The Fountain

People complain. People walk out of the theater. People are just so restless.

Lots of people did not enjoy The Fountain. It's slow. It's quiet. It requires a lot of acceptance and reflexion. It requires attention. People don't want to give that. People... they just suck, frankly.

I'm not in love with the film or anything. I enjoyed it a lot. It's hard to explain. I was just willing to give the movie what it asks of the audience. And it turned out to be lovely this way. The story caught me, the emotion engulfed me; I was sold.

But the movie does have its flaw. It does drag on a bit. It is quite confusing at times and does little to help the audience. But you know what? It doesn't want to explain things further. It would rather be slightly vague than slightly patronizing. I like that. I'm fine with it, actually.

It's an interesting piece of work. For those willing to put their brain and their heart into a viewing (and maybe some coffee, if you fall asleep easily), something grand can be found here. People just need to stop being afraid of what they don't or can't understand. People need to stop expecting something very surface level or criticizing anything that isn't. Once that point is reached... then there's something to do.

Hard to love, easy to hate. It's quite a journey.

B

IMDB information on THE FOUNTAIN