Why is it called "Mother!"? - Mother! (2017) Discussion

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Maybe it's short for "mother****er!"

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[–] tom8 (3119) 7 years ago

well......JLaw is a fatherfucker....close enough

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[–] DarthJJ (355) 7 years ago

Your going to say that after wasting $16 to watch this movie.

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Well, I could see it on opening weekend for $7.50 at an amazing huge AMC with reserved seating, in Century City (adjacent to Beverly Hills). However, not being a fan of Aronofsky, I would wait to read the positive and negative reviews so I can gauge the overall reaction.

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[–] samoanjoes (58588) 7 years ago

And there was already a film called "Mother" a few years ago directed by Joon-ho Bong that I highly recommend. I don't think the exclamation point is going to be too noticeable to people to be able to differentiate the two.

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[–] wanton87 (934) 7 years ago

Maybe because after you’re through watching it, you will be saying to yourself:

“Mother[spoiler]fucker[/spoiler]! I just wasted 2 hours of my life watching this shi7?”

Nah, I’m just kidding. I’ve never seen it so I can’t really comment on it. I was just looking for an excuse to drop a few nasty words 😀

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[–] Ldlamb (655) 7 years ago

I think pregnancy might be involved

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[–] bobbydallas (8682) 7 years ago

Credits list JLaw as the 'mother'
None of the actors are given names they are just characters in Bardem's writings.

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[–] MNRebecca (773) 7 years ago

Read the reviews. SPOILER ALERT. SPOILER SPACE INSERTED.

Apparently it's a horror-story metaphor for Genesis where JL is Mother Nature, her husband is God, and the visitors are Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel.

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[–] Cookie.L.A. (2117) 7 years ago

The film is an allegory.

(SPOILER)

[spoiler]Lawrence is Mother Earth, Bardem is God, Harris and Pfeiffer are Adam and Eve, and their two sons are Cain and Abel...[/spoiler]

You're welcome....and PS, it's a bit awful.
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[–] MNRebecca (773) 7 years ago

The film is an allegory.

"The difference between an allegory and metaphor is that an allegory uses a narrative in its entirety to express an idea or teach a lesson, while a metaphor uses a word or phrase to represent an idea."

Oh, yeah! Nice catch!

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[–] Cookie.L.A. (2117) 7 years ago

Thank you. I wasn't criticizing you use of "metaphor", tho : )

This film (according to the New York Times, I think it was) very loosely covers [spoiler]the span of both the New and the Old Testaments of the Bible [/spoiler]

But rather than calling it an allegory or a metaphor, I would perhaps just classify it as...a miss.
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[–] LetThemEatCake (2717) 7 years ago

because the main character is Mother Earth.

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