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It's a powerful word. It's where we are all from and its where some of us which to go back into. Mother contains the feeling of a warm pleasant place to die.
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Mother (Darren Aronofsky) - early reviews from Venice
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It's a powerful word. It's where we are all from and its where some of us which to go back into. Mother contains the feeling of a warm pleasant place to die.
And literally (big spoiler)
extracting the oil from our proverbial basement, and setting it on fire.
Cripplegate
Member
Rest assured, this is absolutely nothing like Rosemary's Baby.
I'm still not even sure how much or if I really liked it, but "Darren Aronofsky is extremely back on his bullshit" certainly sums it up.
I'm still not even sure how much or if I really liked it, but "Darren Aronofsky is extremely back on his bullshit" certainly sums it up.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
So apparently this movie's an allegory about climate change according to interviews by the director and Lawrence.
Is this true?
Is this true?
TwoDurans
"Never said I wasn't a hypocrite."
You're being generous with the 5.5. Great premise, brooding first hour or so, and a
dumb ending that was so far up its own ass to be edgy and conclude the story it was almost laughable.
jimmypython
Member
im so in!
Poor GRIMES
Banned
Okay that's very interesting then.
Thought it would just be a Rosemary's Baby or House of the Devil retread; or alternatively, just a straight up remake of the former because of how secretive the marketing's been. I'll check this out sometime next week then.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
i'm not clicking any of these spoiler tags.
Just fyi
Just fyi
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
That's basically what my friend texted me after they got out of the screening. I don't know if I'm up for rolling the dice unless I have a palette cleanser ready. I might wait a few weeks so I can pair it with something more mainstream in case I think it's steaming basura.
It probably is more Rosemary Baby, but I remember reading DA was a bit of an anime nerd. The bathtub scene in Requiem for a Dream is an acknowledged lift from Perfect Blue. Wouldn't surprise me.
Edit: or well, judging by other posts in here, definitely wouldn't surprise me then
Robot Pants
Member
Strange question.
But of those who have seen it:
who of you LIKED this also LIKED Baby Driver?
who of you LIKED this DID NOT LIKE Baby Driver?
But of those who have seen it:
who of you LIKED this also LIKED Baby Driver?
who of you LIKED this DID NOT LIKE Baby Driver?
I saw it tonight and... YUP. Does it ever.
I'm pretty sure I loved it, even though I'm not sure I could ever watch it again.
Mild Spoilers:once you get the bigger "meaning" then all the metaphors and such are actually pretty on-the-nose... especially one of the final moments.
This film kept me tense throughout. That's pretty rare.
Some folks are gonna hate it, though.
Sounds like Aronofsky, all right.
Strange question...
I liked both, but... I liked this better, and I've felt Aronofsky to be hit or miss, despite absolutely loving his first two films (although I haven't watched either in years)
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Looks good. I love Aronofsky, but I have only liked one, maybe two of Lawrence's performances. How was her acting in this?
So basically an overproduced/sampled version of Mother Feeding 7 Billion (something I show my students and a great experience overall). I'm in.
That's deep bro
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
I really want to like this. Couldn't stand Black Swan but I loved The Wrestler. I'm ready to get back on board.
Messofanego
Banned
RastaMentality
Banned
will watch with moviepass. expected better reviews tho tbh.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Wish Aronofsky would just do a regular drama again
Violence Jack
Member
To me, her performance was great. Her, Bardem, Ed Harris, and Michelle Pfeiffer made the first half of the movie stand out before it takes a giant leap into the depths of hell.
QuantumZebra
Member
Same. He's like Luc Besson with The Professional. He pretty much gets a free pass on me seeing/buying everything he does from now on.
That review is SUPER spoilerific and doesn't even dive into why.
Seriously... people need to avoid reading anything about this flick unless they have zero intention of ever seeing it.
Even reading reviews that don't have spoilers... they're still very spoilerific in the way they talk about it.
Go into it blind.
I really enjoyed Noah. Visually was amazing and I loved his cynical touch to a biblical story. Definitely heavily flawed. I haven't disliked one of this films yet.
Quality wise?
bananafactory
Banned
100% huh? Shit I'll have to check this out
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
just saw it, i really enjoyed this like Darren previous movies!
this shit was tense! Some things are a bit too much in your face, not as much subtle as i would like, but still pretty great!
this shit was tense! Some things are a bit too much in your face, not as much subtle as i would like, but still pretty great!
Messofanego
Banned
He's only done 1 regular drama lol
It's at 77% now, don't go!
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
You know a flick is gonna be special when its garnering mostly positive reviews but you have a few that were just disgusted by it
I bit on this review out of curiosity and yeah...
I mean, regardless of the context or quality of the film, some people are going to be upset no matter what at the big spoiler in that article.
QuantumZebra
Member
Yea that 0 intrigues me more than the 5/5s
Not reading recent posts as I'm seeing the movie tomorrow morning, but after seeing the first trailer a month or two ago I' decided to not rewatch it or read anything else about the film beyond the Rotten Tomatoes score (I even turned away when a trailer came on before It last week).
I had a feeling this would be a film where people would "unintentionally" spoil stuff in their reviews so I decided to just do a blackout. It's quite liberating. Looking forward to experiencing it fresh tomorrow.
I had a feeling this would be a film where people would "unintentionally" spoil stuff in their reviews so I decided to just do a blackout. It's quite liberating. Looking forward to experiencing it fresh tomorrow.
Yeah, I mean... (big spoiler hint)
THAT bit is pretty fucked up, and people are going to go into this expecting a run-of-the-mill psychological horror movie, for the most part, not... that.
It makes perfect sense within the story, and Aronofsky is known for being on the nose with his metaphors and such. There's no ambiguity about what the film's about by that point.
Good!! Glad to see some folks are still going into this without reading too much. I knew NOTHING other than what I saw in the first trailer, but heard rumblings from some people that made me decide to see it yesterday before truly getting spoiled, since I had a chance.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
And that was his best work
When has he ever done anything regular.
More_Badass
Member
Going to see this tomorrow, all I know is what was in the trailer and that the movie is
Hope that doesn't diminish anything.
a climate change allegory
Hope that doesn't diminish anything.
The Wrestler is pretty normal in the sense there's no crazy techniques and the plot is very straightforward and clearcut outside an ambiguous ending
Lights and Waves
Member
About to see this!
Discotheque
Banned
how do you leave out Rosemary's Baby from this list tho breh. or Repulsion too by the looks of it.
More_Badass
Member
Probably going to watch Rosemary's Baby tonight, never seen it before
I'm sure it does
make sense within the story. But just saying, some people are going to be so upset by it no matter what that some 0/5 reviews will be inevitable.
You're in for a treat. It's really too bad Polanski is a shithead.