A very good movie

Following his masterpiece 'Requiem for a dream', it took Darren Aronofsky 6 years to come out with another directing effort and it must be his most ambitious project so far. Actually, it was supposed to come out much earlier. Indeed, in early 2002, Darren Aronofsky cast Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in the central leads of Tom and Izzi with a budget of $75 million. During pre-production, Pitt and Aronofsky were having major creative differences, so Pitt left to film 'Troy' instead and the film was shut down. In early 2004, with a smaller budget of $35 million, Aronofsky cast Hugh Jackman as Tom and Rachel Weisz replaced Blanchett as Izzi. On the casting choice, I must say that Hugh Jackman is an interesting actor but apart from "The Prestige", I have never seen him acting in a very interesting movie. Now, I guess this will be his second amazing movie then. This flick is really an acquired taste, many people thought it was rather disappointing but I really liked it. Personally, I thought the story was really fascinating. Furthermore, Darron Arnofosky is an amazing director and as a result, the directing was really breathtaking with some amazing visuals. To conclude, I think it is a very unique and poetic experience and it is definitely worth a look.

8/10