Mother! - SPOILER Talk! (My Interpretation Of The Movie)
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- čas přidán 14. 09. 2017
- Mother! is in theaters, thus the debate of "is it fine art, or is it pretentious nonsense" is among the movie fans of the social media verse. I can't qualify either way, but here is my interpretation of the movie "Mother!"
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Mother hit me harder than father
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#metoo
Lol
shit, man you alright?
In the bible yellow represents purification. I think that's why she was drinking the elixir whenever she was in pain. She was trying to purify earth when it was being damaged.
Austin M Where does it says that yellow means purification?
Is this true? Because if so good call!
Austin M You could be right, and when she learns she's pregnant, she believes Jesus will fix everything, so she no longer needs it, thus dumping it out.
Austin M I didn't know that yellow represented purifying, but I did catch on to the fact it represented "healing mother Earth".
I get where your coming from but it’s not about the color. It’s because with the New Testament and with Jesus people no longer sacrificed animals. So I believe the elixir represented the animal sacrifices the people of the Old Testament would kill for god.
My favorite line in the movie is when, before blowing everything up, she says ‘’You never loved me. You only loved how much I loved you.’’ I think when she says this, the film is trying to humanize god and say this is the relationship he has with humanity as well. He doesn’t bother to help them at all, but he forgives them knowing that makes them love him more.
"people are trying to humanize God" that is right. People dont understand that they are litteraly incapable of understanding God's love. To those people, stop letting satanic people define who God is. I watched the film, it was clearly a disgusting depiction of God. The person who wrote it is sick and clearly is biased to believe this is what Christianity is. A sick cult. Little did they know the person who wrote it was probably involved in some sort of satanism. Right (Now im crazy) This shit is real. If you read the gospel, you'd understand that Jesus wasn't just human. He was God in human form. He is God. What they were doing is satanic practice. Usually involves sexual practices and children (God's innocent creation). Jesus loves children and He told us we must become like them to enter the kingdom of heaven. Satan takes the innocence of a child, and destroys it. That is why there are so many pedophiles and satanic people in hollywood. (Pizzagate) You can say. it's not real. But you probably didn't know that Hillary Clinton was recently in court for mutilating and murdering a ten year old kid. You guys have no idea what's happening and whats real or not. Some of your favorite celebrities are part of it. Isaac Kappy warned us. Then all of a sudden he 'Committed Suicide' same with Kurt Cobain. You all need Jesus because this world is filled with unimaginable evil and you guys will be brainwashed to believe it's not by the people you admire on tv. Pretty sure the writer in this film is part of it all. Look up Isaac Kappy, he called the celebs out. He died days later. But read the gospel most importantly, tells you God's truer love.
User3477 finally, a sane person on CZcams who know what’s actually going on. If people think that God has never done anything for us then I don’t even know what to say. Also (with the pizzagate thing) I’m pretty sure Tom hanks is involved. He was friends with Epstein and he moved to Greece recently when all of this was blowing up, he is now a citizen of Greece. Isn’t that a little suspicious?
“I gave you everything..! And you gave it all away..”
@@User-hy6ur if god don't want humans to go to hell then why create it.Btw what is the endgame of god. Like why did he create humans if he did, what was wrong with the world before humanity or why did he even create the world. Coz he was lonely and bored and wanted to be worshipped
Him- God(of whatever religion you belong to)
Jenifer- Mother nature
Baby- Jesus or any resource of nature that's important for sustenance of nature (forests,nature,wildlife)/a solution to all problems that is not treated with care but destroyed eventually
House- Earth/universe
People coming out of the forest and interviewing Him(God)- the priests/maulvis/pandits/religious interpreters of the the religion
The one cop that took care of Jenifer- the minority that knows what's happening but can't do anything significant but giving out a hand
The bald man lecturing Jenifer after her child dies who also beats her at after she gets furious- The religious intellectual celebrity/politician
Interpretation- God (when I say god...you do realize that I don't mean christ right....there are millions of gods followed and god means all of them or whichever you believe in) is the most selfish narcassistic lonely bored being in the entire world/universe/house with no one around but mother nature.He's bored and he wishes he was worshipped by someone or he could be praised but no one exists....and nothing exists except the empty house and mother nature who loves him selflessly. In context of god creating mankind and everything according to all the existing religions of the world......the house is lonely in forest with no one and nothing around reference to the time when your god of your religion was yet to create everything according to your religion. Him/God is tired and lonely looking for ideas for his poem/book/a way to feel accomplished.
The pregnancy of mother nature/the solution to the end of all problems according to different religions and creation of jesus according to bible gives him/god the idea to be fulfilled/accomplished. He completes the book/ holy textbook of your religion(whatever it is). He/God holds the completion of that book very close to him and very fond of it. The book is craved by the people suddenly coming out of nowhere(priests/maulvis,padits/whatever the spirtual interpreters of your religion are called). And Him/God is all for it. The people demand the book and every second of possible interaction with him.He drowns himself in their worship and abandons mother nature(which we know he has) to be emotionally,physically and sentimentally tortued by his worshippers. He lets his worshippers to destroy the house(earth/universe). They vandalise the house and hurt mother nature who's helpless and begs him to display his might(almighty god save us) but he don't. He don't bother to care for the one thing that existed before his worshippers(humans) ...mother. Then his worshippers go nuts and start fighting themselves(wars) and destroying the house(earth in process). The mother gives birth to her child(christ for christians/the solution of peace for other religions) but worshippers refuse to let it grow and stop the chaos and kill it instead. Mother get's furious and destroys everyone and the house(earth). Him/god....as selfish as he is get's sad not coz the world and mother and his child is dead but coz he won't be worshipped anymore so he starts the cycle again.
