A failed experiment

Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2007)

For this movie, the viewer has to have an open mind... a VERY OPEN mind! Tons of Flashbacks & flash forwards & repeating of scenes, it was ridiculously done in my opinion. If there were no repeats, I'm guessing the movie would have lasted only 30-45 min. This is the story about a Conquistador in one time period, a doctor in another time period, and a futuristic scientist all seeking life everlasting (referenced from the Tree of everlasting life in the Garden of Eden). My girlfriend and i agreed that if they had just stuck with the present time story, it would have been an interesting movie and there was no fountain at all in whole thing. The ending is very abnormal so it scores big in the unique category, but the worst served in all of this is Rachel Weisz, who gives such a phenomenal performance but she's stuck with trying to give this film meaning.