I just saw the movie "The Fountain," but I'm afraid that I must have missed the point. Can someone explain to me how the three storylines connect? I don't see how it could possibly be the same people in all three, especially because the conquistador died.
2006-11-24 16:40:34 · 3 answers · asked by esperantisto 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Actually that is exactly what you should not be looking for!!
Like I responded to another question, "The Fountain" is not a movie with an "end" or final outcome to it. It is a journey of a man's(or Man's) quest to protect what he loves, which gets manifested across ages. It is about coming to terms with your love for a person and what you're willing to do for it.
It is best watched with your guards lowered, and let emotions of the movie reach out to your heart. Like life, the "Fountain of life" is not about reaching the destination, but the experience of the journey.
The connection of the three storylines is immaterial to the plot. You could see it as a reincarnation - and again, you need not. It's the story of the human spirit being born over and over again and going after his life's biggest passion.
2006-11-28 05:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by web_researcher 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no right or wrong answer here. This movie has been and will be interpreted differently by every viewer.
Here is my take: (SPOILERS)
1500- This is all Lizzies story. Every time Tom starts to read her unfinished book, the movie flashes back to Spain and Tom's quest for the Tree of Life. When he dies, he essentially is living forever through nature/the earth, like the story Lizzie tells of the Mayan Father.
2000-Tom fights to save Lizzie and has a breakthrough as she is dieing. He is unable to save her, but finds a cure for death.
2500-Tom has kept himself alive and traveled to the dieing star, where Lizzie believed her soul would be. Once he arrives, he sees the visions of Lizzy and finally embraces death. "Finish It." He dies and they live together forever. Thus finishing his quest to be by her side.
So many takes on this. I have seen it twice and each time I learned something else. I also read a take, whereas the person believed Tom and Izzy were actually Adam and Eve and were looking for everlasting life together. All in all, I think this is an amazing movie that is far ahead of its time.
2006-11-24 17:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by zillenium_00 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
OK, I'll tell you what I think. The "real" story is about the modern day people, the doctor and Izzie. She wrote the story about the Conquistador and Queen of Spain and then the doctor's mind did the rest of that story. Izzie wrote no ending so his imagination created the ending where the Mayan thought he was "first father" and then he got covered in greenery, a sign of rebirth.
Whenever you say Hugh Jackman bald, it was the doctor's "higher self" trying to find a way to reunite with Izzie on the astral plane. He thought if he could save the tree then he'd find a way to save Izzie but, in a way, the tree and Izzie are the same (remember the hairs on the tree and how they moved plus how there was a close-up or two on Izzie's neck and the fine, downy hair there on the back of her neck?) so by saving the tree then he is saving Izzie.
The "reality" was the doctor and his plight. The rest was just dreaming... like where he imagines going out to walk with her in the snow when she invited him when, in fact, he hadn't gone and missed that chance forever.
So, no, it's not really the same people but because the Conquistador and the bald guy were part of the doctor's imagination then they looked like him while the Queen looked like Izzie.
2006-11-28 05:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