{The most selfish nonexistent being in the world the claims to be almighty and all good has abandoned mankind and all his worshippers and his followers from all the religions in the misery that they're in now. No religion would deny that they're in the best treatment they wish to be right now in 2021 or ever in the past. He can't save his worshippers....he's certainly not saving the earth which is dying by climate change every day and he sins you for not worshipping him.}
As a humanist agnostic.. this movie is the best translation of the 6000 yr history of religion and the non existent god to this day and it's one of my favorite movies of all time with an awesome message for the ignorant theists to be ignored as usual since the cure to cancer is clearly written in the bible/geeta/kuran. I could not ask for a better treatment and the display of mankind in the movie as the priests interpreted as the people coming out of the forest craving for the book(holy book) and him/god just like in real life and the humans fighting and killing each other(wars) and the scene where some prisioners are shot(as a reference to the broken law and order and govt feeling like it's some noble and pure institute punishing innocent people and criminals at the same time thinking like as if it is all good ) and destroying the house(earth as an eventual result of it). But most importantly I love the interpretation of al mighty as the non existent ignorant soulless heartless lonely being that he is just craving to be worshipped coz he created you according to that holy book you believe in. It's like an atheist/agnostic's dream and message come true on a big screen for the world to see. Don't get offended by me. The truth hurts and it's the movie that says so not me.
@@User-hy6ur you completely missed the point of the movie. It's not really a critique of god, the Bible or christianity itself. It's a raw showcase of human nature and how Mother Nature becomes the poor victim of all things human.
3:19 She's painting the house yellow and green, but the "helpers" are painting it gray.
Yellow and green for sun and Forrest, gray for buildings
Jeremy your spoiler talk reviews are always fun to watch
Edward Sanchez Productions I
So why are you here?
Edward Sanchez Productions but what does the yellow elixir mean?
If his normal spoiler talk is a blue backround why is this red.
Spot on
JackHoward Collab plz
Could you do a review, too, please? That'd be awesome.
Emily B he has one up already
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Any thought on the yellow medicine scenes in the bathroom?
I think the yellow powder is the sun/life itself. She drinks it whenever she feels unbalanced and dizzy so she can feel netter again. They say the house looks lifeless or something like this and when she outs the powder in the paint and paint the wall she starts feeling the heartbeat through the wall. Once she finds out she's pregnant she gives up on it cause she thinks the baby will be enough
I think you nailed the sun being the drink. However The heart in the house is her heart., the heart of Mother Earth/Nature. The heart is black and bruised, when Adam and Eves family are destroying the house, but healthy after the flood, and everyone leaves. It still makes sense the sun would bring life to the house when she adds it to the paint though. Because the house is earth.
The hole in the floor is caused by the blood of the first murder and leads to the gates of hell. As the people get more chaotic, the hole gets bigger. Until mother nature uses the fires off hell, sparked by the sins of Adam and Eve(Adam's lighter), to wipe mankind from earth.
Why would she throw it away then?
Maximilian Wicén She didn't, she poured into into the earth(house) when she flushed it.
what is the the gory meat in the toilet that blew blood?
Grammatical Erorr Maybe man's sins? Javier comforting Ed in the toilet maybe a synonym for God absolving man's sins? But it was in a way damaging the house i.e. earth.
When he starts writing she says: I'll prepare for the apocalypse. I was like what? Makes sense now.
What did Mother mean?
I believe she actually said "I'll take care of the apocalypse" meaning the events that just unfolded with the flooding of the house and the overall chaos that ensued, as a bitter remark to her having to clean the mess instead of him.
@@JnK69 she actually said "I'll get started on the apocalypse"
Jackson Lewis ok sort of no difference tho
@@JnK69 when she refers to the apocalypse she means the ending where she burns the house down
Jeremy should start doing videos where he analyzes different films
Bankable Milk I swear. This video was hella entertaining
you see the majority of ppl don't like movies with complicated plot
need analyzing....thats dumb, many need analyzing, this one was for the Brians
"Heart" is an anagram for "Earth". Coincidence? I think not!
TheAmberBreeze 8
hearth:
heart,
earth,
art.
The house was earth
Yes it's a coincidence, since it just aplies to english
the heart could be the apple adam and eve eat, cause when those 2 break the heart javier gets pissed off but still doesnt kick em out
When life gives you lemons Michelle Pfeiffer makes "lemonade"
this comment is as underrated as the movie itself
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"...the clusterfuck clusterbomb of the shitstorm sweepstakes." That was brilliant, Jeremy. I have to remember that one. Lol. Btw, loved the analysis, dude.
