The Fountain
15 minutes story wrapped around 1:45 of footage.
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
I usually like the plot written on IMDB, ’cause it is short and really accurate. Except for this one.
The story goes around a couple: the husband is a scientist, looking for a cure for brain tumor and the wife is a writter suffering from a brain tumor (probably incurable). In the end, the whole story is just this. But telling such story would be really short, so it is surrounded by the story the wife is writting. So, in a way, the story is pretty weak and boring. The special effects, on the other hand, are quite amazing.
It is quite weird when you think about it: it is a pretty boring story, but is mixed with so many touching moments you can’t even realise how boring the movie is.
