One of the worst films ever made.

Rating: 1/10 (14 February 2018)

I don't know how Darren Aronofsky, a man of such incredible talent, could deliver such an appalling movie. He proved with Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, and Black Swan to be one of the finest directors around so I don't know what happened here.
Without spoiling too much this movie is essentially just a bunch of irrelevant metaphors sloppily put together with no rhyme and reason. Oh Ed Harris is missing a rip it seems in that one scene? Just like with Adam and Eve! Oh what's that a brother kills his older brother? Its Kane and Abel! Oh what's that? A father sacrifices his son to a rabid group of people who tear him apart? Its like the story of Jesus's sacrifice! And what's interesting to note is that none of these stupid visual metaphors/analogies actually make any coherent sense in regards to the actual "story" being told (yes the word story in this film needs to have "" because its just barely qualifies as a story) They are just thrown in their because Darren Aronofsky is pretentious and thinks it makes him look smart. It doesn't. Anyone can do that. Its not impressive.
Throughout this mess of a film there are also some sloppy metaphors about mother earth (which Jennifer Lawrence is supposed to represent, but wait I thought she was supposed to be the virgin marry? Oh fuck it) But again in terms of the actual story being told nothing of importance is ever said.
The acting is fairly decent all around. Nothing great by any means. But not bad either. Both leads are competent but they really don't have a lot to work with given the shallow screenplay.
This movie is also unbearably loud and annoying at times. There are several angry mob scenes that give me a combination of epilepsy and a migraine. Its not fun, and they last FOREVER!!
Darren Aronofsky might be a man of amazing talent but he shows none of it here, only his pretentiousness. What a shame... Hopefully he delivers next time.