Another art movie people love to pretend to understand.

Rating: 1/10 (21 April 2008)

A doctor is working on a miracle cure derived from a tree in the hopes of curing his dying wife. The wife has almost completed a book about a Spanish conquistador, searching for the tree of life, which the husband reads and inserts himself and his wife as the characters in the book. The same guy floats in a bubble into space towards the nebula which the Mayans thought was the afterworld (supposedly). The best part of this movie is really the special effects when the guy in the bubble is floating towards the nebula. Another good part, although brief, is a colorful battle sequence with a Mayan warrior. I just knew that by the end of the movie all this would come together but I was wrong. I have a very active imagination and I love art but I am tired of these movies that just don't have a cohesive story. I go to an art gallery to see nice pictures. I watch a movie to see a story, not just a collection of pretty pictures. The whole thing just made me sad as the only intelligible part of this movie is a young woman dying. I tried to love this movie but I have to recommend staying away. I know you won't so enjoy the pictures.