I have this on my iPod (The score). I was fooling around with various songs to "pump me up" when working out. I accidentally played this song. It invoked more raw emotion that made me completely forgot the lactic acid building up, than any other song I've listened to.
Clint Mansell, and this movie, are both amazing entities.
does anyone know the music that played in the last thirty seconds, as he's placing the berry on Izzi's grave? I've been trying to find it: it's been making me sob every time I hear it ;A;
The tune playing at the end, is the end track to the movie. The track is called Xibalba. My fav from the movie, though the entire score is amazingly beautiful.
@thewabbiteer Before asking this question, think back to 2006. Do you remember this being advertised? How about ask your friends and everyone that was at least 15 during 2006 if they've watched this film. Everyone I have, has said no. I don't remember it being advertised. It is a masterpiece, but no one knows it exists. Spread the word and that might change a little.
When films such as this are forcefully rushed and badmouthed by critics, it makes me wonder... why? This movie is a masterpiece and quite possibly one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.
Sooo... he can walk on water. He's alive after death. He has a beard. He's obviously jesus. And u know how ur mother used to tell u if u ate watermelon seeds u'd grow a watermelon inside? Well... she was right! In a way.
I wish someone could provide some strong arguments on behalf of this movie, because I just don't see anything special in it. Being afraid of death, losing the loved one, wasting life on unimportant issues, the sacrifice of personal life in favor of good, all this has been already dealt with in many other movies. What's new in it? Do you like it because they added the "tree of life", is it because you are old or lost somebody? What is it that makes you say this is a good movie? Thanks!
@damnrock There is a huge symbolic value in many scenes.The paralel storytelling,3 stories so distant in time and yet so close in meaning,transcending the human nature which is to fear death.The sword wielding warrior bows before the thinking man and so many other scenes.Rarely have other movies have dealt with those issues in such a deep,symbolic and poetic way all together.Additionally the soundtrack of the movie really adds to it so much.It combines imagination,deep thought and emotion.
It's not difficult to understand. One storyline is the reality of consciousness as is, one is a memory written by Izzy and finished by Tommy once he realises that death is only the beginning and that he's going to die himself. And the third storyline, of his subconscious thoughts (his soul) as he reaches ascension in the "knowing" of his truth. The very final scenes play out in the "real world" as Tommy, planting a new seed in Izzy's grave -- which ties into the Tree of Life.
@vladikrakatita This movie is only 5 years old. They still make movies like this out there. You just gotta dig a little deeper. Terrence Malick's new film, 'The Tree of Life', is a recent example.
Minute 7:36 on the "Death is the Road to Awe" song (Minute 8:14 on the video though)is the most beautiful sound that the universe has ever had the pleasure of creating for itself.
WARNING: FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY. Contains concentrated bark extract. Side effects include hallucination, drowsiness, bright lights, headache, tinnitus, light-headedness, and unwanted growths on the skin.
I never cry, not when I watch a movie and not when I get my ass kicked. But at 9:13 I just couldnt help anymore.... imagine having the one thing you need in life and then having it taken from you. Wouldnt wish that feeling on anyone...
@WuYongG "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit." 1 Corinthians 15:45...His soul was feeding on the tree to stay alive because he was ignorant to the fact that it is the other way around, the tree depends on him to sustain life. Hence, the created becomes the creator; the Alpha and the Omega. You conquer death only in the spirit of self-realization (GNOSTICISM) you are not this living specimen you call your body; it is your mind that makes you, YOU. TRUTH
@WuYongG At the end of Matrix, Mr. Smith says to NEO, "everything that has a beginning must have an end NEO"...And NEO happily complied for he realizes for life to exist, there must be death. It is a constance cycle. In other words, for a caterpillar to fly it must go through transfomation into a butterfly. Romans 12:2 That is what it trully means to fill your spiritual cup instead of holding onto material things. For they are all illusions since they are all temporay items along with the flesh.
The Darren Aronofsky films I've seen (The Fountain, Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) are not long, all under two hours... but they all feel much longer (and I mean that in a totally good way) because they take you on an emotional journey so powerful and intense that when it's all over it's hard to believe you've only been there two hours
The reason why Conquistador turned into flowers and plants (wasn't greed or the fact that it's a forbidden fruit) . You see, altought it does provide "eternal life" the main purpose of the tree is to create life as in "flowers and plants". Conquistador will live forever in the plants together with Izzy who also lives forever in the fruit that Tommy plants it in Izzi's grave at 9:30. hidden happy yet emotive ending.
This is the process of enlightment... He chose to be in the present moment when he run to her and not in the future anymore. Then his ego start to die.. When he drink from the tree of life his ego and the earth become one... And his SELF take the ring (the part of life that is missing, i guess) and be complete again... Thats the enlightment... the final part "Its alright" has strength, because NOW it really is.
Perfect. Remember me the movie Black Swan, same enlightment process.
This movie is strangely inspired by Buddhism which could be nonsense for those who can't understand it. And there are many who can't, that's why the movie is not so popular. You must go through a lot in life to get such a movie
@deathlyhallows666 ABSOLUTELY agree!!!! Every film is a masterpiece! Hopefully all the hype that Black Swan has gotten, he will become more widely known
@pricture he drank from both hands, and while he had used his right hand to safely heal his wound, he had used his left hand to uproot the shrub. The remaining plant cells on his hand merged with the sap from the Tree of Life.
