Watch this from an allegorical mind.

Rating: 3/10 (26 July 2019)

You must view this film as an allegory completely and not from a real stand point. Look for the meanings behind every item, set piece, and character. He is God, Mother is Earth or Nature and you will start to see the entire allegorical telling of the bible beginning to end from Aronofsky's mind. Mother is creation personified. For the overall point of the movie, keep in mind, Mother is the protagonist for whom we are to sympathize with. The entire adam and eve (a pretty stone was the apple), cain and abel, flood happen symbolically then He develops writer's block but winds up writing the new testament eventually symbolically it's poems. People keep showing up like He is a celebrity so much that it hinders his relationship with Creation. Keep in mind there is a reason the writer chose to use this nature between He and the visitors and why it is told this way allegorically. The visitors even cause disturbance as to hinder He from his Creation to the point that Mother has to literally shut them out of her presence. There is like 20 minutes of humans acting up. Away from the mob, Creation gives birth to a son behind a closed and blocked door.
The baby is Jesus as strangers are frenzied to see her new son..He tells creation the people need to see the baby despite her fear of them. (shouldn't this be Mary?) He winds up taking the baby to some strange room with mostly unquestioning human beings. They wind up passing the baby around as Mother finds them and you hear the baby's neck break, killing him. If these are Christians, christians didn't kill Jesus in the bible, accidentally or not, the Romans delivered his crucifixion execution. The symbolism meaning doesn't match the bible if you ever read it. Mother hears this and is frantic for her son and barrels through the seemingly brainwashed people until she comes to an alter where the baby's carcass is found. She sees the crowd eating the baby's remains. I assume this is Aronofsky's view of the catholic tradition of the bread eaten as the body of Christ. So mother become's angry enough to start slicing people up for killing her son. So Creation cared about one person? Not He or anyone else? If so what is the meaning? But we get that Christians and He don't care like a non-religious symbol does. ..They wind up turning on Mother, and beating her. None of this allegorically even makes sense lol. God's humans are now beating up Mother. I felt this was odd and could not see the allegorical meaning and how those scenes fit into the bible allegory. Word is this was meant to be earth's inhabitants polluting the world so I guess Aronfsky just threw that in there and made them Christians lol. He tells Mother the people should be forgiven. Mother is distraught and winds up going to a place that will burn up everyone and ignites flames burning all including the house, except He. Mother awakens and is burnt up. He is there caring for her but she had enough of being used by He, exclaiming He never loved her. What's that Aronofsky biblical God is a narcissistic fan loving being? Remember Mother is the protagonist not He. Anynow, He is saddened briefly as Mother wastes away turning to ash. He digs into her chest and pulls out a stone (the one similar to before that got eve and adam kicked out of the house (eden) and places it on a mantle as the incinerated house is renewed again. He is just powerful this He. The screen fades or some other technique is used and we see another young woman or Mother all over again. Which you have to ask why heavily in allegorical tales? So why does He do this all over again? He is self serving narcissist. If Aronofsky read the bible, this new Mother won't happen like that..or is aronfsky saying you can't trust the bible book doesn't matter now * sigh If only Aronofsky was better of a worldly artist since he is so darn artsy his atheism didn't shine through. He seems devoted to twist the bible book to fit something in his own mind. Remember Noah? It was worse than the bible book..if you think the flood story is crazy aronofsky went crazier. What was the point to that movie? the use of allegory required a purpose..to give it meaning..so watch it a few times and realize this one man's view point. Those saying it is open to interpretation it almost isn't because the why comes up ..why the He and creation relationship dynamic, why the believers are a nuisance..those have meanings..some of the symbolism is used incorrectly..creation not Mary gives birth to Jesus ..ok so then why? Eventually allegory makes sense. Someone said this is art, well art is made for anyone to enjoy..When you look at a picasso, you see different things but no reaction would mirror this comment section. It is not a smart person's movie either. Allegory tales can change people what does this do? this movie is bold but it has no long carrying meaning for the world. A smart film if you don't like christianity wouldn't be this one. Watch an evolution video it is similar but without the blatant disregard toward specific humans beings on this planet. 3 stars for acting..and some of the sets.