The upcoming Darren Aronofsky film “The Fountain” just played at the Venice Film Festival… and it didn’t quite get the reaction I think it was hoping for from the audience. Reports are coming in that as the credits on the film started to roll… the audience actually BOOED. Actually, the phrase that is being used is “roundly booed”. Yikes! Didn’t see that coming.
Now, I said before that I didn’t like the trailer for it… but that I was still VERY MUCH looking forward to seeing it. But now… hmmm… I don’t know. Variety also gave it a very negative review. The folks over at cinematical threw this little observation in:
And what’s with all this booing that seems to go on at international film festivals? I once sat through a Toronto Film Festival screening of Tideland, and although a whole lot of people bailed on the movie, the people who stuck it out didn’t feel the need to BOO the flick. Hell, that audience didn’t even boo freakin’ Revolver!
Well, I guess like most things in life we’ll just have to wait and see. The film opens wide November 22nd, but has a screening here at the Toronto International Film Festival next week. I’ll be curious to see peoples reactions. So what are you expectations of The Fountain?
