I just got back from the theater where I saw mother!
Wow. That was something. A little bit of everything in there including the kitchen sink.
Obviously a story about God and man, about the environment, about an artist and his fans -- lots of things to pull from this. It really does have this Rosemary's Baby feel to it, heaven, hell, God, Satan, life, death.
I would like to say, this was not only a visual movie in the sense that so much is going on to keep your eyes on, but it is heightened with audio sounds. NOT sound effects. If you see the movie, maybe you'll understand what I mean by that.
Movies of today have sound obviously. Scores, sound effects, the typical stuff-- but it was like these sounds were a character unto themselves. A scrapping bucket, a fizz of some powder in a cup, the turning on of a light. It was like every single sound was enhanced and heightened, but not in a sound effects way. They had their own merit. I know this is probably not making a lick of sense, but if you go see the movie, pay attention to the sound of the movie. I've always said that the settings and scenery are like another character to me besides the human ones. In this movie, the sounds are very much their own character.
The ending credits and the list of parts is very interesting, as is the pen scratching that relates to the movie itself.
This is a tough one to recommend. I liked it. I wish I had seen it with a group of people I could discuss it with and get their feelings for what they just saw and heard. But, there is a segment of people who will not like it for its religious overtones -- a lot of people want to be entertained, they don't want to have to think too much nor do they want to have to analyze what they just saw.
And, it will be very disturbing to many for one particular scene. Read if you want, but it is a spoiler.
Again, my admiration for the sound man. I don't often say that about a movie, but this movie had it's own sound. And I'm not talking musical score.
Wow. That was something. A little bit of everything in there including the kitchen sink.
Obviously a story about God and man, about the environment, about an artist and his fans -- lots of things to pull from this. It really does have this Rosemary's Baby feel to it, heaven, hell, God, Satan, life, death.
I would like to say, this was not only a visual movie in the sense that so much is going on to keep your eyes on, but it is heightened with audio sounds. NOT sound effects. If you see the movie, maybe you'll understand what I mean by that.
Movies of today have sound obviously. Scores, sound effects, the typical stuff-- but it was like these sounds were a character unto themselves. A scrapping bucket, a fizz of some powder in a cup, the turning on of a light. It was like every single sound was enhanced and heightened, but not in a sound effects way. They had their own merit. I know this is probably not making a lick of sense, but if you go see the movie, pay attention to the sound of the movie. I've always said that the settings and scenery are like another character to me besides the human ones. In this movie, the sounds are very much their own character.
The ending credits and the list of parts is very interesting, as is the pen scratching that relates to the movie itself.
This is a tough one to recommend. I liked it. I wish I had seen it with a group of people I could discuss it with and get their feelings for what they just saw and heard. But, there is a segment of people who will not like it for its religious overtones -- a lot of people want to be entertained, they don't want to have to think too much nor do they want to have to analyze what they just saw.
And, it will be very disturbing to many for one particular scene. Read if you want, but it is a spoiler.
Jennifer Lawrence (Mother) gives birth. Javier (Him) wants to show a crowd of people who have taken over his home, they want to see the baby. He presents it to the crowd and the crowd takes the baby and passes it overhead from hand to hand where its neck gets snapped. It ends up on an altar and the crowd eats it.
Again, my admiration for the sound man. I don't often say that about a movie, but this movie had it's own sound. And I'm not talking musical score.
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