I also saw the film as an allegory for artistry. They refer to Lawrence as "the inspiration" at the end of the film, Bardem being the artist. Artist and inspiration form art. However, in popular culture, society takes art and pulls and twists it into something it's not. They idolize the artist. They force politics into it (a moment where Lawrence's character is caught between fighting groups and police men, etc.). They even take the art itself (the child) and destroy it.
That's why Bardem's line "It [her love, or inspiration/art itself] would never be enough," hit so hard. Fame and the love of the crowd get so addicting that an artist could get to the point where they don't care what happens to their creation as long as they get the applause and idolization for it.
I think that could be another small metaphor they were proposing, along with the huge allegorical tale of God and Mother Earth.
Exactly! I went and saw it a second time since my original comment and came out with a lot more criticism for the third act than I originally did. If they wanted to stick to the biblical allegory that they created so well in the first two act, they should have stripped the third act all together and written something entirely different. I would have chosen something more simplistic. When the third act hits, it seemed like it was being absurdist just to be absurdist, which is why the specifics in the third don't hold the allegory as well as it does in the first two.
+th1145 I totally agree. I haven't seen the film, just read about it, but to me, it seemed like a metaphor for being an artist: The artist is inspired by his or her muse to create and does so, and they work and work at their creation until it's just right . . . and then they publish it only for people to turn it into something its not, to the point where the artist no longer recognizes the creation or the muse that inspired it. But the public doesn't care because they see the art as theirs now, to do what they will with, even to the point of destruction. And then it all starts over again.
+th1145 Don't forget if it's taken from the Bible I don't see Michelle Pfeiffer character as Eve since Eve was not portrayed as being lustful, cocky and evil in the Bible. Probably Pfeiffer is the devil but it's really confusing to me. Does it mean that Ed as human having relationship with Pfeiffer (devil) brings chaos in the first place? And then about their sons the story is reversed. In the Bible the big bro is the murderer one not the little bro. I like your theory more. It's much more makes sense.
Now the question is why Ed Harris character has wound in his back and Bardem tries to hide it when JLaw accidentally saw it. What is the meaning of it?
I believe that was meant to be his rib. Since Eve is made from one of Adam's ribs, it seemed an okay parallel since Pfeiffer is introduced in the next scene. I think that's what they were going for, but Mother! ultimately seems like that kind of project they wanted to be deep, but there were much more interesting and complex topics they could have focused on instead of biblical.
th1145 I got that one too
I am completely on board with your thoughts and saw many of the same things. By the way, when she asked Him who he was, he responded “I am I,” something God said in the Bible.
Next line: "And you…you were home." Pretty much confirms the allegory. :)
Just got back from Mother and for the first time ever I witnessed people actually walking out of the cinema before it had ended. I on the other hand was totally fascinated from beginning to end by the film. I applaud a major studio like Paramount taking such a risk with this one. It definitely has people talking and I think that's something really special. I honestly believe Mother is a film everyone should experience at least once- it challenges the audience for those that let it and doesn't shy away from giving us unanswered questions.
The first time I saw and heard people walk out of a theaters in disgust was The Matrix. I couldn't believe it.
Experiencing this movie once was more than enough.
Just saw the movie ... Jeremy, you couldn't be more right!
Jeremy, I want to see you do this with more movies. This was absolutely amazing. Great job.
I'm sure he would, it's just that most movies aren't this thick with allegory and metaphor. this movie is insane (in a good way)
I saw it as two allegories running parallel. Your bible analysis was spot on, but I also feel like it was a statement just on fame and how people treat art/artists. Bardem and Lawrence were 2 aspects of an artist , Bardem being the art itself and person we see on screen while Lawrence is the artist as a human being. People idolize celebrities and the art they create, but others feel the need to tear it apart for their own satisfaction. Hell, the scene where JLaw is being stomped and beaten came off as a comment section anywhere on CZcams. Casting JLaw was especially interesting seeing as she is already entering this cycle of abuse after years of being adored. It's hard to get my thoughts out in a single CZcams comment, but for whatever reason it kept popping out to me in this way though the Bible analysis is a more cohesive argument.
I can see that as well as a lot of interpretations. But I think the biblical perspective and the destruction of earth is the most clear allegory
I've watched several different spoiler reviews for this and each theory is different which is pretty damn fascinating for an American studio release. I think it's both the things you discussed but I also see it as DA's very own personal story as an artist and how fame can change you, how you sacrifice everything to create and people will praise your creations one second and destroy them the next, and how you can't stop creating even if you know what the outcome will be. He's looking inside and seeing how all these beautiful ideas end up corrupted by the world then looking outside at this beautiful world we're corrupting and ecologically destroying on top of all the other metaphors. Or it's just about life. I love that a wide release mainstream movie has caused this much thought and discussion about more than just a twist ending. Well done DA. Oh and Walter White, love your work!
see this comment right here really showcases the power of this film and just how truly esoteric it is
His Bible analysis was NOT spot on. One can tell that he has not read the Bible, because they would know that MANY TIMES through the BIBLE, all the way to the book of Revelation God CONDEMNS humans who trash and destroy the earth! But anyone who has not read the Bible would not understand or know any of that.
im glad i saw this because this was my initial interpretation. i viewed it more as commentary on fame and art and the artist himself just like you said
Watched this on edibles I nearly died
"So anyways I started dying..."
