I read everything possible about this movie before going to see it with a friend yesterday. It was a good strategy because I knew when to close my eyes when certain scenes were coming up. It also helped to know the biblical allegory in advance, though I didn’t quite grasp the connection to climate change which was apparently another theme. I haven’t figured out the meaning of the yellow powder the Jennifer Lawrence character first added to plaster when she was repairing the house then drank in water when she became stressed. Has anyone else seen this movie and want to offer some theories on the symbolism?
I have not seen it, but I read an interesting interview with the director and they ask him about the yellow powder (although his answer was vague).
Here it is if you haven’t seen it.
http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/17/mother-darren-aronofsky-burning-questions-answered/
I also read it was connected to a short story called “The Yellow Wallpaper”. I know you researched a lot, so I’m sorry if I’m telling you things you already know.
Jennifer Lawrence asked me not to see her movies, so guess I shouldn’t. Was it as bad as everyone says?
IT was horrible. Felt like it ran for 8+ hours.
@threebeans =)) That was my first thought too.
It kind of looked “Rosemary’s Baby”-ish to me in the commercials. I usually get movies out of the library when they come out on dvd, just in case they are duds. Apparently I can pass on this one.
I love the psychological scary weird stuff - I got my older teen hooked on Hitchcock and Stephen King over the summer. We will see “IT” when it’s on dvd.
@LostTexan , thank you for that link. The “Yellow Wallpaper” reference was interesting, that story would have been a better topic than the screenplay for Mother! The acting of Javier Bardem and Michelle Pfeiffer was exceptional, Lawrence not so much.
The only movie I ever walked out on was “The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and Her Lover” by Peter Greenaway. It was just too morbid to watch. This one comes close and I can understand why people hate it.
Morbid, maybe. My overwhelming response was, “This is stupid. What studio agreed to bankroll this turkey?”