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Aronofsky's 'The Fountain'

Last post Nov 17, 2008, 6:03 PM by Big Chris. (12 replies)
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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 2:20 PM

Aronofsky's 'The Fountain'

Could someone please explain it to me, as my brain hurts!
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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 2:41 PM

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Saw this a little while ago. Absolutely beyond comprehension. Looks nice though, what a shame from the director who brought us "Pi".

Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 2:55 PM

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A quick look on Wikipedia makes it sound so simple. It's the whole tree / bubble / star / girl thing at the end that is spectacularly weird. I just see it as eye candy rather than a plausible plot.

Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 3:00 PM

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If you treat it as a surreal thing of beauty, it almost works...

But I think you have to be in the right mood for it. I'd certainly have been both bewildered and annoyed with its pretention if i'd been after some entertainment. Or narrative. Or plot....


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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 3:08 PM

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Anybody who's interested in watching something weird, watch this.

Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 3:40 PM

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Octopo:
Saw this a little while ago. Absolutely beyond comprehension. Looks nice though, what a shame from the director who brought us "Pi".


Is that the one where the "sh" on the end is silent?

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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 3:48 PM

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Barry Norman's protege wasn't a fan?

Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 3:50 PM

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No - all those numbers. Freaked me out.


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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 4:13 PM

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That doesn't seem to tie in well with your glowing review of "The Matrix"?

I'd have thought your eye for detail would have had a love affair with "Pish".

Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 4:29 PM

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I don't remember doing a glowing review of The Matrix. Though I did like the coats.

Re: Pi - it was the details that involved power tools that I had most of an issue with, tbh.


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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 4:38 PM

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JohnDuncan:
Re: Pi - it was the details that involved power tools that I had most of an issue with, tbh.

Mmmm, yeh, but it has to reach that conclusion (though perhaps without the drill) to mark the end of the nautilus. I thought it clever.

Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 4:42 PM

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I'm more of a Nurofen man.


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Posted on Nov 17, 2008, 6:03 PM

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Clare Newsome:

If you treat it as a surreal thing of beauty, it almost works...

But I think you have to be in the right mood for it. I'd certainly have been both bewildered and annoyed with its pretention if i'd been after some entertainment. Or narrative. Or plot....




Indeed.

I don't know what it says about me, that I thoroughly enjoyed 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' the night before, more than 'The Fountain'.

I guess I'm not as smart as I like to think I am. That, or I was just swayed by the utterly gorgeous Mila Kunis.

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