"So anyways I started dying..."
The movie is clearly labeled in movie guide sites as "psychological horror". And I thought that I was a masochist for watching this? I would rather recommend for a "trip" watching movies like Doctor Strange, The Beach Bum or good old Cheech and chong and Harold and Kumar instead of this type of very harsh nihilistic violent painful film. This film is already a cinematographic bad trip since it combines very crazy surrealism with a very stressful and dark plot.
Facts
One line that really hit me was when a guy was tearing up her doorframe and she asked him" why are you doing this" and he said "proof we were here"
how do i feel high without smoking?!?! WTF HAPPENED!?!?
I totally saw the comparisons or metaphor for fame. For me I saw the beginning of the film being the dying end of someone's fame, with just a few fans (Ed Harris) trickling around, but from his interactions with fame, Him (Bardem) started feeling inspired again and when him JLaw (Who I read as the physical embodiment of inspiration) have a baby, that's like Him being reborn and thrusted into fame again from creating something new. But, with fame comes destruction when humanity pick and pull whatever you create apart, which I read as the whole 3rd Act. Then once Him saw the end of his fame and sucked everything he could from that inspiration, he started again with a new inspiration.
However, that's not even close to what the intent was (Which after reading interviews from Daren, you're takeaway is spot on). But, the beauty of a film like this is that there's different takeaways from it, and with it being so abstract, no answer is really wrong.
I feel like the point that shuts any other possible interpretation out is the Adam and Eve intruding the Garden of Eden scene. No other interpretation will have anything to fit that scene. That said, the movie literally calls JLaw "inspiration", so who knows.
Oh shit. This opened my eyes to see how actually great this movie was.
I thought it was about an insane writer who summons women through that stone to perform rituals so that he could have inspiration for his writing.
lmao!!! thats one way to see it!
I thought the fucker was the devil, that's why she could never leave.
The best interpretation I have seen has him being the Demiurge of neoplatonic gnosticism.
FunnyBuns1 you clearly never read the bible before....it was obvious
Hey, man. That’s the joy of art. You can interpret it any way you want.
You've totally opened my eyes up to all of the biblical metaphors! The whole time I was watching (for the most part) I was thinking that it's a metaphor about an artist and how the ideals he can create can ruin the home, create damage in the real world, and they inevitably intertwine. But your interpretation makes a lot more sense when I think about the broken stone and the war battle scenes.
There's definitely that aspect that the writer pulls from. However, the film at its core, is mostly an environmental allegory... The woman being Mother Nature. The home being the Earth. The child being nature's resources.
Ending with Mother (Nature) spazzing out and destroying the home (Earth), after the def of her child (natural resources), who was consumed by the overpopulated guess of the house (mankind), after their reckless treatment of the home (Earth).
She even went to Earth's core (where the furnace was at), to set it ablaze.
Been waiting for this review since this Morning.
Watched the whole add for you , get that check maaaan
Jake Lindner I said the same thing lol. Took that 30 second ad for him
Do CZcamsrs get more ad money if we watch the whole thing?
My Cabbages! Yes they do!! If viewers skip an add then the content creators don't get paid that's why a lot are moving to the 5 second unskippable or 15 second surveys/ unskippables ; but I just watch them all / click on the links regardless so my faves can get paid
Jake Lindner Well, I'll start doing the same!
Well no wonder people didn't like this movie. People don't want to know how fucked up we are.
I'm late to the party but this comment is spot on about people. Most people would rather live in a fantasy than face reality.
MOTHER! managed to take the few Good things from 'NOAH' (Adam and Eve / Kane and Abel / Creation) and turn it into an almost Stanley Kubrick or Alfred Hitchcock film. I honestly loved this movie... even if half the theater sounded like they couldn't wait to leave. I just love how many ways you can view this film. I was raised a Catholic and I don't go to Church much these days, so basically this was perfect for me (plus I hate society).
For me... Mother was Mother Earth and Mother Mary, while God could also be viewed as the Devil.
Him's photograph was ripped into 4 pieces, you could see Devil Horns and a Devil's goatee drawn onto it. Although I mostly just view Him as God (flawed). Even if he let "fame" get the best of him. Loves admiration, he wants to welcome Everyone into his Home (Church).
Ed Harris and Michelle Pfieffer are Adam and Eve (though nameless).. Adam is warned not to enter the Poet's Forbidden office much like the Tree of Eden with the forbidden fruit. Adam tries to warn Eve but like the b*tch she is, enters anyways and breaks the Poet's crystal (bites the Apple). God is angry.
Of course God still loves attention, can't help but continue to invite guests into his Home. Including the Sons (Kane and Abel)... Brother kills Brother (Kane and Abel only with a door knob instad of rock).
THEN shit hits the fan.
Mother Earth + God = Mother Mary becomes pregnant (Jesus)... inspiring the Poet to write his book... The New Testament (it has been a while since he has written The Old Testament). Which of course attracts everyone to flock to Him (God).