@SlowAndSteady2 That's a strangely logical explanation. I always thought the way he died had a higher meaning, but plant cells + life elixir + abdomen is bound to produce something nasty.
But why does he intervene when the priest is about to kill him then? Whether he dies sooner or later seems of little importance, unless it was because his death had to bring life with it (shrubbery).
@Qaoz The man with the dying tree approaching Xibalba in the orb symbolizes the doctor's unconscious self, the part of him that is very reluctant to face reality and the ordeal must endure. As he came to terms with his wife's passing, and remembering Moses' story, she told him what he needed to know to 'Finish it.' Facing death as he was, that is Xibalba, he needed to prove to the priest that he was was the First Father, to return to what he had sacrificed himself before to make.
@Qaoz 'Death is the road to awe.' Enlightenment, essentially. It's a great idea, and there may be some truth to it, but I go with the duality of doctor unable to accept his wife's death, fighting for a cure. I'd much rather live forever, with real options, but this movie is just too incredible to argue with.
The Fountain opened my eyes to a bigger truth. Life after death is simply a way of living forever. Though that is not its purpose, it is a satisfying consolation for those who are still afraid of dying. The 2500 version of Tom is the present Tom 500 years in the future, during which time he discovers the cure for death and is travelling to Xibalba to recover his wife's grave, which is supposedly the tree in the spaceship.
This sequence remains the greatest sequence of film in the last 5 years. It tops the ending of Park Chanwook's 'Oldboy' and the finale of Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood' even. Watching it unfold, knowing everything about the protagonist's personal struggle with accepting mortality, is like achieving enlightenment. The only other picture evocative of those sort of feelings is Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. Beautiful and beyond words, perhaps even comprehension.
Beautiful movie...great visuals that intrigue the mind. Life is not meant to be mundane as it sometimes is now, but rather a journey. Through that journey externally we find ourselves internally. It all reminds us of what we already are, that's why we have strange moments...we are simply remembering.
it's so hard to accept things, to deal with them. tommy doesn't want to see the truth, from the beginning he keeps escaping from the light (death). the moment he pushes the doc against the window and light breakes through it onto his face he knows what just happend, but he doesn't what to realize it. he struggles for a thousand years, trying everything, fighting against what already happend and can't be undone. in the end he accepts death, he accepts the light. stirring.
I now under stand what this movie is about after listening to a spychic talk about the after life and the infinite levels of conscienence of the after life.... And how in the after life the goal is to keep learning and learning as much as you can about the existence of everything and when this is achieved is what he said you become a supreme being or something And that is what happened at the end when the guy with the flaming sword sees him floating He reached the highest at that point or a god?
Very powerful movie. Especially this scene. By the way, this is DIVINE MASONRY for those who don't know. It is extremely filled with symbolism. Please allow me to recommend 5 other Divine Masonic movies for those who want to know the truth. Watchmen, Matrix, Powder, Avatar and the movie documentary on the life of Gandhi. Everything else about Masonry are just children having fun with an ancient secret that they don't even fully understand.
@Ellinaskariolis Read 1 Corinthians 15:45 and Mark 15:22-23...The G in Masonry really stands for Golgotha, Gate, 6and9=Spirals...Everything in the universe is spiraling including your DNA. That's the true meaning of the yin and yang. Man's destiny is to go from 6 to 9 because God created you on the 6th Day. Hence you have the mark of the beast because you are made of the same thing that beasts are made of, dust. The bible is not to be taken literally, it is filled with secret meanings. c my page
@Ellinaskariolis Go watch this video to understand the meaning behind the ring he puts on to complete the process of transformation. (watch?v=4VFDl5aKCog) Copy and paste it in the address bar above over everything after (com/)...It's all about balance, mother nature....Noticed the guy called him FIRST FATHER after he noticed the fact that he has mastered death. John 14:6 Jesus said to FOLLOW his examples, not WORSHIP him. John 14:12. The guy gave up his life so he too can become the father.
@Strawberryswingswing Too true, so glad they didn't go with Brad Pitt. Seriously when I see Hugh Jackman sad I just wanna give him a hug :/ and rachel weisz was Perfect for Izzys part I wouldn't have felt bad if it were any other plastic bimbo, she just has such a soft innocent face.
OHHHH I finally get it! The first part with the xibalba in old spain was actually the end. The begining was him planting the seed on Izzi's grave, followed by him floating in outer space, and when he died, the tree became xibalba. So life is this giant cycle with not real begining or ending
a great, intense movie. it makes me sad that so many people don't even feel anything when they see the movie. there's so much happening, there're so many details, for example the play with light/darkness. when i saw the movie the first time i was younger, not so open minded, i just startet to learn how to see things right, how to feel. i didn't understand it immediately, but felt that something happened to me. this movie, what and the way it tells, everything, it changed me and gave me so much.
Film makers like Darren Aronofsky, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Christopher Nolan remind me that a new wave of directors is here to give great films that we will remember for years to come.
@FrederikundWilma exactly...we kind of see it literally in this scene. It's what Tom/Tomas/Tommy has to learn. When you try to hold on to life by force, trying to surmount it and take what is beyond your portion, life will in turn consume you.
