tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post4714494705294910898..comments2023-10-29T13:33:18.452+00:00Comments on Anthony Peake's Cheating The Ferryman Blog Page: The Fountain - My Review (As Promised!)Anthony Peakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-90402970054011979962008-03-17T06:50:00.000+00:002008-03-17T06:50:00.000+00:00Thanks for the review, and also for reminding me o...Thanks for the review, and also for reminding me of "Jacob's Ladder" -- yet another intriguing ITLADian film.<BR/><BR/>I've watched "The Fountain" twice, but I'm still a bit confused. I originally interpreted the three storylines as three separate incarnations of the two characters, but then I started to wonder whether the futuristic thread (where Hugh Jackman's character is floating around in space in that bubble thingie) is something that's actually happening outside of time and space -- at the level of the Daemon, perhaps? The official interpretation (as given in the blurb on the back of the DVD cover) is that Jackman's character in that thread is a 26th-century astronaut, but I didn't really get that from the film itself. I also found it strange that there isn't a corresponding "Izzie" character in the futuristic thread -- she always appears as either the historic Isabella or the contemporary Izzie (unless I missed something, which is quite possible).<BR/><BR/>One thing I found especially ITLADian was Jackman's/Tom's opportunity to "do over" a specific moment of his life, i.e., the time Izzie asks him to go for a walk with her to see the snow, and he says he's too busy. Eventually, he "gets it right" and chases after her rather than stay behind and let her go out alone. And the way I interpreted it, that opportunity to go back and do things differently was created in that weird realm where Jackman's character is floating around in the bubble -- although, as I said, I'm not really sure if that was supposed to be a timeless realm, or the future.<BR/><BR/>"The Fountain" seems to be one of those films that has to be absorbed by osmosis. It's hard to make sense of it in a linear sense. Perhaps you could say it's holographic.Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066840629733573007noreply@blogger.com