Doesn't make a ton of sense, but I admire the ambition,

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2010)

Darren Arronofsky is a director of vision. He's directed nearly five films(with Black Swan coming out next month) and most of them have been visionary. Though one man's vision could only go so far. Critics hated Arronofsky's 3rd vision, The Fountain. Probably for the same reason they hated Vanilla sky. You know what... I liked Vanilla sky. And I liked this movie too.
I will do my best to comprehend the plot. Hugh Jackan and Rachel Weiz play a couple. Jackman's a scientist, Weiz is a writer. Jackman tries his best to keep her alive when he finds out that she has a tumor. Going on around the time of the Spanish armada or something like that, Jackman plays a conquistador who's trying to save the princess(Rachael Weiz). And going on in heaven or something, Jackman is trying to save his wife(Rachael Weiz).
I tried my best to summarize the plot. I think I got it wrong. I understood most of the film while I was watching it. I couldn't fit some things together. Such as"What is going on?" It took me about an hour out of 90 minutes to figure out the actual plot of this film.
The film has a lot of spectacles. The effects are dazzling. The film is trippy and weird. Just like something Arronofsky or Richard Kelly would come up with. Critics shouldn't have bashed this film. Arronofsky had a vision, he brought it out, not many people got it.
I understood the majority of it. The film probably needed to be more clear than it was. Instead of just presenting these things on the screen. The fountain looks great. It is a success visually. It, in my opinion, works as a film. Give it a chance.Visualize with Arronofsky.
B+