Almost gave up but

Rating: 6/10 (12 January 2018)

I'm no movie critic & I'm new to this but here goes...
*Spoilers* Mother! @#$&*% this was one of the most overwhelming, disturbing, slow, overbearing, frustrating, infuriating, brilliant, thought provoking movies I've seen in a long time. The first hour I wanted to take a nap. I'm quite sure I had this wtf glazed look on my face. It was really slow for the first hour. I almost stopped watching, but hung in there & I got it. Movie makers are like artists that have this vision that is open to interpretation. Usually you're going to get it or you're just not. I can see how it looks like a mess & hard to understand but besides the biblical metaphors what I saw too were metaphors for society. For example Him character for the first half of the movie seems kind, he opens his house to these strangers. He seems to be a humble person but winds up basking in the adoration & validation of his "fans" just like I've seen people in social media that start out kind but let these likes, followers, praise go to their head & their ego gets out of control. They become monsters to an extent. He let these people sacrifice his own child in the most disturbing way cause he wanted to please them. Jennifer, the Mother Earth character gives so much of herself & people take advantage more & more, disrespecting, till it reaches this fever pitch. I know it's hard to watch but think about how we treat the best things- the earth, our families, people, animals - people do the most horrible things, we as human beings break things, ruin things, take them for granted often times to pursue money, desires, fame, etc not thinking about the consequences down the road or how it might affect someone. They took from her until they killed her. Honestly at the end I understood her rage, the scorched earth feelings that seeped out of every pore. You get to the point where you see what's going on in the world around you & feel helpless. You think what can I do to change things against all odds sometimes. She said she had nothing left to give - that goes with anything you mistreat, eventually something has to give. It bends till it breaks. Great acting as well, you could almost feel when Jennifer was having these panic attack moments. It's not a movie for everyone & idk if people will get what I saw but it's open to interpretation.