EXT. EARTH

I just saw Darren Aronofsky’s “The Fountain” for the second time last night, and I was surprised at how I felt about it.  This blog will make more sense to you if you’ve seen “The Fountain” before… just a heads up.  At first, I absolutely loved the film.  I didn’t understand everything about it, but I still thought it was amazing.  The second time around was different.  This time I caught more little things in it, and I don’t like some of what I realized this time.  Don’t get me wrong, I still think it’s an incredibly made film, but I have a different view on it now. 

                                            The second time through, the eastern mysticism and eastern religious ideas in the film really came out to me.  All of his yoga-like routine and his meditation pose as he jumps out of the tree’s bubble at the end are eastern religion meditation techniques.  And when he meditates at the end, it’s as if he becomes a god in the midst of the guardian with the flaming sword.  The guardian bows down before him, and Hugh Jackman takes in the sight as he levitates in a cross-legged pose before the guardian.  All this time there are sharp rays of light coming out from behind him.  This whole episode very much parallels the ideas in some eastern religions that Jackman has finally reached a sort of nirvana and enlightenment and is now ready to become a god of sorts himself.  The movie never comes out and states any of these things, but the implications are there.   This clip from the film isn’t exactly what I wanted, but it’s the best I could find that would illustrate this point of mine.

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