Unique for inexplicable reasons

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2009)

I loved this movie, and I can't even figure why, no matter how hard I try.
For starters, I am not a fan of Rachel Weisz by any measure. Secondly, I'm an even lesser fan of Hugh Jackman (more precisely, I am not a fan of any of the movies he chooses to star in, with the exception of "The Prestige" perhaps). I am not into excessive CGI, either, even if it's central to the story, which it seldom truly is.
The list of things I'm not a particular fan of goes on, but you get the idea.
And yet, for some strange reason, I loved this movie. I can't pin it down to any particular thing or attribute it to everything as a whole. I don't consider it as being perfect. You can point out any number of its flaws and I will probably agree with you on every single one of them. But I will continue loving it nonetheless.
Then again, isn't that the very definition of love?
Suffice to say, I've been an active member of IMDb for more than a decade, I've rated hundreds of movies so far and watched thousands more, but this is the first time ever that I am actually commenting on a movie. There are dozens of movies I would have rather expected to get my first comment, but it had to be "The Fountain". Go figure.