The Fountain movie.....

[jacky]

I think people walk out maybe cause near the end they think that it is just going to be a happy story of two lovers living in a bubble with a tree for the rest of their lives.
and people generally it seems are embarrassed, or tough to the exterior to experience spirituality in the social environement, or to show emotion beyond that of the pack, I dont know...

90% of the audience members I sat with were quiet, and stayed the course of the movie, which is more than I can say for ALOT of movies that I have gone to. the movie only showed at one "normal" theatre in my hometown of 300,000, so I think alot of people that would normally have to go to the small independent theatre to see this movie were at the large stadium theatre.
some of the scenery of the movie is definitely worthy of the BIG screen.

alot of people just write off science/fantasy etc if it has too much emotion for them. they want action, and a happy ending that is identifiable.


I think the movie is open to alot of variance of interpretation, no narration, no dialog that addresses what is happening.

it reminds me alot of 70's sci fi-

[iggimarco]

I just watched it!, amazing movie. More movies like this should be out daily insted of crap like(snakes on a plane, plane dead...etc)

Anyhow, somebody uploaded the dvd to stage6, so you can watch it here: http://joox.net/stage6/?cat=2&id=1197638

[sunsnail]

Snakes on a Plane was awesome, I don't care what anyone else thinks!

[sinisha]

Originally Posted by iggimarco

I just watched it!, amazing movie. More movies like this should be out daily insted of crap like(snakes on a plane, plane dead...etc)

Anyhow, somebody uploaded the dvd to stage6, so you can watch it here: http://joox.net/stage6/?cat=2&id=1197638

thank you very much

[iggimarco]

np! just giving the love back

[jbmac]

Just watched the fountain on DVD. It was very interesting, but not that good of a movie. Pluses are the bonding of nature/plants/the universe/humans. Great visuals, interesting sub-plots. But nothing really tied it all together for me. But sure better than most of the shoot-em-up foul language movies out now.

[prof_it_e]

Read about it somewhere that someone was talking about Apocalypto, I think because the common theme was Mayan. Anywhoo, looking into it a bit I decided this was a DVD I needed to get imported (it probably wouldn’t make it on the circuit here, and wouldn’t be stocked in the shops either). I watched it last night and woah, it is one seriously intense emotional movie. It seemed to contain some pretty profound insights and would help me put a face on some things that might otherwise be quite difficult to grasp.

The dude in the bubble with a tree is on some kind of journey, he might be like God or something – or a higher self of somebody, on his way to complete disintegration…? The bark of the tree he chomps is medicinal in some way (entheogenic?). It takes him to a time he was someone else, living another life, in which he had a difficult situation to deal with – the immanent death of his spouse…

Cut back to him and the tree and he needs to reassure himself that this is what he wants – to relive this experience – that he will be strong and go through with it. There are moments when he comes out of it and its too intense – he wants it to stop/ for her to leave him alone! And in the end it’s something that I think he learns to come to grips with – he lets go and is able to (enter the light…?).

The experience might be like a necessary cleansing that a soul needs to undergo before being able to move on. This could be like soul retrieval, where a part of yourself gets so traumatized “it stays behind”, leaving you a bit less complete than you could be. It would manifest in another incarnation as some kind of mental or physical aberration – karma like maybe.

This movie can have a big impact on you. I think people that are slamming it might be finding it hits a bit too close to home. That maybe they are not in a position right now where they feel very comfortable having to deal with the reality of death. That they would rather spend their money on stuff that will carry on distracting them from it? I for one am very glad I got it, and think it will come in very handy going forward on my journey.

[greeny]

Spoiler Warning:

Well, I think the movie is just about the guy coming to terms with his wife's death. He didn't want to accept it at first... the bubble and conquistador scenes were both metaphors for his emotional states.

The latter is based on the book that his wife wrote. She wanted him to finish it, so I guess the bubble is the ending that he's writing. The actual time for the guy in the movie are the ones where he's trying to find the cure for cancer, while all others were just fantasy. It's a great movie.