spoilers and just my thoughts/reflection/opinion

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2006)

I perceive the movie as 1/4 Traditional Literature>Religious Stories and 3/4 Fantasy. Image- pleasing and audio-amazing, I honestly watched half the movie either nodding in agreement to choice of direction or with jaw loose and hand covering, wanting to smile the largest grin ever. I asked Jake a couple of things that he liked about the movie and they didn't exactly coincide with what I liked, showing that I just want to see it again. I don't often get that feeling. The moment that Izzy dies and so does the tree of life was a jaw loosener. And every frame from that point forward was also quite amazing. I found it beautiful in its religious text and also mysterious in its curious beginning and first half. It's funny that I watched Deja Vu right before this movie and it was more about time travel, but as I was considering it more, I felt like this movie was more like space travel. It was unique in its aspects of integrating about three stories into one. More. His choice in the second instance when she leaves to take a first-snow walk and following her, to me, shows that he was ready to be with Eve and forget his life and live the eternal life. In my eyes, when he saw the tree the second time, in the past life, it was the honest tree of eternal life as opposed to the tree of life. Eternity. She just wanted him to finish it, and in a way, I suppose he did but in a really far off way... but not really. Dang. OK, so that side story and him versus that human beast and that beast praising him after he has realized his greed and the sap and his longing. I am blabbing. She was ready and in a way I think he was trying to convince himself too early or just realized too late that he was ready to join her too. The deliverance of the new scientific revelation was the mayan death that just brought life to a whole concept of new birth where he can finally rest. I feel that she was way ahead of him, despite her sickness. The power each had, however, was one that I sensed they had for themselves(character) and not necessarily for the moviescreen. These are all of my opinions. Please feel free to respond, disagree, agree, share or whatnot. There were more moments of awe that I did not reflect here.