Friday, September 15, 2017

Set Aside Some Time For Mother This Weekend

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Well it's time for the weekend, meaning it's time for new movies, and this weekend's got a fine pair. This weekend's big offerings says me are Darren Aronofsky's mother!, which will be the big conversation piece even if it doesn't make a ton of money (which it probably won't, which is probably fine because this isn't a movie most people are going to want to grapple with) and which I reviewed right here yesterday. Watching the movie I flip-flopped from second to second whether it's Too Much Too Much or Just The Right Amount Of Too Much, but I have also spent the past two days not wanting to think about anything else and seriously contemplating going to see it a second time, so it's a sticker... and then some.

The other movie out this weekend is Mike White's movie Brad's Status, which stars Ben Stiller as a dude having a crisis of self when confronted with some old friends' successes - I'm seeing that tonight I think, so stay tuned for my thoughts on it next week. If you see anything of interest tell me in the comments, of if you want to scream about mother! do that in the comments. Next week screenings for NYFF start so things might get a bit quiet, but I'll be here Monday, and until then have a nice weekend, everybody.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hated mother! Now, I was exhausted after working all day and didn't process on an allegorical level which my bf had to explain, but I still thought it was more over the top than other Aronofsky. I say it's Fountain level. Michelle Pfeiffer's performance will spawn a thousand GIFs.

Anonymous said...

My beau almost separated with me because I made him watch mother! I had to make it up to him by providing favours (such as re-enacting Michelle Pfeiffer's scenes). I totally got it though.

Aquinas1220 said...

Saw Mother this weekend and LOVED it in a weird way. I can't say its a film I particularly enjoyed but within 15 minutes I got the whole mythological metaphor/allegory, and I've been thinking about the movie for days. Like Anonymous, the hubby almost divorced me for making him sit through it all (He almost got up an walked out and I encouraged him to stick it out)