This song made me cry...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZuQ_r3ROY

Totally agreed. Nevermind songs, this is one of the most powerful combinations of music and imagery in the history of film. I remember seeing the part just after the 3-4 second pause in the theatre, and my jaw just dropped. It's awe-inspiring.

Damn, I've never even heard of this movie and it has one of Oz's best actors in it.

I'm ordering it today.

Picked it up from JB hifi today(along with a 1tb hard drive, a panasonic I-pod soundsystem and the new Foo fighters album)

About to sit down and watch it now........

This movie has some stunning imagery, but it was about as incoherent as anything I've ever seen.

Thanks TP.

Until this morning I'd never even heard of this movie, now it's one of my favorites.

The imagery and the atmosphere is intense and at the end where he bursts into light is just stunning.

(April 23, 2011 at 3:13 am)theVOID Wrote: This movie has some stunning imagery, but it was about as incoherent as anything I've ever seen.

Agreed V0ID ...it is a very hard film to follow. Worth the effort though. If you can get past the "eyecandy" it is quite good...reminiscent of "IMORTAL"

I will have to watch it a few times to 'get it'. The special features are of help.

(April 23, 2011 at 3:13 am)theVOID Wrote: This movie has some stunning imagery, but it was about as incoherent as anything I've ever seen.

Incoherent? How so?

(April 23, 2011 at 8:33 am)SpatiumTempusque Wrote:

(April 23, 2011 at 3:13 am)theVOID Wrote: This movie has some stunning imagery, but it was about as incoherent as anything I've ever seen.

Incoherent? How so?

A lot of people don't like the handling or presentation of the 3 "storylines".

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My interpretation is that the film is about Dr. Hugh Jackman trying to find a cure for his wife's illness. As we see, he neglects his wife and spends all his energy searching for a cure or a "fix" so she won't die. Even after she is at peace with death he completely fails to understand. The Conquistador angle is his wife's book she was writing and wanting him to finish. The space-tree stuff is a symbolic representation of the doctors inner journey. Upon reading his wife's story and realizing that her true wish isn't to live forever, the 3 "stories" all converge as a way of showing his new understanding and recognition of death as a part of life. It's not actually about a man flying a space bubble to Xibulba, but about a man being at peace with the death of his loved one. It's not actually about a Conquistador searching for the Tree of Life, but about a woman finding a way to let her and her husband "live forever" through their mutually written story.
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I love this movie.

(April 23, 2011 at 3:13 am)theVOID Wrote: This movie has some stunning imagery, but it was about as incoherent as anything I've ever seen.

You're not kidding ... this movie should've come with fucking cliff notes!

what good is cool ass imagery if everyone has to guess at what the hell point you're trying to make.