The Fountain is a science-fiction, romantic drama movie directed by Darren Aronofsky starring Hugh Jackman who is acting three different roles (Tom, Tom in future and Tomás) and Rachel Weisz with two different roles (Izzi and Queen Isabella). The movie was released the 22. November 2006 in the United States.
The plot is a bit complicated to explain shortly but anyway it is divided into three different story lines, which take turns until the movie ends. There is the past which is in 1535, the presence and the future that is in 2500. All three story lines have their own meanings which are all connected with each other. If you put them together, you’ll get one combination which completes a mind-boggling story line that gives you an unbelievable sight of love, death, immortality and the fragility of the human existence. Each story line is about finding the eternal life.
In my opinion the movie is unique. the idea of such a story line is incredible. There are alot of different meanings for life and death you can ponder off and the story also consists of religion and history. For example, do you believe in reincarnation or in the eternal life ?
In the past Tomas the conquistator searches for the tree of life to safe the Queens life. In presence Tom is a scientist who tries to save Izzi from a brain tumor. In the future, which i like most, Tom tries to get a three to the star Xibalba where people can be reborn I personally like the future story the most because it looks like a dream and you can’t really understand the meaning behind it without careful watching. The interesting thing about the three in the future is that it is meant to be an incarnation of Izzi.
The actors are really skilled you can especially see it when the roles of the story lines are changing. The body language, how they talk and the impression is changing. I see perfection when you put the characters together, each has his own strength. Tomas has the body strength and ambition, Tom has the theoretical knowledge and intelligence and the future Tom the physical and inward force. One thing that attracted attention on me was the atmospheres, when one story line got hysteric the other got hysteric too and when it changed the other changed too.
When I watched the movie I got a really weak and compassionate feeling from it, which almost made me cry. I think it was affected by the dark/deep and dreamy colors and the sad soundtrack. The Fountain is also known for it’s amazing light effects.
Some people who like alot of action may thing that its boring because the plot has one red thread meaning one signification which it is keeping all movie long. Thought it is simple, it somehow has a mixture of something i can’t say in words. I’d like to recommend this movie to everyone who loves to cogitate about life and death and the big meaning behind it. It teaches us to not try to find the source of eternal life and that we have to accept the death in the natural way. I think that The Fountain is a incredibly succeeded movie and that Darren Aronofsky made a really good job with it.