Of course... People / Society being Assholes... everyone takes the Words of the Poet differently. Obviously like Religion... people will do ANYTHING for a piece of God, even if it means killing eachother over Him. ALL ARE INVITED. War breaks out in God's Home (REVELATIONS / Apocalypse). Which are represented by signs of Holocaust / Sex Trafficking / Terrorism / Police Brutality / Slavery... all in the Home of God and Mother Earth.
The Son is born (Jesus)... The Poet (God) wants to share his Son (Jesus) with the World. Mother (Mary) just refuses to let anyone go near her Son because she knows Mankind can not be trusted. God won't allow that, The Poet shares his Son with the People. Of course Society and People SUCK and they kill the the Son of (God). That scene like many others can be viewed in many ways. The Baby basically crowd-surfing... is being Loved, but also abused along his journey. Much like when he carried the Cross on his back, as many Loved Jesus while some abused him. Like Jesus, the Baby Dies..... and THEN everyone starts to give a fuck and cry like a bunch of fools.
FLESH of my FLESH... BLOOD of my BLOOD.
"Eat my Body, Drink my Blood" (Bread / Wine) .... yeah the dead Baby part.
Mother Earth just says FUCK HUMANITY. FUCK ALL OF YOU... Done with People destroying everything and everyone in the name of (God). Their ICON... God is like a Celebrity. Everyone wants to be closer, and will kill in the name of God. This movie is fucking amazing.
MOTHER! Fucker this movie is Brilliant. You can look at it as The Bible (on crack)... or how Fame destroys people.
Or how Mother Earth / Mother Nature is tired of Humanity destroying her Home. All for the love of their God, while they ignore her (cough Trump lol sorry).
damn they even stomped on Mother Earth :( give Jennifer Lawrence another Oscar... even though half the Critics hate this movie.
Almost Kubrick or Hitchcock level? HAHAH, thanks for the laugh.
GOD IS NOT FLAWED!!!! GOD IS NOT FLAWED, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?! DO YOU NIOT FEAR HIM? DO YOU WANT TO GO TO HELL?! GOD IS NOT FLAWED AND HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT?!
Perfectly put.
i agree 100% with you the thing i loved the most is how you start to hate humanity if you look by the earths eyes , a master piece of a movie
So, basically you just repeatedly EVERYTHING this review already told us. How are these 'your' thoughts when you almost repeatedly wrote verbatim what was someone else's interpretation? Don't you have your own? If so, why waste your time trying to look smarter than the reviewer who already put his time and efforts into giving us his honesty opinions? I would really like to hear yours, but in YOUR OWN WORDS.
Could the end "loop" bit refer to the New Earth of Revelation?
Richard Hawkins most likely
I didn't think of that! It very well could. I thought it represented Earth after the flood.
Richard Hawkins That's what I was thinking
Richard Hawkins I think in addition to the religious metaphor if you look at the environment metaphor the restart shows how after humans destroy earth if we move on we will destroy a new planet (his new muse)
God did say that He would not destroy with water but fire next time and she did burn down the house and herself soooo???
Either or I am going to watch this move and Bible reference this thing to bits.
Bible: The Movie
Lol that's pretty much what it is.
DenarNaish or lost the movie lol
Well, now I'm not gonna see this.
Bible: the Movie (written by someone that hasn't read the actual Bible)
MichaelDHead ikr lol
I'm the kind of person that doesn't care about being spoiled before seeing a movie. Sometimes it's how I judge if something is worth watching. After this, I feel I have to see the movie.
I haven't seen a movie thaaaat good on a long time
That comment would only make sense if you haven't seen any movie at all in a long time
Movie was actually garbage
Hernan Cine dude 2017 had so many great movies
I really liked it too, just saw it with out any previous knowledge of it and is very good ..... great movie
should see more movies.
I'm not sure how it fits in, but there are also allusions to the plagues on Egypt in the book of Exodus. The dead locust in the window seal, the blood, the frog in the basement.
The religious metaphor is indeed the more straight forward ( and shared) interpretation and probably what aronofsky meant.
But i also have a fun one that i came up with. It's a stretch but i like so...anyway the film would also be an allegory for the creative process. We have the artist, the muse & the public/readers. Javier Bardem being the only "real" character in this story. The twist being that the story is told from the abused muse point of view. Anyway that was my little fun with it.
That applies to God being an artist/creator too, so it works! It's like *Prometheus* movie _and_ myth; God creates Man, Man destroys God, Man creates AI, AI destroys Man... Women, inherits the earth. 😏
that's exactly what i got from the film.
I agree. I think it fits well.
Yes, when I watched I also thought it was about a artist and a muse. But like they said, that would also fit God and Mother earth :v
I actually got the artists interpretation in the theater. CZcams had been pushing 'mother! ending' videos on me so I only saw the nature allegory after watching them (including the ones with Darren Aronofsky himself saying that was the allegory) you're not crazy, I'm crazy!
I’m years late having never seen this movie but this spoiler talk really was so eye opening in a lot of ways. Looking back after all this time this movie is quite literally everything a movie should be, a real genius work of art.
You should do more of these in depth discussions, really impressed I think you got it spot on and cleared a lot up for me.
Maybe that's why it was put up as a horror movie. Human life is a horror to the Earth, if that's a proper interpretation. Idk maybe that's a reach tho
No, it can't be, because God MADE the Earth for the humans to live in!
