Thank God for directors like Aranofsky

Rating: 10/10 (2 December 2006)

I wont go into any detail regarding the plot of this movie, rather, I want to use this post to praise the director/screenwriter.
Im tired of 'cookie-cutter' movies, movies that follow an established patter of success. There has been a generally lack of original storytelling in movies for years. That is why we need to be especially thankful that directors like Darren Aranofsky are making movies. What I have found most memorable about his films where not the details of the plot, but the emotions that resonated within me during, and after the movie.
Requiem For a Dream left me with such a tight pit in my stomach, that I found I had to immediately distract myself from those emotions. At the time of watching it, I told myself that I would never watch it again because of sadness it thrust into me. But I found myself wanting to watch it again because of the beauty of its storytelling, because it was one of the few films to create that emotion in me.
The Fountain was no different. The story was completely different from Requiem, as was the method in story telling. Aranofsky avoids using CGI (which is refreshing, considering that everything else does), and creates stunning visuals that are worthy of taking stills of, and hanging them on your wall. Again, the films creates an emotion in you, that when watching you understand how the characters feel because you also feel it.
Like Kubrick before him, Aranofsky does not make studio friendly films... rather, he is an artist and a storyteller. And like Kubrick, his films are experiences more than stories.