The Fountain(2006)

"Death is a disease, it's like any other. And there's a cure. A cure - and I will find it."
Surrealist films. A story full of things that don't make sense, rejected as bad filmmaking by most, is actually a series of related events weakly linked into an intricate design. Like watching the development of a dream, the plot weaves around on a whim. The story is cyclical and not linear, flowing circuitously around intangible objects like ideas, desires, and existance. The story is molded spiritually, existing only in your mentation.
To achieve such an effect, surrealist media relys heavily on magnificent imagery, especially the horrific or paradoxial. Unusual sound effects must be employed to dissolve barriers of time and place. Facets of life, usually highly traumatic, are played out on this stage.

"Our bodies are prisons for our souls. Our skin and blood, the iron bars of confinement. But fear not. All flesh decays. Death turns all to ash. And thus, death frees every soul."
This film uses all of those. Centered around the theme of accepting mortality, The Fountain shows mankind suffering the loss that accompanies the failure to preserve life in different settings that are thousands of years apart. What you see will largely be determined by your mood. If your day is uneventfull or lends to peace and quiet, this movie will show you things you didn't think existed. If instead, you have a midterm in 5 hours or you're about to go clubbing, you'll probably just see Hugh Jackman doing some wierd stuff.

Visual Stimulation: 85%
Logic and Sense: NR
Acting Talent: 80% (not bad)