@MrRobertSama yeah neither do I ...unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it..sooner or later we are going to die...what a sick joke LIFE is!!!
I love this movie and especially the ending so much, can't tell. It is some kind of art. And everyone can think about what it means. I think there is not THE explaination. But i have my own one.
look closely at 2:47 there is another bubble going up =) i think he was about to die, in his final moments, he ended the story of his wife, and finally reunite with her
I'd say Tommy is planting the seed to the tree of life, the tree we see in the future, IS Izzy, life is eternal, nature flows, love is forever, i could interpret and waffle all night, this film all of it's components are beyond words x
@4leeloo god didn't create this you moron! Its a movie...created by humans its called special effects....the music also brought to you by humans..........
@clarissa1133 First things first--the moron here is you my friend, because i haven't said anything bad about you.You don't know me, so shut the fuck up.
And when i say God--I mean Oh My God-- Hugh Jackman is a great actor!
An oh yes, i know who wrote the music smartass but i don't yell it!!
Great scene. Definitely the best part of the movie. Correct me if I'm wrong, this movie is about how we are a prisoner of this world if we hold on to material things and not understand LOVE is the only key to break that bondage. Right????
Why does this movie have such a strange affect on me...I cant put it into words, when I wtch this scene I feel different but I just cant explain it.
For the last few days I havent been able to get death is the road to awe out of my head, can any explain to me what it is that im feeling,,, I cant seem to find the right words.
I completely agree. That's what makes this such an amazing movie. It's ambiguous -- it left me with so many questions and different interpretations, but in a good way. I can't explain it either.
@MrRobertSama Anyone who watched the movie and has half a heart felt that. I watched it with my girlfriend and seemed so much more intense watching it with her, because I can sympathise with Toms battle to help his wife.
I just now thought - the light moving inward into darkness before exploding outward with Tom's sacrifice is the daylight moving into night, before exploding out from that faraway star - - right as Tommy plants the seed in Izzi's grave. I almost can't believe how staggering an effect this movie has over me~
He busted out into a plant because the sap did that.....(remember when it drips on the ground and flowers burst out? same thing, only they burst out of his stomach.) If you remember the scene right before izzy collapses from a seizure, she talks about a mayan legend about how the earth was formed, by a man who died, and a tree burst from his belly. kind of ties everything together.
because he is chasing immortality but in the end no matter what you have to accept that you are a human being and that we all die.
basically you cant cheat death and your love for someone can exist even after they are gone and we have hopes that we will see them again in the after life
i always loved the subtle playing with the colours, gold for the wrong things, lies and deception and white for the truth, yet having a only just glimpses of white all over the movie, not recognized or really seen by the blind main actor, until he's going the hard path and the glimpse of white evolves into a powerfull whole, overwhelming the scenes. a piece of art in every detail for me.
This is such an incredible movie. A great soundtrack is a key part of this. I just turned 30 and I've now realized I'm capable of turning 40, etc. and eventually dying someday. When I was in my 20's dying was so far from my mind that I lived my mind a bit differently.
Okay. I feel like a complete weepy moron because there are tears DRIPPING onto my shirt and I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! I didn't even watch the freaking movie! Wtf!!???!
Tell you what I'm a brotha from ATL so this is not what you'd call my usual fare and I've watched this dozens of times with my wife, it reminds me of how you can love someone so much it hurts to see them taken from you. If people can't see the beauty in that, they soulless beings
a fathers man just died... and someone ask him if he is sad by his fathers dead... and he says his father is not death... his body feeds the seeds that makes grow a tree... that gives the birds a place t live an feeds him and so it goes... he says that on that way... his father reach immortality...
What does he say on her grave, bye Iz or please? I've had this discussion before and I swear all I can make out is a one syllable word: please. Plus it has much more depth if he says please considering the journey he is yet to endure.
Anyone can have their opinion as to whether or not they liked this movie. I for one thought it was a great movie - clearly showing a man on his journey of dealing with his wife and her death. The emotion in this movie really effects the viewer. I still can't watch this without crying at the end. And to really appreciate this movie it really takes a sort of aesthetic person or mindset because otherwise you will either not get it or not like the imagery.
06:58 head popping.
WhiteShark125 5 months ago
For Myrtle.
OOOJEZOOO 5 months ago
I have this on my iPod (The score). I was fooling around with various songs to "pump me up" when working out. I accidentally played this song. It invoked more raw emotion that made me completely forgot the lactic acid building up, than any other song I've listened to.
Clint Mansell, and this movie, are both amazing entities.
RyanKaufman 5 months ago in playlist Liked
I absolutly agree with you Onipsi......i loved this movie and this bit is the coolest scene for sure:))
jim22277 5 months ago
I am speechless after watching this for the first time, 9-25-11,
Pinkspiderable 5 months ago in playlist More videos from Onipsi
One of the most moving scene of all time.
aclock2 5 months ago
The end of cinematography. The solution of the problem 'film'.
M4G1CLOG1C14N 5 months ago
The end of cinematography. The sollution of the problem 'film'.
M4G1CLOG1C14N 5 months ago
This is my favorite movie. Darren Aronofsky cannot be touched. Such a beautiful movie.
izzyiver 5 months ago
Best Clint Mansell score
Best Hugh Jackman performance
Best Darren Aronofsky direction
So why only few people know this movie? why all the critics where so mean?and why this movie wasn't nominated for any big award?
