of him and he becomes one with the tree are his ending that he finally writes at the climax of the film. The present is nothing more than the future Tom's actual past. In the end they both do live forever, as Adam and Eve. Tom has been eating off the Tree of life and will live forever (Adam) and Eve is Izzy after shes had the tree grow over her (We see Tom drop the piece of the tree of life into her grave to make the tree grow). The dead star exploding and recreating all life finally happens at the end.... I don't know if God was waiting on Tom to finally make sense of his past and finish the story before it happened or if Tom was in control of when it would happen the whole time. I believe after that sonic boom and the tree re-blooming that ALL life returned. Tom was in fact the last man feeding off the tree for eternity so that he and Izzy (now part of the tree) could live forever. The finishing of the story was how things turn out in the very end (future toms ascension). He chooses to drink from the tree of life and blam becomes part of it, the never ending cycle of life. The same goes for the star exploding at the end. So much symbolism.... In the past sequences when Queen Isabella referred to Spain and what the conquistador would do to protect it... she meant many things "Spain, Her, The Tree of Life, and maybe even God". I agree with a prior post that said... even in the future (Tom in the bubble) he still hadn't finished the damn story she had asked him to ... Finally at the end hes able to make his ending after reconciling the past... or it was just the stars time to be reborn. He finally got his ring back because of their selfish quest to live together forever was finally over... it took the death of IZZY (THE TREE AND THE STAR) to finally set those things in motion. Any comments on this?! lol Thats what I gathered from the movie tho :)