Okay I took the chance and watched Mother. I freakin LOVED IT. First off got to say I am a fan of Aronofsky films (Black Swan is so creepy good, Wrestler was really great story of a has been sports/entertainer) Requiem was really messed, I thought Requiem is way more messed up than Mother.
So I braced myself reading 21st selected reviews (I should have checked his source because both were from Conservative sites) because I really was preparing for something really offensive, and pretty much the entire movie nothing remotely offensive of the nature of the criticism happened, near the end of the movie there was a pretty disturbing scene visually and I guess allegory wise, but even that we are putting our own perspective on it.
That's what I loved about it, it was so different than anything I saw. It's one of those movies that I talked with the person I went with all the way home, decoding stuff, both having slightly different perspective of certain scenes. Shortly after watching I went on movie forums about the film to see other people decoding of it. If you take the movie literally, it's absurd but if you pick up on the allegory, I think it's pretty interesting and not nearly as offensive as some of the easily outrage snowflake (sorry if it good for one side, you got to call out the other side) I am still trying to find what religious aspect was so offensive
I will not say if you dislike you are dumb or wrong, it a strange film, it certainly not mainstream and not for everybody. But I do think it's a challenging film and I had fun and enjoyed the challenge. It's a movie that stays with you for a while. There were a lot of great movie that didn't do well in the box office or was mocked and appreciated after. This is one of those films I can see getting an Oscar nom and a Razzie nom, that's how divisive it is. Then again it certainly not vanilla, which gets a thumbs up from me
So I braced myself reading 21st selected reviews (I should have checked his source because both were from Conservative sites) because I really was preparing for something really offensive, and pretty much the entire movie nothing remotely offensive of the nature of the criticism happened, near the end of the movie there was a pretty disturbing scene visually and I guess allegory wise, but even that we are putting our own perspective on it.
That's what I loved about it, it was so different than anything I saw. It's one of those movies that I talked with the person I went with all the way home, decoding stuff, both having slightly different perspective of certain scenes. Shortly after watching I went on movie forums about the film to see other people decoding of it. If you take the movie literally, it's absurd but if you pick up on the allegory, I think it's pretty interesting and not nearly as offensive as some of the easily outrage snowflake (sorry if it good for one side, you got to call out the other side) I am still trying to find what religious aspect was so offensive
I will not say if you dislike you are dumb or wrong, it a strange film, it certainly not mainstream and not for everybody. But I do think it's a challenging film and I had fun and enjoyed the challenge. It's a movie that stays with you for a while. There were a lot of great movie that didn't do well in the box office or was mocked and appreciated after. This is one of those films I can see getting an Oscar nom and a Razzie nom, that's how divisive it is. Then again it certainly not vanilla, which gets a thumbs up from me