MrJack2987 6 months ago 4
@MrJack2987 Because it wakes people up from the false reality that our so called leaders have created for us
8187daytheory 5 months ago
@MrJack2987
I personally think this movie made them fear their own existence.
Pinkspiderable 5 months ago in playlist More videos from Onipsi
does anyone know the music that played in the last thirty seconds, as he's placing the berry on Izzi's grave? I've been trying to find it: it's been making me sob every time I hear it ;A;
NacodaLupine 6 months ago
@NacodaLupine
The tune playing at the end, is the end track to the movie. The track is called Xibalba. My fav from the movie, though the entire score is amazingly beautiful.
Cherabreena 6 months ago
WHY was this film a box office failure - it is a MASTERPIECE! Absolutely beautiful.
thewabbiteer 6 months ago
@thewabbiteer Before asking this question, think back to 2006. Do you remember this being advertised? How about ask your friends and everyone that was at least 15 during 2006 if they've watched this film. Everyone I have, has said no. I don't remember it being advertised. It is a masterpiece, but no one knows it exists. Spread the word and that might change a little.
RyanKaufman 6 months ago
When films such as this are forcefully rushed and badmouthed by critics, it makes me wonder... why? This movie is a masterpiece and quite possibly one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.
tr4nsist0r 6 months ago
In my mind, this segment is easily the greatest movie scene of the past 5 years, perhaps one of the greatest ever. So moving.
Takerfan57 6 months ago
Sooo... he can walk on water. He's alive after death. He has a beard. He's obviously jesus. And u know how ur mother used to tell u if u ate watermelon seeds u'd grow a watermelon inside? Well... she was right! In a way.
Slipknotabyss 6 months ago
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Slipknotabyss 6 months ago
This is one of the best movies that the universe has ever had the pleasure of creating for itself.
includao 7 months ago
I wish someone could provide some strong arguments on behalf of this movie, because I just don't see anything special in it. Being afraid of death, losing the loved one, wasting life on unimportant issues, the sacrifice of personal life in favor of good, all this has been already dealt with in many other movies. What's new in it? Do you like it because they added the "tree of life", is it because you are old or lost somebody? What is it that makes you say this is a good movie? Thanks!
damnrock 7 months ago
@damnrock There is a huge symbolic value in many scenes.The paralel storytelling,3 stories so distant in time and yet so close in meaning,transcending the human nature which is to fear death.The sword wielding warrior bows before the thinking man and so many other scenes.Rarely have other movies have dealt with those issues in such a deep,symbolic and poetic way all together.Additionally the soundtrack of the movie really adds to it so much.It combines imagination,deep thought and emotion.
Ph4nt4sm4ge 7 months ago 4
Im pretty Sure the Director Kissed the guy who made the scene at 8:14
That scene itself enligthens me! :D
DarkKonvict 7 months ago
It's not difficult to understand. One storyline is the reality of consciousness as is, one is a memory written by Izzy and finished by Tommy once he realises that death is only the beginning and that he's going to die himself. And the third storyline, of his subconscious thoughts (his soul) as he reaches ascension in the "knowing" of his truth. The very final scenes play out in the "real world" as Tommy, planting a new seed in Izzy's grave -- which ties into the Tree of Life.
yvo84 7 months ago
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yvo84 7 months ago
...it ripped my heart out...why they don´t make movies like this one anymore...?
vladikrakatita 7 months ago 6
@vladikrakatita This movie is only 5 years old. They still make movies like this out there. You just gotta dig a little deeper. Terrence Malick's new film, 'The Tree of Life', is a recent example.
killeraddiction 7 months ago
@vladikrakatita because they never have.
BlooddewandBeaveRR 7 months ago
Minute 7:36 on the "Death is the Road to Awe" song (Minute 8:14 on the video though)is the most beautiful sound that the universe has ever had the pleasure of creating for itself.
Minute158 8 months ago 4
I'm going to be honest, I'm a man and this movie was just so fucking beautiful it actually made me tear up.
alkalinecuban 8 months ago 7
@alkalinecuban This movie still brings tears to my eyes. I am a male and not ashamed to admit it, American society and culture be damned!
thoth81 7 months ago 2
such a gorgeous, lush and thoughtful film
marensinc 8 months ago
since 8:00 my life has been changed. forever.
xiwkox 9 months ago
WARNING: FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY. Contains concentrated bark extract. Side effects include hallucination, drowsiness, bright lights, headache, tinnitus, light-headedness, and unwanted growths on the skin.
ijwi 9 months ago 14
This film is freaking phenomenal and this part right here was definitely my favorite :)
AndreanaraMV 9 months ago
I never cry, not when I watch a movie and not when I get my ass kicked. But at 9:13 I just couldnt help anymore.... imagine having the one thing you need in life and then having it taken from you. Wouldnt wish that feeling on anyone...
FaggotHatingGuy 10 months ago 3
Death is a disease, it's like any other. And there's a cure. A cure - and I will find it.
