4/10
Saw this movie to kill some time before the one below. I didn't know much about it beforehand. Basically Jared Leto plays the unfortunately named Nemo Nobody, the last living mortal man in 2092, and on his deathbed he recounts 3 possible paths of his life (altered slightly by the butterfly effect). Kind of like a Benjamin Button/The Fountain/Run Lola Run mashup, 3 movies I didn't care much for. The movie has some severe problems, not least of which an opening 20 minutes that has the movie deep in Razzie-worthy territory, some of the hokiest pseudo-philosophy ever put to script, and an unbelievably obnoxious soundtrack, but it somehow settles down near the middle and gets interesting as we center around 15-year old Nemo and his incestuous relationship with his step-sister Anna. It's a good thing this plot thread takes up the majority of the movie because whenever we get away from it, the movies numerous weaknesses are brought to the fore. It's a messy, messy, movie, much like The Fountain was, that people will surely explain away to "artistry" or "unconventional storytelling". The movie has some good ideas but it desperately needs to be reeled in a bit more. I also have no earthly idea how they're planning on recouping the $46 million (!) they spent on this thing.
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