mother! (And God Created The World For People To Destroy)

      I recently watched Darren Aronofsky’s mother! and I quite enjoyed it. It will certainly remind you of the classic Rosemary’s Baby. But looking at the reviews, a lot of people are panning it and actually hating on it, they say that it’s perplexing, confusing, pretentious, there’s a lot of senseless gore, and is an utter bullshit and is nothing but a piece of crap—some are even calling it the worst film of the century.

      If you’d watch it without having an idea of what the film is about, you’d really get lost and would be confused with every scene. It’s an allegorical film and contains lots of symbolism and metaphors. To have a chance of enjoying it, one must know beforehand that Jennifer Lawrence is an allegory for Earth, her writer's block-afflicted husband is God, their strange male visitor is Adam and whose wife, of course, is Eve, and their two quarreling sons, Cain and Abel. The precious crystal is the forbidden apple. The baby Jennifer gives birth to is a metaphor for Jesus Christ.

      The film is like a twisted, wicked, condensed, artsy, irreverent, and reimagined version of the Bible. And of course, not everyone will enjoy that kind of thing.

      But to make sure you’ll enjoy the film regardless of its content and messages, the director put in lots of close-ups of Jennifer’s  glorious face.