WuYongG 10 months ago
@WuYongG "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit." 1 Corinthians 15:45...His soul was feeding on the tree to stay alive because he was ignorant to the fact that it is the other way around, the tree depends on him to sustain life. Hence, the created becomes the creator; the Alpha and the Omega. You conquer death only in the spirit of self-realization (GNOSTICISM) you are not this living specimen you call your body; it is your mind that makes you, YOU. TRUTH
cdejean22 10 months ago
@WuYongG At the end of Matrix, Mr. Smith says to NEO, "everything that has a beginning must have an end NEO"...And NEO happily complied for he realizes for life to exist, there must be death. It is a constance cycle. In other words, for a caterpillar to fly it must go through transfomation into a butterfly. Romans 12:2 That is what it trully means to fill your spiritual cup instead of holding onto material things. For they are all illusions since they are all temporay items along with the flesh.
cdejean22 10 months ago
:'(
007Montenegro 10 months ago
The Darren Aronofsky films I've seen (The Fountain, Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) are not long, all under two hours... but they all feel much longer (and I mean that in a totally good way) because they take you on an emotional journey so powerful and intense that when it's all over it's hard to believe you've only been there two hours
phemyda94 10 months ago 4
Im in tears
ernest671 10 months ago 4
3m49s
Ph4nt4sm4ge 10 months ago
How do you like your hamburger. The tree of life askes. As she hits the peace of meat with her branches.
shawnmccori 10 months ago
For those who didn't understand:
Unlike what people normally think at 6:30
The reason why Conquistador turned into flowers and plants (wasn't greed or the fact that it's a forbidden fruit) . You see, altought it does provide "eternal life" the main purpose of the tree is to create life as in "flowers and plants". Conquistador will live forever in the plants together with Izzy who also lives forever in the fruit that Tommy plants it in Izzi's grave at 9:30. hidden happy yet emotive ending.
Steelidea 10 months ago
BR ?
TheAsslVlan 10 months ago
6:40 -"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”
the apotheosis of man
thecritiqu 11 months ago 2
finally void of attachment. he has reached enlightenment.
thecritiqu 11 months ago
One of my most favourite movies. Makes me cry every time
kosmos007 11 months ago
If u want to expierence this movie for life then meditate
Thevideoclown 11 months ago
damn I felt the force of that scene. almost as if I was hit with enlightenment.
runtubefantasy 11 months ago
This is the process of enlightment... He chose to be in the present moment when he run to her and not in the future anymore. Then his ego start to die.. When he drink from the tree of life his ego and the earth become one... And his SELF take the ring (the part of life that is missing, i guess) and be complete again... Thats the enlightment... the final part "Its alright" has strength, because NOW it really is.
Perfect. Remember me the movie Black Swan, same enlightment process.
A Masterpiece
zitee 11 months ago
This movie is strangely inspired by Buddhism which could be nonsense for those who can't understand it. And there are many who can't, that's why the movie is not so popular. You must go through a lot in life to get such a movie
aclock2 11 months ago
greatest film maker of our generation.
deathlyhallows666 1 year ago
@deathlyhallows666 ABSOLUTELY agree!!!! Every film is a masterpiece! Hopefully all the hype that Black Swan has gotten, he will become more widely known
barrymorrissey 11 months ago
THE DEATH OF SIN, SELFISHNESS, AND SELFISH Eg0
is the door to Eternal release and LifeternaL.
* John 3:36 *
lenbenhear 1 year ago
i love this movie
kingdomhearts2lover3 1 year ago
.......so why did he turn into a bush? :|
pricture 1 year ago
@pricture he drank from both hands, and while he had used his right hand to safely heal his wound, he had used his left hand to uproot the shrub. The remaining plant cells on his hand merged with the sap from the Tree of Life.
SlowAndSteady2 1 year ago
@SlowAndSteady2 ...ok...
pricture 1 year ago
@SlowAndSteady2 That's a strangely logical explanation. I always thought the way he died had a higher meaning, but plant cells + life elixir + abdomen is bound to produce something nasty.
But why does he intervene when the priest is about to kill him then? Whether he dies sooner or later seems of little importance, unless it was because his death had to bring life with it (shrubbery).
Qaoz 11 months ago
@Qaoz The man with the dying tree approaching Xibalba in the orb symbolizes the doctor's unconscious self, the part of him that is very reluctant to face reality and the ordeal must endure. As he came to terms with his wife's passing, and remembering Moses' story, she told him what he needed to know to 'Finish it.' Facing death as he was, that is Xibalba, he needed to prove to the priest that he was was the First Father, to return to what he had sacrificed himself before to make.
SlowAndSteady2 11 months ago
@Qaoz 'Death is the road to awe.' Enlightenment, essentially. It's a great idea, and there may be some truth to it, but I go with the duality of doctor unable to accept his wife's death, fighting for a cure. I'd much rather live forever, with real options, but this movie is just too incredible to argue with.
SlowAndSteady2 11 months ago
The Fountain opened my eyes to a bigger truth. Life after death is simply a way of living forever. Though that is not its purpose, it is a satisfying consolation for those who are still afraid of dying. The 2500 version of Tom is the present Tom 500 years in the future, during which time he discovers the cure for death and is travelling to Xibalba to recover his wife's grave, which is supposedly the tree in the spaceship.
