Spectacular Failure!

Rating: 3/10 (22 April 2018)

The best part, incidental to watching this cinematographic disaster, is getting to read the reviews, including those posted on imdb. The imagination of the reviewers is immensurable. Some claim the movie is an allegory of the Bible. Writer is God, Mother is the nature, the ever-coughing intruder is Adam, his vulgar wife is Eva, their pathetic sons are Abel and Cain, and the mansion is the world. Did I miss anything? Oh, yes, the baby is supposedly Jesus Christ, and the poem is the Bible (this is cute: even theologists do not claim that the Old Testament, let alone the New one, was written by the God himself). By the way, what or whom does the black guy, who tries to paint the house, allegorize? Moses? King David? King Solomon? Nelson Mandela? I can clearly hear Darren Aronofsky's Homeric laughter when he read these "aspiring" reviews. It's easy to find a black cat in the dark room, after all - even if it's not in there.
So, are you telling me that Aronofsky intended to raise public awareness of the importance of some Biblical stories and adapted them to the present day realities? But why couldn't he just follow the Bible straight, without any allegories, as he did in Noah?
Or was it a cinematographic attempt to call public attention to environmental concerns and lack of respect for Mother Mature?
It's funny that no one seems to understand that this film is just another portrayal of the Poet and Muse theme. The sufferings caused by creative impotence; the search of inspiration in other people and other people's sufferings; the spiritual hunger; the neglect for the Muse and passion for the Muse; the success; the fatal danger of becoming an idol and being devoured by the fans - these are the things that Aronofsky wanted to share his insights in. He did not do a very good job, though. While the idea has a great potential, the movie ultimately fails to deliver, and watching the main character repeatedly wandering around the house, exploring - again and again - each of its numerous corners, is just boring. In all fairness, Aronofsky should have quit the movie industry after releasing Requiem for a Dream, for there is no point in regressing to failures such as Noah and Mother!