What If You Could Live Forever?

Rating: 4/10 (13 August 2008)

Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.
Seeing how extremely similar (in the execution; not the story) this film is to "Blade Runner, "2001: A Space Odyssey," and "Solaris," I'm not surprised I didn't like the film. Basically, if you don't like the movies I've mentioned, you won't like this film. If you do, you'll absolutely love this film.
The trailer for this movie interested me. When I saw the movie, it was like an art film. I'm sorry but I don't like films that try to be art in movies. After awhile, I got lost track from the story because it was just too confusing and boring for my taste. But for every person who hates this movie, there are people who loved it.
With that said, this film polarized audiences. I don't think you can rate an art film but I'll just give it a 5/10 to be fair. I didn't quite like the chemistry between Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz at all. However, the film is quite beautiful and visually extensive. In the end, though, you might hate it or love it.