FXDepotProductions 1 year ago
Beautiful
StephMupsi 1 year ago
Fantastic movie, but I have a feeling that my death won't be quite so spectacular.
ions82 1 year ago 6
This sequence remains the greatest sequence of film in the last 5 years. It tops the ending of Park Chanwook's 'Oldboy' and the finale of Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood' even. Watching it unfold, knowing everything about the protagonist's personal struggle with accepting mortality, is like achieving enlightenment. The only other picture evocative of those sort of feelings is Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. Beautiful and beyond words, perhaps even comprehension.
dinodvdnu 1 year ago 62
@dinodvdnu The Tree of Life...
FalconPunch256 5 months ago
Beautiful movie...great visuals that intrigue the mind. Life is not meant to be mundane as it sometimes is now, but rather a journey. Through that journey externally we find ourselves internally. It all reminds us of what we already are, that's why we have strange moments...we are simply remembering.
hakeem01 1 year ago
This movie is for certain moods -- of which are my favorite. I hope I'm on the road to awe.
silencemagazine 1 year ago
you can reach such beautiful states and moments by meditating and going inside of yourself!,,,having a beautiful soundtrack with you won't hurt/
Take ayahuasca....
emist123 1 year ago
when izzi leaves and the doors shut i feel this kind of regret.
teafordavid 1 year ago
no inventen esta peli es lo maximo!!!
cobainbenavides 1 year ago
I was about to say why aren't plants growing out of him as a joke, but I guess I won't....
Grungadin 1 year ago
incrível :(
Reekyehl 1 year ago
the best ten minutes of my day.
raianaml 1 year ago 3
07:08
n9netrgr 1 year ago
4th densisty baby, 2012 here we come
daguitri 1 year ago 5
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Best MOVIE ever made!
wojtekdpo 1 year ago
could you post this same video without the subtitles?
BlueZuluFoxtrot 1 year ago 2
it's so hard to accept things, to deal with them. tommy doesn't want to see the truth, from the beginning he keeps escaping from the light (death). the moment he pushes the doc against the window and light breakes through it onto his face he knows what just happend, but he doesn't what to realize it. he struggles for a thousand years, trying everything, fighting against what already happend and can't be undone. in the end he accepts death, he accepts the light. stirring.
dasmondschaf 1 year ago
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dasmondschaf 1 year ago
I now under stand what this movie is about after listening to a spychic talk about the after life and the infinite levels of conscienence of the after life.... And how in the after life the goal is to keep learning and learning as much as you can about the existence of everything and when this is achieved is what he said you become a supreme being or something And that is what happened at the end when the guy with the flaming sword sees him floating He reached the highest at that point or a god?
spicey22 1 year ago
Very powerful movie. Especially this scene. By the way, this is DIVINE MASONRY for those who don't know. It is extremely filled with symbolism. Please allow me to recommend 5 other Divine Masonic movies for those who want to know the truth. Watchmen, Matrix, Powder, Avatar and the movie documentary on the life of Gandhi. Everything else about Masonry are just children having fun with an ancient secret that they don't even fully understand.
cdejean22 1 year ago
@cdejean22 What do you mean by that?What are the symbolisms?
Ellinaskariolis 10 months ago
@Ellinaskariolis Read 1 Corinthians 15:45 and Mark 15:22-23...The G in Masonry really stands for Golgotha, Gate, 6and9=Spirals...Everything in the universe is spiraling including your DNA. That's the true meaning of the yin and yang. Man's destiny is to go from 6 to 9 because God created you on the 6th Day. Hence you have the mark of the beast because you are made of the same thing that beasts are made of, dust. The bible is not to be taken literally, it is filled with secret meanings. c my page
cdejean22 10 months ago
@Ellinaskariolis Go watch this video to understand the meaning behind the ring he puts on to complete the process of transformation. (watch?v=4VFDl5aKCog) Copy and paste it in the address bar above over everything after (com/)...It's all about balance, mother nature....Noticed the guy called him FIRST FATHER after he noticed the fact that he has mastered death. John 14:6 Jesus said to FOLLOW his examples, not WORSHIP him. John 14:12. The guy gave up his life so he too can become the father.
cdejean22 10 months ago
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cdejean22 1 year ago
This, in my opinion, is Hugh Jackman's best performance.
Strawberryswingswing 1 year ago 108
@Strawberryswingswing Too true, so glad they didn't go with Brad Pitt. Seriously when I see Hugh Jackman sad I just wanna give him a hug :/ and rachel weisz was Perfect for Izzys part I wouldn't have felt bad if it were any other plastic bimbo, she just has such a soft innocent face.
alkalinecuban 8 months ago 2
@Strawberryswingswing No doubt! Its like afirm: The sky is blue!
Perfect actors, soundtrack and images. God, i love this movie!
Herbert2892 7 months ago 4
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jake062490 6 months ago
this movie is perfect
neohapkido 1 year ago 2
OHHHH I finally get it! The first part with the xibalba in old spain was actually the end. The begining was him planting the seed on Izzi's grave, followed by him floating in outer space, and when he died, the tree became xibalba. So life is this giant cycle with not real begining or ending
frufru9700 1 year ago 3
this movies great but didnt understand it
mattymasculine1 1 year ago
@frufru9700 SO Time has no arrow, it is fluid. interesting concept.
ueks69 9 months ago
a great, intense movie. it makes me sad that so many people don't even feel anything when they see the movie. there's so much happening, there're so many details, for example the play with light/darkness. when i saw the movie the first time i was younger, not so open minded, i just startet to learn how to see things right, how to feel. i didn't understand it immediately, but felt that something happened to me. this movie, what and the way it tells, everything, it changed me and gave me so much.
dasmondschaf 1 year ago 3
awww i was just gettin into it :(
CalvinTheAntagonist 1 year ago
Film makers like Darren Aronofsky, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Christopher Nolan remind me that a new wave of directors is here to give great films that we will remember for years to come.