Also because this movie is very spoiler sensitive.
needed a diversion
Passing Monsters the marketing was basically false advertising in my opinion
Holy shit this spoiler was awesometacular!
I was wondering why I didn't understand a thing in the movie and I now realise it's because it's about Christianity and Bible and I have no clue about both
@Nicholas AGREED!
Just saw it, felt completely disturbed, and at the same time, fascinated and amazed at this movie. Now watching this video and having it being explained, I appreciate this film even more.
Jheez...I kinda wanted to see "Mother" the more you talked about it...but then you got to the baby part.....yeah not sure I wanna watch it anymore lol.
konrad751 I was fine up until that point. That's when the movie went too far and I almost got up and walked out
I'm glad I stayed but it was just uncomfortable and extremely disturbing for a bit
It's not so bad. You don't actually see a mutilated baby, just a pile of gore. You know it was the baby, but you can't make heads or tails of it.
konrad751 R movies do that, it didn't have to but it is for a specific demographic for sure
I actually found the prolonged scene of Jennifer Lawrence getting pummeled by the mob harder to watch than the split second baby's death. It happens so fast all you really hear is the snap.
This is exactly how I came out seeing it. Exactly.
This movie was the best psychological horror I have ever seen. Pretty well written and acted as well.
gtabro1337 That's the thing, it wasn't even really a horror movie. It's a very abstract film, that had to really classify
We watched this film and thought it was weird and disturbing and crazy.
Then when we went online to look up explanations our minds exploded . Through that lense, the film is insanely intricate, complex and insightful. It made me appreciate it way more and had me excited to rewatch it.
This movie really got to me and my girlfriend, it hit her so much that she was sobbing walking out of the theater. My interpretation is a look on abusive relationships.
Or should I say failing relationships, I totally agree with Jeremy though his makes much more sense. I believe this movie has multiple little meaning throughout and woven into the big meaning
Riley It would seem like an abusive relationship because God and humanity's treatment of Mother Earth is abusive. Still a valid interpretation! But it was definitely a biblical allegory
This movie is masterclass in storytelling. I had the same interpretation as you did but instead of an abusive relationship (I.e. verbal or physical abuse) I would say neglectful, loveless, and parasitic on the part of the poet. I HATED the poet leaving the theatre and I pray no innocent young girl takes such a man as a husband for their sake. As for the many biblical references, while anyone can see the similarities outlined here I think they fall WOEFULLY short of the actual story in the Bible. Frankly, any comparison of the poet as God borders on offensive given how self-serving and heartless the poet is. He destroyed the lives of two women in this movie with a third on the way to fuel his career and cure his impotence as a writer with writer's block. He cared nothing for the life his wife tried to build and provide for him. He barely cared to touch or listen to her and always had some "righteous" excuse for leaving her side to spend more time in the limelight or to find more inspiration in the tragedies of others to use in his next book. And in the end, after he'd destroyed her almost completely she loved him enough to say you can STILL have the love in my heart even if it kills me. And like a vampire he took it only to repeat his sins again and again from one girl to the next. If anything, Jennifer Lawrence's character is god-like in that she perpetually gives her love to a person who doesn't deserve it or reciprocate it only to watch him disappoint and sin over and over again in a cycle he has yet to turn from instead of turning towards the abundant, purposeful, and important things in life she wants for him. I know this sounds preachy and God knows I haven't been to church in ages but "Mother Earth" has nothing to do with anything. The great tragedy here is the harm we cause to others and to ourselves.
Riley it is an abusive relationship between god and mother earth
Riley I actually got the same feeling cause my relationship started out great and basically love being sent back and forth daily until the love was just gone and so now me and her don't see each other at all, but overall I did see in that way too, and also I was crying too
finally a place I can not feel like I need to hold back the spoilers! THIS is why I love this film, everything an audience interperate CAN be right and wrong at the same time, there is no fixed truth about it.
here are some versions:
*a biblical methaphor
*a bad marriage
*Frustration of the life of an artist
*social anxiety
*the big bang
*feminism, and oppression of women
This is probably one of my favorite films of this year so far, it's honestly so refreshing to get a movie like this. Although it can be tough for some viewers, it's honestly worth the watch! Loved it!
Please do more spoiler talks, I loved this!
I now have to see this movie. Because this is not what i was expecting
I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one to make this connection. I applauded in my auditorium when I saw it. I stayed through the credits and a couple of others that stayed were having loud conversations about how they didn't understand the movie. So I loudly explained the biblical allegory and got a resounding Oh now it makes sense from those remaining. I love this movie.
There's definitely that aspect that the writer pulls from. However, the film at its core, is mostly an environmental allegory... The woman being Mother Nature. The home being the Earth. The child being nature's resources.
Ending with Mother (Nature) spazzing out and destroying the home (Earth), after the def of her child (natural resources), who was consumed by the overpopulated guess of the house (mankind), after their reckless treatment of the home (Earth).
She even went to Earth's core (where the furnace was at), to set it ablaze.
_Thank you for doing this review/commentary on the film!_ I had a lot of these thoughts swirling around in my head after watching it, but you perfectly described them all and more. 👏👏👏👏 It's easy to be dismissive of this movie, which is what I see a lot of critics doing, but if you really think about it...it's powerful, overwhelming, heartbreaking and sobering.
