RuySan wrote:
LewieP wrote:
This short film he did is great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9w9BJXeL4EOk I watched mother! And I don't really know how I feel about it. There's some interesting elements in
the interplay between
the metaphor and
the literal, but feels like it's not got much to really say about anything.
I'm not at all surprised mainstream audiences rejected it wholesale. I wonder who's idea it was to give it a wide release and market it like a spooky house horror
movie (which it is not at all).
Also Jennifer Lawrence is a pretty bad actor, I have no idea why she's been so successful. Rest of
the cast is fantastic though.
I can't decide if it would be a better experience going in blind, or going in aware of
the central hook. If you know what
the movie is supposed to be, I think you can stop trying to figure it out and just enjoy it more on it's own merits. Figuring it out yourself doesn't actually make it any more meaningful, in my opinion.
Darren Arrenofsky is probably my favourite director, but it's definitely one of his lesser movies.
Darren Arronosky is definitely my favourite director, i even loved Noah (Jennifer Connelly
), which most people didn't, but i hadn't got
the time to watch mother! yet.
J.Lawrence is a great actress, she proved many times over (ever watched Winter Bone?). Maybe stardom has spoiled her and she isn't fit to be a A-list actress.
EDIT: In Bruges joke...still not find it funny. It just isn't for me.
Yeah you could be right about just not being right for big blockbusters. Certainly she was better in Winter's Bone than anything else I've seen her in, but she was rubbish in Passengers, and I honestly thought
the only reason she continued to be in
the Xmen movies was because she signed up to a three
movie deal for First Class, but she has reupped to do a fourth
movie. I don't even begrudge actors taking work they consider beneath them just for
the paycheck, but she is just broadcasting that she doesn't give a shit throughout all
the movies. At least be a professional and try to do your best.
Which is your favourite Arronofsky
movie? It's
The Fountain for me by a healthy margin. Proper masterpiece.