JimmySteller 1 year ago
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JimmySteller 1 year ago
The bit where he plants the seed is the key. Our genes are the key to our immortality through the ages...
RIPEBERRY 1 year ago
VERY BEAUTIFUL MOVIE, BUT I WONDER HOW MUCH DID THE JOURNEY FROM EARTH TO THE DEAD STAR LATE????
TO MUCH TIME I THINK
pablorubiolugo 1 year ago
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this movie is amazing !
jkonu2 1 year ago
I am afraid of death. But this film helps me accept it.
sawyerfreddie 1 year ago 7
@sawyerfreddie what are you scared of .?.you will go to the place you were billions of years before you were born....nowhere .....non-existence...
clarissa1133 1 year ago
@clarissa1133 For many it is hard to let life go once they tasted it.
FrederikundWilma 1 year ago
@FrederikundWilma exactly...we kind of see it literally in this scene. It's what Tom/Tomas/Tommy has to learn. When you try to hold on to life by force, trying to surmount it and take what is beyond your portion, life will in turn consume you.
vidaliadear 1 year ago
@clarissa1133 Thats what im afraid of, I dont want to stop existing.
MrRobertSama 1 year ago
@MrRobertSama yeah neither do I ...unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it..sooner or later we are going to die...what a sick joke LIFE is!!!
clarissa1133 1 year ago
@sawyerfreddie It tell us what is the Sacrifice?
MymemoriezZ 1 year ago
Behold!
poiuyt17 1 year ago
I love this movie and especially the ending so much, can't tell. It is some kind of art. And everyone can think about what it means. I think there is not THE explaination. But i have my own one.
Ratboy123465 1 year ago
i think at the end he accepted that his wife died and that he cannot be immortal and try to cheat death
D4rkD3monBl4d3 1 year ago
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The best movie ever made.
turok4n64 1 year ago
One word: BREATHTAKING!!!
valrk247 1 year ago 3
"My Queen...Now and Forever, We shall be Together."
I have sworn this to My Love...an Eternity with Her!
I Love You Destiné!
thoth81 1 year ago
look closely at 2:47 there is another bubble going up =) i think he was about to die, in his final moments, he ended the story of his wife, and finally reunite with her
lowserver2 1 year ago
my life before this movie, and my life after this movie.
It sounds cheesy, but it has truly changed my view on life
stivante 1 year ago 5
Beautiful.
Summertwilights 1 year ago
Your sickness is within you, though you do not realize
And your cure is within, yet you do not see
You claim that you are nothing but a tiny entity
Yet wrapped up inside of you is the greatest universe
You are the clear book, through whose letters
All that is secret is revealed and made known.
So you have no need for anything outside of you
Your consciousness is within you, though you do not know
Imam Ali
shi3at3ali 1 year ago
deep
jaded14u 1 year ago
I'd say Tommy is planting the seed to the tree of life, the tree we see in the future, IS Izzy, life is eternal, nature flows, love is forever, i could interpret and waffle all night, this film all of it's components are beyond words x
bedroomscene 1 year ago
God, he is such a great actor- The music is absolutely magnificent and mr. Darren Aronofsky is a real master.
It's my favourite movie.
I love it with all my heart..
4leeloo 1 year ago
@4leeloo god didn't create this you moron! Its a movie...created by humans its called special effects....the music also brought to you by humans..........
clarissa1133 1 year ago
@clarissa1133 First things first--the moron here is you my friend, because i haven't said anything bad about you.You don't know me, so shut the fuck up.
And when i say God--I mean Oh My God-- Hugh Jackman is a great actor!
An oh yes, i know who wrote the music smartass but i don't yell it!!
stupid, just stupid
4leeloo 1 year ago
Great scene. Definitely the best part of the movie. Correct me if I'm wrong, this movie is about how we are a prisoner of this world if we hold on to material things and not understand LOVE is the only key to break that bondage. Right????
cdejean22 1 year ago
Thank you Darren for this Revelation.
sacha9646 2 years ago 3
I am so Emotionally moved by this movie.
Wow.
Just.
wow...
Salvadorvador 2 years ago
This movie makes me cry T_T
LadyVierra 2 years ago
Why does this movie have such a strange affect on me...I cant put it into words, when I wtch this scene I feel different but I just cant explain it.
For the last few days I havent been able to get death is the road to awe out of my head, can any explain to me what it is that im feeling,,, I cant seem to find the right words.
MrRobertSama 2 years ago 46
@MrRobertSama
I completely agree. That's what makes this such an amazing movie. It's ambiguous -- it left me with so many questions and different interpretations, but in a good way. I can't explain it either.
