Uh-oh, The Fountain at 49% on RT...really

[ShadowBoxing]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fountain/
But...how.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

That's not good news.....

The reviews are either extremely negative ('disaster') or the opposite ('awesome').

Let's hope Jackman doesn't have another Van Helsing on his hands....

 

[Backdrifter]

Bah who cares. Its a brilliant film.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Bah who cares. Its a brilliant film.

Apparently not though. I mean even Prestige got 78% or something close. Undeserving yes...but it sure means a lot more people could see it as a deserving film....this did worse than DareDevil

 

[Backdrifter]

Superman Returns got like a 80% or something and PotC did worse. Really, who cares? Critics suck.

 

[Catman]

You cannot always trust critics. Back in 1967 they all hated Bonnie & Cylde. But, look at the masterpiece it is now.

 

[Backdrifter]

2001: A Space Odyssey was pretty much universally hated when it was released, by critics that is, and now its considered a science fiction masterpiece.

 

[Catman]

2001: A Space Odyssey was pretty much universally hated when it was released, by critics that is, and now its considered a science fiction masterpiece.

Another great example. So, what have we learned today folks? Don't trust critics.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Superman Returns got like a 80% or something and PotC did worse. Really, who cares? Critics suck.

Superman Returns got 76% and POTC2 got 54%. I wasn't impressed with either.

 

[The Question]

I heard a reveiw of the film, and the moral of the story just sounded like the subject matter of bad emo poetry to me. Still, I'll be able to get in for free, so I'll probably see it.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

2001: A Space Odyssey was pretty much universally hated when it was released, by critics that is, and now its considered a science fiction masterpiece.

No it wasn't. It got nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars, won two Best Picture Awards (at other awards), Kubrick won best director elsewhere. Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars. Pauline Kael loved it. The Washington Post and NYT gave it high acclaim. So did many others.

 

[Backdrifter]

No it wasn't. It got nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars, won two Best Picture Awards (at other awards), Kubrick won best director elsewhere. Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars. Pauline Kael loved it. The Washington Post and NYT gave it high acclaim. So did many others.

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While most critics found 2001 merely confusing or boring, some of the most renowned film theorists of the time gave it almost universally negative reviews. Andrew Sarris, a critic and film theorist generally “more concerned with the director’s attitude toward the spectacle than the spectacle itself,” was irked by Kubrick’s detached style of directing. In his initial review for the Village Voice on April 11, 1968, he dismissed 2001 as “a thoroughly uninteresting failure and the most damning demonstration yet of Stanley Kubrick’s inability to tell a story coherently and with a consistent point of view.”

http://www.palantir.net/2001/meanings/essay05.html

Sounds a lot like The Fountain to me.
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[Catman]

No it wasn't. It got nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars, won two Best Picture Awards (at other awards), Kubrick won best director elsewhere. Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars. Pauline Kael loved it. The Washington Post and NYT gave it high acclaim. So did many others.

lol. WOW! Apparently you haven't heard of the film's premiere. People actually WALKED OUT of the films premiere. Kubrick was depressed afterwards. It wasn't till his wife told him that she heard on the radio that "kids" loved the film that he got his spirits high again.

 

[DeFett]

I still have high hopes for this film ...can't wait too see this.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

it was a great movie, mainly because it's got something different to it...thought.

i love leaving a movie thinking "what the **** was that?" but totally being absorbed by it. It's had me thinking abut it nonstop over the last 24 hours and it keeps getting better and better in my mind.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

it was a great movie, mainly because it's got something different to it...thought.

i love leaving a movie thinking "what the **** was that?" but totally being absorbed by it. It's had me thinking abut it nonstop over the last 24 hours and it keeps getting better and better in my mind.

 

[terry78]

it was a great movie, mainly because it's got something different to it...thought.

i love leaving a movie thinking "what the **** was that?" but totally being absorbed by it. It's had me thinking abut it nonstop over the last 24 hours and it keeps getting better and better in my mind.

I'm sure many more felt the same way, only minus the being absorbed part.

 

[XwolverineX]

Saw got like, 40%. Seriously. That's just proof that you really cannot trust critics.

*Runs to see what Deja Vu got on RT*

 

[Jack Bauer]

Rotten or not it would probably going to be number 1 at the box office.

 

[Matt]

Rotten or not it would probably going to be number 1 at the box office.

Umm, huh? It finished tenth. Or do you mean Deja vu? That got third. Happy Feet and Casino Royale won again.

 

[Obsidian]

Just saw it and I have to say it will screw with your mind, you just have to go with the flow. After much thought after the film was done, I understand a great deal with it. It's either a movie you'll love or a movie you'll hate. Here's a more in depth review:

Darren Aronofsky's latest film that stars Hugh Jackman (yes...i already hear the girl giggling) and Rachel Weisz is about a man's struggle with mortality. Hugh Jackman plays a doctor named Thomas in the year 2005 who's devoting his life work to finding a cure for his wife's cancer. He wants results overnight and as a result of that obsession, he barely spends time with his wife, although it's his love for his wife that drives him. Izzy (Rachel Weisz) on the other hand has accepted her impending fate and tries to make her husband understand by writing a story called "The Fountain", where a conquistador named Tomas (Hugh Jackman again) is on a quest to find the fabled fountain of youth in New Spain for Queen Isabella (also played by Rachel Weisz). Fast forward 2 millenia and we see a balding Hugh Jackman playing another version of Thomas and Rachel Weisz playing another version of Izzy. Whether this is part of the story, is happening in Thomas' mind, or is actually real is up to the viewer. Regardless, it is vital to the story at hand. It can be really frustrating to put all the pieces together because none of them fit perfectly at first glance. You really need to stop and think and the way the movie is told in a non-linear fashion can make your mind spin round and round. This movie will not be for everyone. There will be some who love it and some who hate it. I personally enjoyed this tale of love and man's foolish quest for immortality. The acting is great, as well as the visuals (which is surprising considering it's small budget). This is Hugh Jackman's best performance so far and I'm eager to see what's coming up from him. This is one of the best films of the year and according to my friend "the weirdest ****ing movie" you'll ever see.

My take on the tale taking place in the future:

Spoiler

It's not actually happening. The only story really happening is the present with Thomas and Izzy. The story from the past is obviously a story concocted by Izzy while she's slowly dying from cancer. The future story is a dream or a daydream of Thomas' that is his way of dealing with the grief of his wife's condition and her death. That helps him finish the last chapter of the Izzy's book.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Umm, huh? It finished tenth. Or do you mean Deja vu? That got third. Happy Feet and Casino Royale won again.

Damm I thought it was coming this week not this past Friday. We all make mistakes.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I really liked the fountain, I thought it was a mind warp of a love story, it was really cool, it was requium with hope, which requium really never gave

 

[Lighthouse]

As much as I like Aronofsky's style, I do find his films a tad pretentious.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

As much as I like Aronofsky's style, I do find his films a tad pretentious.

ooh yeah, without a doubt, it is still really cool though