I’ve been looking forward to Aronofsky’s new film “The Fountain” for quite some time now… but I remember way back when the first trailer came out… it actually turned me off of it a little bit. It felt really self absorbed (just saying that’s how it felt to me) and a bit too trippy. But keep in mind… it was only a trailer.
Well, then the booing came. Audiences at the Venice film festival booed and walked out of it. Many just wrote it off to Euro folk not getting it. Then there was a significant walk out at the Toronto Film Fest. Then, critics were totally split on it… some LOVING it… and others HATING it. Right now The Fountain has a very disappointing 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. But the news gets worse for The Fountain…
On it’s opening weekend, The Fountain came in 10th, only taking in a pathetic $3 million. Looks like the trailers didn’t impress anyone else either.
So I have 2 questions for you. Why do you think no one went to see this “highly anticipated” movie. Second… if you saw it… what did you think of it?
