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the Fountain

What if a man lives forever, in his solitude, in the grief of his lost beloved one?

The Fountain is about love, eternity and death. It is a torture for the first one hour and more, but in its finale, the last 15 minutes, it becomes an amazing visual narrative for the conclusion of all abstract concepts and scattered lines shown before. For this reason, I highly recommend watching the movie in a theater if you are interested enough to follow its swirling plots to the end. Patience is the key to enjoy this movie, like the one to enjoy a piece of classical music. Otherwise, probably you would have the same idea as the guy on the back row, when in the end he said "what the f*** happened?!"

Am I interested in watching it again? Sure, but with the one whom I love. I need to hold her hand firmly and kiss as the movie goes on.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale is a good James Bond movie, but not really a good movie! The new 007, Daniel Craig, has been really fitted into the role. He seems to be a comfortable, smart and athletic secret service agent, with a high level of ego, and moreover, a lady-magnet (here, a married women magnet!), as James Bond is supposed to be. I liked his acting in Munich too. On the other hand, it was interesting to see Eva Green acting as a virgin catholic lady, quite contrary to her other famous role, in the Dreamers, an incest-minded French girl!

In general, regardless of its amazing main-title that, in my opinion, is a true masterpiece of music and computer animation, this movie is long and often boring, with many sporadic events (especially those in Prague and Madagascar). Also its love story, one of the movie's themes, is cliche and immature.