HAY GUYS

Paco · Local time: Nov 24, 2006, 10:59 PM

I know it's a rather large bump but I figured this was better than making a new thread altogether. Anyway... I went to see this film earlier today and I highly recommend that any fan of Aronofsky fan watch it.

First and foremost, you will be utterly surprised to know that there is only minimal (read: almost no trace of) CGI work in the whole film. Apparently the visuals, which anyone here would be hard-pressed to find better visuals in any film in the past decade, are actually mostly micro-photography of chemical reactions on petri dishes.

The plot itself is pretty straightforward; three parallel storylines spanning over 1000 years about a couple who is on a neverending quest to live forever. I know that it sounds kind of silly at best since it does seem kind of cliché that the core of the film is about a premise as utterly unreachable as eternal life. Needless to say: The whole scope is way out there.

Still, it's a VERY beautiful movie and while all concepts in this film are aimed towards the stars it's rather refreshing to see a director who falls just short of that aim and creates a phenomenal film as opposed to seeing yet another regurgitation of the same immortality feud by a far less skilled director. You should all see this film.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Paco · Local time: Nov 26, 2006, 10:16 PM

Yes, the soundtrack adds a definite degree of surrealism. I've been looping it since I got it on Friday night. For those who are interested in getting it, here it is.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Paco · Local time: Nov 28, 2006, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Room

Ambitious as the film is, I'm dismayed the film (and Izzi's novel to counter Tom's single-mindedness view of death) spends all that time developing what kids are trusted to pick up upon the first five minutes of The Lion King.

Yeah, that was kind of my feeling about it too. But the way I saw it, was that Aronofsky shot toward the farthest cosmos and delivered a star; I'd much rather have that than another version of the same "what does it all mean?" theme.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.