And God saith: they're just things, they can be replaced?

Rating: 5/10 (4 October 2017)

I wish Aronofsky would stop twisting themes from the bible for his films. I get it. It's a rich well from which to draw. But, in my opinion, Aronofsky failed on Noah and he fails in Mother. This film is tedious and I kept watching the clock to see how many more minutes.
Spoiler alert...
If you are going to watch this film, I suggest you understand Javier Bardem plays God, Jennifer Lawrence plays Mother earth, Ed Harris plays Adam and Michelle Pfeiffer plays Eve. Also their sons Cain and Abel are involved. If you know the premise of the film, you can better understand AronofsTky's storyline.
As to borrowing from the bible, why re-create the real story? The real thing is insanely beautiful. For those of us who believe in a loving God as first person of the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the film Mother falls grossly short. God is depicted as a writer who loves humanity, with an insatiable need to create. But his character is written far too simply to lend itself to any depth. God is both Mercy and ... Justice. As to Mercy, the film's quicky interpretation of Jesus' sacrificial Passion is just ... I have no words.
As to Justice, God does not see the elements of nature as just "things that can be replaced". All of mother earth, its minerals, plants, animal life, are considered extremely valuable and mankind will have to account for its poor stewardship of these minor kingdoms.
I give it 5 points for the message of humanity destroying mother earth, while she simply offers herself up, time and again. We indeed need to change our ways on land and sea. I also give it points for depicting Mother earth as entirely dependent on humanity for how she fares. She really is entirely dependent on us. In the film, Mother rose to destroy ... we see it happening in stages right now.
Yes, yes, I understand some may read this and think, holy cow woman, stop expecting a film to fit into your ideology. The thing is, when you twist someone's faith into your own personal artistic impression, it's probably a good idea to have in-depth knowledge and treat with care. Imagine if someone inaccurately, and woefully inadequately, did a twisted artistic impression based on religious themes from Islam or Hinduism. Surely we must treat these things with the respect they deserve.
I wish Aronofsky would finally make the film Tiger based on the book by John Vaillant. Both he and Brad Pitt are attached to this project. I know Aronofsky would do a great job on this. Cover nature, but leave your artistic impressions of God.