Wonderful director. Good, but not great film

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2020)

Aronofsky is clearly a gifted director. But having seen nearly all of his films, there is a pattern. They suffer when he writes. His writing is just too heavy and pretentious. It's a shame as I enjoy almost every shot of every film he makes, but this, Noah, Pi, and Fountain all drag drag drag. They try too hard to be clever and powerful and teach you about God. When Aronofsky takes someone else's story and makes a film, it's genius, but too often it's just a harrowing couple of hours that's frankly trying too hard. I enjoyed the film, but it wasn't his best