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Mother! WTF did I just watch? (1 Viewer)

Steeler

Steeler

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This is the worst movie I have ever seen - thank God I didn't pay money to see this ridiculously stupid film.

 
Thanks for the PSA...read the synopsis and am glad that’ll be the only 5 min I waste on this.

 
It's a good plan to know what you're in for before deciding to watch a movie...

The name "Darren Aronofski" is the first tip-off here.

 
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics Consensus: There's no denying that mother! is the thought-provoking product of a singularly ambitious artistic vision, though it may be too unwieldy for mainstream tastes.

 
Cjw_55106 said:
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics Consensus: There's no denying that mother! is the thought-provoking product of a singularly ambitious artistic vision, though it may be too unwieldy for mainstream tastes.
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This is probably the kind of movie where going in people need to know that it's not a normal movie rather than spending over an hour trying to figure out what the F is remotely going on.

 
Mr. Mojo said:
But there are plenty of movie critics who will tell you how great it really was.  :loco:
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I don't agree with them, and I am definitely not going to go to bat for mother!, but I would rather suffer through a swing and a miss like this than 80% of the soulless crap that is pumped out on a yearly basis.  :shrug:

 
So from what I've read after it was over, it's a metaphor for Earth and God. And the ####### people are... just people. The obvious Bible stuff in the beginning aside, it seems to be a message that humans are killing the planet. Take that for what it's worth.

 
I was going to say that Aranofsky's Requiem For A Dream was one of the finest attempts at film in the late '90s/early aughts but KP has covered it.    

 
Insein said:
So from what I've read after it was over, it's a metaphor for Earth and God. And the ####### people are... just people. The obvious Bible stuff in the beginning aside, it seems to be a message that humans are killing the planet. Take that for what it's worth.
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Yep, listening to an interview with him and it seemed to be a blend of things he was grappling with.  I think environment was at the forefront with religion and relationships in general in the mix. 

No surprise a good number of critics would be on board for that. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
Yep, listening to an interview with him and it seemed to be a blend of things he was grappling with.  I think environment was at the forefront with religion and relationships in general in the mix. 

No surprise a good number of critics would be on board for that. 
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This movie is like a critics wet dream.

 
KarmaPolice said:
You mean the director of 3 of the best movies of the 00s? 
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I have to agree. Black Swan and The Wrestler were really good. Requiem for a Dream came out the year I graduated from HS and it left it massive impression on me- it's the most terrifying horror movie I have ever seen. Also the most realistic. In life, our tragedies rarely come at the hands of a ghost in the dark but most often from our own decisions. 

 
Insein said:
So from what I've read after it was over, it's a metaphor for Earth and God. And the ####### people are... just people. The obvious Bible stuff in the beginning aside, it seems to be a message that humans are killing the planet. Take that for what it's worth.
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This is part of my problem with it - I watched it based on the previews alone which were very misleading.  I like to go into a movie with as clean a slate as possible and the previews sucked to tell me what to expect.

Also, the movie should stand alone and not need an explanation by the director - same premise as having to explain a joke.

 
Steeler said:
This is part of my problem with it - I watched it based on the previews alone which were very misleading.  I like to go into a movie with as clean a slate as possible and the previews sucked to tell me what to expect.

Also, the movie should stand alone and not need an explanation by the director - same premise as having to explain a joke.
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If you want a clean of a slate as possible, why bother with previews at all?   I think they have become worse and worse over the years, and don't actively seek them out anymore.  They are either misleading (which I agree 100% happened here), or they give away damn near 1/2 the movie - especially for horror and comedies.  

I also don't think that any movie needs a director's explanation.  It's art - it means to you what it means to you.  People seek out the answers when it's ambiguous and that doesn't settle well with them.  

 
Steeler said:
This is part of my problem with it - I watched it based on the previews alone which were very misleading.  I like to go into a movie with as clean a slate as possible and the previews sucked to tell me what to expect.

Also, the movie should stand alone and not need an explanation by the director - same premise as having to explain a joke.
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I dont think the director needed to explain it. It was pretty obvious what the whole movie was symbolism for. It was just stupid.

 
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