Just finished watching it and I was like okay wtf is going on but the more i read interpretations and what the message was the more and more I love it and appreciate it as an art piece. I LOVE when movies have deeper meanings. This was so good and DEFINITELY not for everyone.
I 100% agree with this interpretation! I also loved at the end, where you see the cycle renew itself. I started to guess that Him was representing God around the middle of the third act. Absolutely beautiful to look back at the movie and piece together all the subtle pieces that are explaining this story. Love Love LOVE this film!
Firstly, really enjoyed your take on this movie. I l.o.v.e.d this film, and agree with a lot of what you say about it.
Secondly, I wonder if the golden powder she mixes with water and drinks (and always feels better after drinking...) is meant to represent the sun?? As "Mother Earth" she would need the sun to live and survive. When things are getting a bit dark (in every sense) she would drink the potion and feel relief. Just like the sun does for us.
Just a thought.......
Kay xx
WOW great job Jeremy!!! You definitely hit the nail in the coffin with this analogy. This was one hell of a movie and one that's going to make you think. That's always a great sign when your still thinking about the movie after you've seen it. Very few movies have the power to do that
You're interpretation was exactly what I thought after viewing it. It seemed fairly straightforward to me actually when all was said and done, though I admit I didn't catch on to it until the final act and really the last couple of scenes. Thoroughly enjoyed this whole movie. Definitely one I will watch again and again.
I felt so bad for Jennifer Lawrance during this movie. She was still so sweet after everything!
Credits even list Bardem as 'Him', I was thinking something similar during the movie but to me it all clicked when Bardem said 'I am I' and he appeared like that during the credits.
It's analysis like this that has made me such a fan of your reviews! Awesome!
I’m so glad I came to watch this. I got the biblical references but my brain is (still) running in overdrive after watching the movie because I didn’t know quite what to do with the heavy load of symbolism throughout. I believe there are different levels in which the movie can be interpreted. At first I took a guess on the mental health line of Jennifer Aniston’s role, because of all the negative situations unfolding whenever He neglects her but then I also saw a strong point in the artist using his muse to feed his narcissism, thereby destroying the muses life and tearing out her heart, then moving on to the next muse and keeping a memorabilia of the old muses heart as a sort of award for his work but I really really really like your interpretation and additionally to the other layers I think this makes a whole lot of sense!
6:04 Based on this scene alone, I likely won't go to see this movie. I have a little sister that was born prematurely and wasn't supposed to live past 2 months, so any kind of infant or baby death doesn't really sit well with me in any media.
For the record, she started kindergarten last week and she was absolutely ecstatic.
Jared Thompson god bless your sister and Hollywood sometimes seems does not have a heart
Dude your sooooooooooooo smart
you'RE not
completely agree, one of the more fascinating films to come out in recent memory. I'll be remembering this one for a long time.
I don't plan on ever seeing this but I enjoying reading/watching analyses of it - this review was very well thought-out.
The liquid could've been sunlight
Ok maybe but what was the thing in the toilet? Bad chili?
That's how I saw it. She needed to take the light in it's external form until she becomes pregnant at which point the light is whithin her and she believes she doesn't need the external light source any longer. " Am I the light bulb that is a vehicle for the light, or am I the light itself?" Joseph Campbell / Hindu stuff.
What's next daddy!
father!
One of Jeremy's best videos.
I loved this movie as much as you did. It's great to hear you' ve got the movie and it made you thing about the word and humanity today. You are the best Jeremy
This movie is kinda depressing.
but yh a great movie very honest and eye opening to how we treat treat mother nature
Perfect interpretation, Jeremy! Spot on! And was that a Legacy of Kain reference? I love it! xD
Jeremy I am so happy that your here with your great videos because after watching this movie and going into it not knowing anything about it I had no idea what was going on, even after the movie was over I had no idea what just happened. Think it's save to say this one is just not for me.
can someone explain the bloody hole in the floor?? was it a reference to hell?
It was left by Abel and she wanted to forget about the family but couldn't strike it from memory and the people being there was salt in the wound.
When Cain murdered Abel blood was spilled all over the floor (the ground of earth) and it created this irremovable wound that cannot be healed, murder exists now, you cannot go back from this. And she can't heal it, it just keeps bleeding down to the heart/furnace of the home (core of the earth) and even when she replaces the floor the hole comes back and is getting bigger as more people kill each other in the later half of the movie. I do not think it was coincidence that the nursery was in the same room, if the baby is meant to be Jesus then he is being put in the room as Mother's last attempt to erase the damage. Put an innocent baby in a room of sin to try and heal the wound. Originally, the blood also drips down unto the plaster, which leads her to discover the hidden room with the oil tank, representative of her rage and power, which she eventually uses to kill all the humans. Like the house/earth is Mother's entire life's work basically, she spends all her time selflessly perfecting this oasis that God loves and then the humans damage it that first time and God leaves to comfort the humans instead of helping her, which creates that wound in her own heart mirrored by earth/the house that can never be healed and it is represented by the oozing wound of the earth/the hole in the floor that no amount of time can heal essentially getting bigger all the time until the only way to heal the house/earth/herself is to destroy everything, cleansing it as she was always going to have to do at some point going all the way back to the first murder where the blood was telling her she will one day have to destroy everything or everything will destroy her. That's my take at least.
