From: dtravel@sonic.net
On 1/4/2026 5:54 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 1/4/2026 4:36 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
>>
>>> The Fountain (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Darren
>>> Aronofsky. The movie follows Hugh Jackman and Raschel Weisz as they
>>> play multiple characters through multiple time periods. In all of the
>>> time periods Jackman is in love with Weisz. Ellen Burstyn is also in
>>> the movie. I've always really liked this movie. It's a shame it
>>> flopped at the box office. I just wish the movie had a new print. And
>>> a commentary track would have been nice too.
>>
>> I dearly love Rachel Weisz and will watch any movie she's in, but I have
>> never had a clue what was going on in this.
>>
>
> I foolishly wasn't paying attention because I went into it thinking to
> myself I've seen it before and I know what happens, so I don't need to
> pay attention, then 20 minutes in I was lost.
>
> But here's my off the top of my head take on what was going on. They
> were souls constantly being reincarnated. I don't know, I said this is
> off the top of my head! Anyway, in the conquistador time period he's
> searching for the tree of life. In the present the cure he is searching
> from is derived from that tree. And in the future (deep breath!) the
> tree represents, um, their eternal love or something.
>
> It's the same tree in all three time periods. Yeah, that's what I'm
> going to go with.
>
> I said the movie needed a commentary track didn't I?
>
> Anyway, you don't need to know what's going on to enjoy it, just enjoy it.
>
I watched 'The Fountain' and did try to pay attention and I was lost 20
minutes into it as well. Its not a movie telling a coherent story, its
something like an abstract video about impossible love or something.
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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
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