Great imagery, but subtext doesn't work

Rating: 6/10 (9 August 2019)

This movie has lots of great imagery and has some beautiful cinematography. And the big end set piece is interesting and well done and clearly has lots of effort put into it. And this movie is not afraid to "go there" and doesn't censor itself which I really respect. And Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardiem give great performances as well has all of the supporting cast. The real MAJOR flaw with this movie is the subtext. It's basically just a re telling of the bible and it's very on the noise. Yeah it's got a on the nose message about how humans ruin the earth but it's all on the nose and obvious and comes off as very pretentious. I hate to use that word "pretentious" as most of the times it's used by idiots who don't understand the film they just watched but It really does come off as pretentious especially if you watch interviews with the director where he is trying to sound smarter than he really is. Watch this movie if you want to see some great acting and cinematography but just don't expect anything deeper than that