More like the lasting stain of the 1st evil act
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "F" on an A+ to F scale, making it one of fewer than twenty films to receive the score
Thank you for the review Jeremy from 5 years ago!!! I just heard about this movie and I faith you had reviewed it already 😁
Jeremy your interpretation is on spot brother ... you made me have goosebumps man
Awesometacular analysis! I liked the bible metafore. Just wish Aronofsky would've been less graphic.
Eduardo Rivera Oh man that's Aaronofsky for you haha. The man is a genius, but a nihilist
I'm actually kinda glad that he did. Just makes the point that humanity is royally fucking up ever so clearer
I'm actually kinda glad that he did. Just makes the point that humanity is royally fucking up ever so clearer
It sound like a film Las von Trier would have made..
Well, there is dog shit associated with both...
Thank you so much for your awesome review of this film. I had the same reaction to the movie and this is the best review I have seen so far. Every other critic really didn't understand the allegory from the Bible like you did. This movie and the urgent message behind it has provoked a lot of thought and conversation in my house and has changed my outlook on humanity and the circle of life. Two other really fine and thought-provoking 2017 films that explore themes of the end of the world, humanity and morals, and the circle of life are It Comes at Night and A Ghost Story. Thanks again for your awesome interpretation of Mother!
This was probably the best review I've seen so far and hell I even did my own. I got some of the references towards the middle to the end but missed a lot of the stuff in the beginning.
"Cluster fuck, Cluster bomb of the shitstorm sweepstakes." Jeremy has a way with words.
My interpretation of the movie is that it's a metaphorical warning against marrying a celebrity artist due to dealing with their obsessions that fuel their artistic drives and crazed fans.
My rationale for this interpretation is how Aronofsky has previously did the same for ballet ("Black Swan"), pro wrestling ("The Wrestler"), and drugs ("Requiem for a Dream")
This is a really good analysis. I just came back from watching the film, and I absolutely loved it. I pretty much agree with you on this completely.
Fantastic, you are absolutely on point from what I've read and what Lawrence and Aronofsky have themselves said about the movie. Symbolism and metaphors are not my forte, so it's always impressive to witness someone who does "get it" so seemingly effortlessly.
Great job describing the movie
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Also, according to Jennifer and Daren, you're pretty much right.
Personally, there are other things I think can be gleamed from it, but it was "fun" to watch.
Fantastic review JJ!!!
I watched this when it first came out without hearing anything beforehand, and I followed your thought process exactly. Exactly. Down to the thought and the end with the big bang expansion/contraction theory. I've tried to explain this to people but now I can just show them this video. Perfect, and you're definitely spot on with what Aranofsky wanted us to get from mother!
wow man! ive watched loads of your reviews and that was your best review ever! thanks man!
thank you for expalining , didnt understand when i watch it :!!!
Jeremy, can't agree more with you... You are spot on
This was a very amusing perspective that you have here. Thank you! I've still yet to seen this haha. Now ill be more prepared when I see this.
your explanation is way better. The way I interpreted was how famous individual, in this movie a guy, acts toward his love one who isn't famous. How the wife always is trying to work on the relationship, the house and starting a family, and the famous guy just interested about himself. He just care about his art work, invites random people into their life without consulting his partner, and no matter who obnoxious or intrusive they are in their relationship. And when she has a kid, who the famous individual wants to show their baby just to please their fans, and in the process destroying him (like the way magazines talked about the childrens of celebrities or politicians). Consuming everything about their life until their relationship is destroyed.
And the final act just represents how their significant other wish everything could end by destroying and disappearing everyone out of their life. And in the end, how the famous guy, after breaking the heart of this ex, just repeats the cycle to their new girlfriend or wife.
Anyways, i think your explanations is better
Lala Lolo wooowww 1 year later lmao I watched it today on now tv and I can’t stop thinking about it but me and you had a very similar interpretation
Lala Lolo that’s the 1 dimensional interpretation but accurate as well
Wow....I just thought the same thing.....But jermys explanation is way better...
Mother was really deep.
Hit me harder than The Imitation Game did.
Milmiskew is the imitation game good? Seems boring to me
Milmiskew I sobbed for an hour after imitation game
Oh gee, imitation game is my favorite movie of all time so I may have to see this movie
Kay D: It's actually quite good. If you're unfamiliar with Turing, there are aspects that'll surprise you, since a key part of the story was omitted from the marketing.
The Imitation Game and Mother are really different movies. really incomparable.
Jeremy I have been watching you since late 2012 this mite be one of ur best reviews I think you should do longer more in dept reviews like this well done awesometaculer
I wonder if eventually a version of Mother will form where she rejects his love at the end, or if there already was and he took her heart anyway.
Cult of chucky review plz
I thought this movie was really good. Confusing at times but it definitely wasn't a let down.
I will subscribe, because you dont waste my time... your output per second is great! :)
Perfect description Jeremy! Glad you liked it. It's one of my favorite films of all time. Took the sugar off everything and only left the truth.