Yahoo News mother! director totally expected a negative reaction
Darren Aronofsky has responded to the negative reaction to mother! following its poor box office performance.
Earlier this week, mother! received a unanimous disapproval rating of 'F' – the lowest rating possible – from CinemaScore, which surveys US audiences on movies' opening weekends.
But it seems Aronofsky definitely expected it. "What's interesting about that is, like, how if you walk out of this movie are you not going to give it an 'F'? It's a punch. It's a total punch," he told The Frame.
"And I realise that we were excited by that. We wanted to make a punk movie and come at you. And the reason I wanted to come is because I was very sad and I had a lot of anguish and I wanted to express it."
Aronofsky's excellent response added that everyone involved in the movie knew that mother! wasn't "going to be a popularity contest" as he was "holding up a mirror to what's going on".
This is in reference to the movie's climate change subtext, which Aronofsky hopes will lead to action, hitting out at those who deny climate change.
"It's scary when you talk to the people who are studying this and thinking about this and then you have other people who basically believe in the power of an iPhone that they can communicate to 35 million people in a blink of an eye, yet they don't believe in science in other ways," he outlined.
"You know, which is as proven as gravity at this point, really. It has as many people believe in it as believe in gravity. And it scares me and it's time to start screaming. So I wanted to howl. And this was my howl."
Jennifer Lawrence has also recently spoken about the reaction to mother! and how they knew it was going to be polarising.
Find out where you stand with mother! in cinemas now.
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