TBarrett12 2 years ago
@MrRobertSama Bliss is what your looking for... this movie puts the essence of bliss in your mind :)
DaOwlEyes 1 year ago
@MrRobertSama Anyone who watched the movie and has half a heart felt that. I watched it with my girlfriend and seemed so much more intense watching it with her, because I can sympathise with Toms battle to help his wife.
Pierre8907 1 year ago
@MrRobertSama It's called transcendence
TroggDoor 11 months ago
@MrRobertSama Don't worry about calling it anything or explaining it. That is the best explanation i can give. It just is.
TheSchimmi 11 months ago
@MrRobertSama I can explain perfectly what you're feeling... Red Bull gave you wings.
FailHazard 10 months ago
I just now thought - the light moving inward into darkness before exploding outward with Tom's sacrifice is the daylight moving into night, before exploding out from that faraway star - - right as Tommy plants the seed in Izzi's grave. I almost can't believe how staggering an effect this movie has over me~
bicarbonat 2 years ago 3
Hey uhh...why did this dude bust out into a plant? I never fully understood that...
TheRandomKill 2 years ago
He busted out into a plant because the sap did that.....(remember when it drips on the ground and flowers burst out? same thing, only they burst out of his stomach.) If you remember the scene right before izzy collapses from a seizure, she talks about a mayan legend about how the earth was formed, by a man who died, and a tree burst from his belly. kind of ties everything together.
cptnwcky 2 years ago 4
Life consumed him as that reincarnation of his soul had completed its part
pimpmaster6294 2 years ago
@TheRandomKill
because he is chasing immortality but in the end no matter what you have to accept that you are a human being and that we all die.
basically you cant cheat death and your love for someone can exist even after they are gone and we have hopes that we will see them again in the after life
flourishjoe 1 year ago
@flourishjoe One question. What if you and the ones you love could enjoy immortality together?
thoth81 1 year ago
@flourishjoe Or in this case... several lives.
Aurelius27x 1 year ago
death truly is the road to awe. amazing
ingramw1202 2 years ago 4
i always loved the subtle playing with the colours, gold for the wrong things, lies and deception and white for the truth, yet having a only just glimpses of white all over the movie, not recognized or really seen by the blind main actor, until he's going the hard path and the glimpse of white evolves into a powerfull whole, overwhelming the scenes. a piece of art in every detail for me.
Necroid000 2 years ago 10
This is such an incredible movie. A great soundtrack is a key part of this. I just turned 30 and I've now realized I'm capable of turning 40, etc. and eventually dying someday. When I was in my 20's dying was so far from my mind that I lived my mind a bit differently.
tjmacari 2 years ago 5
one of my favorite films :3 thank you !
lost2darkness 2 years ago
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OK , the book was better but Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz made this movie look fantastic Plus great visual effects.
Everyone must see it!
Magnolia296 2 years ago 2
beautiful, ethereal
EichmanninJerusalem 2 years ago
I agree. (though kinda off topic, how do you pronounce "ethereal"?)
destaniofhearts 2 years ago
eh-THEH-ree-uhl
bicarbonat 2 years ago
the film is very sad but,at the same time it makes you want to watch it even the more,it touchs you.
a very good movie none the less
n1hmrd 2 years ago 6
Okay. I feel like a complete weepy moron because there are tears DRIPPING onto my shirt and I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! I didn't even watch the freaking movie! Wtf!!???!
jhonelliej 2 years ago 89
@jhonelliej Watch it....it is a great movie....
thediegoxxxx 1 year ago
@jhonelliej don't feel that way, if you have a heart this movie will open it up :)
MattMulder 1 year ago
@jhonelliej nothing wrong with that. I get weepy EVERY TIME
kraeman1 1 year ago
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@jhonelliej you must watch this movie.
Pierre8907 1 year ago
Tell you what I'm a brotha from ATL so this is not what you'd call my usual fare and I've watched this dozens of times with my wife, it reminds me of how you can love someone so much it hurts to see them taken from you. If people can't see the beauty in that, they soulless beings
deemar325 2 years ago 7
what does she mean by saying "together we will live forever"?
arained 2 years ago
she told him a story...
a fathers man just died... and someone ask him if he is sad by his fathers dead... and he says his father is not death... his body feeds the seeds that makes grow a tree... that gives the birds a place t live an feeds him and so it goes... he says that on that way... his father reach immortality...
im sorry for my english... hope you understand me
kaiserxdd 2 years ago 2
@kaiserxdd We understand, skwisgaar :)
Yourand 2 years ago
that the only way they can live together "forever" is to die...
crazymuthaphukr 2 years ago
What does he say on her grave, bye Iz or please? I've had this discussion before and I swear all I can make out is a one syllable word: please. Plus it has much more depth if he says please considering the journey he is yet to endure.
Paulchac2 2 years ago
bye iz
kaiserxdd 2 years ago
Anyone can have their opinion as to whether or not they liked this movie. I for one thought it was a great movie - clearly showing a man on his journey of dealing with his wife and her death. The emotion in this movie really effects the viewer. I still can't watch this without crying at the end. And to really appreciate this movie it really takes a sort of aesthetic person or mindset because otherwise you will either not get it or not like the imagery.
Maleficent84 2 years ago 8
Thank you thank you thank you Darren Aronofsky
mattnyc74 2 years ago 5
"Behold."