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Moving with the swell.
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Some things are just unforgettable. Some experiences will just stick in your mind forever.
The 63rd Venice Film Festival has already featured two amazing movies. However, today I was stunned like I was never before in my whole life. Just a few hours after saying I had found the best movie of the year, Darren Arronofsky presents Italy with the ultimate masterpiece of the 21th century: ''The Fountain''.
I just can't go easy on the adjectives here. This is, without a doubt, the best movie of the 21th century (!!!) and the best science-fiction film since 2001 (This is were Children of Men would come in third). The ambitious story deals with three generations. In the 1500s, a Spanish conquistador named Tomás (Hugh Jackman, Oscar-deserving) is sent by a queen (Rachel Weisz, marvelous) to look for a tree that is believed to give oneself eternal life. In the modern days, Thomas is trying to find the cure of cancer so he can save his wife. That cure may be contained inside the bark of a strange tree. This is where the story mostly takes place, the real core of the movie. In the future, Jackman (curiously still playing the scientist) is a lone man that travels around space inside a bubble with nothing with him except the tree.
This is a one-of-a-kind experience that you just will not be able to define. Seeing this magnificent journey on screen only makes the trip better. Arronofsky has finally achieved his career height with this perfect masterpiece. Never has something so profound and colossal struck me like ''The Fountain'' has done right now.
They say an image is worth one thousand words. ''The Fountain'', then, must be a glossary of beauty. Gorgeous images are seen throughout the incredibly short movie (only 1 hour and 40 minutes), specially throughout the last segment of the film. And when the ending strikes you, you will just feel the same way as if an arrow filled with peace struck your heart. By the end of the session, I was crying like I never cried in a movie before. And I wasn't the only one.
Perhaps the saddest image I've seen during the screening were some people booing this magnificent picture. I can fully understand their opinion, but I felt numb. How couldn't they be touched the same way as I was? How come they couldn't feel what me and some more people felt after that? It was immensely sad for something like that to happen. Maybe they just weren't ready to be surprised like that. I might never know...
As I walked out the screening, it wasn't very hard to hear the name ''2001- A Space Odyssey'' among viewers. This was an unique film experience, a mature science fiction, just like ''2001''. And I believe their legacy will go on forever. ''The Fountain'' is a philosophical journey through the ideas of life, love, loss, and hope.
To top it off, I might add the performances were all Oscar deserving. Jackman deserves a instant nomination, and he is my favorite so far. The Academy Awards just won't be able to leave this one behind, for this is the best movie in decades. The Golden Lion, in my point of view, already has a winner.---10/10
Too good a review to be true? I hope not.