arronofsky at his best

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2012)

one can review a movie based entirely on technical aspects. if it does, "the fountain" can easily score a 10 at every single one of them: for example, the acting is AWESOME. jackman and weisz are in their top notch roles, you can even expect that they'll eventually have a better acting that this.
the soundtrack sticks into your brain forever. clint mansell is a MONSTER. if you've seen "requiem", you'll know what i mean. and the soundtrack of fountain is even BETTER, not only because it fits perfectly into the movie, but because it is not based on another song, like requiem for a dream's mozart-based theme, it is absolutely original.
the direction is superb. i really mean that. if you see this movie more than once, you can see little details that are simply genius. when hugh jackman is walking on the street, very toughtful, for example, you can see that is no audio except for his steps on the snow... when a car almost hit him, the audio suddenly appears, the tires screaming and all. have you ever walked when your mind is completely filled with toughts and stumbled yourself into something that "wakes" you up? then that simple scene will make you fully revive this memory. and that's many, many more amazing details in the direction.
well, i could write about tech specs a million characters more, but it doesn't matter. because the script, the idea and the whole story that is presented on this movie are the most stunning, amazing, incredible thing that you can do in cinema. what we're talking about here is a piece of art that can put side-to-side with the classics, like the godfather, the seven samurai, battleship potemkin or even 2001. truly a piece of art.