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Although it had a good deal of hype, The Fountain didn’t get great reviews when it came out during the winter of 2006. Essentially, it was marketed as the story of a man who can live forever, chronicling his journeys from the 1600s to today, and to approximately the year 2600.

The story is… well, not so straight-forward. These things happen, but certainly not in a way that makes very much sense. The movie is confusing as it jumps around between the three different time periods, each featuring Hugh Jackman as the hero.

At first, the stories don’t seem to relate. It’s not the story of a man living for ever - but rather 3 stories with the same actor that have a parallel plot structure and seemingly fit together in the end… kind of. The special effects and filmmaking is beautiful, but sometimes the story lags.

So, the movie was entertaining, in a sort of meditative “I-don’t-understand-what’s-going- on-but-I’d-love-to-theorize-about-it” way. I guess I just feel it was marketed wrong. However, it is an interesting story that I enjoyed even though it was a bit sappy for my tastes.

[rating:3.5]
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This will be the first in a collection of my “mini reviews” that I’ll be writing about movies. I’ve seen a bunch of good movies over the past month or so, but I don’t have the right history teacher, and therefore enough time, to write a full-fledged reviews for each one.