I just watched the Backrooms movie and I LOVED it. 9/10. The only thing is that I thought the ending was a bit rushed and Mary's backstory was left slightly too unfinished.
The ending was perfection. It left so many implications open, similar to Unfriended, and it leaves loads of possibilities for sequels, which Kane seemed like he wanted to do. It keeps people talking enough until a sequel is announced. I liked Pirate Clark more than the bacteria entity. It shows the sheer connection Clark has with the backrooms, and his love with it that goes beyond the architectural side of things. It also puts just how bad Clark was as a person into perspective. The way Pirate Clark is a violent, unpredictable entity that towers over every other still life. It shows that his wife was afraid of him, with her still life running.
The stop sign being reversed in Clark's view of the backrooms but the store signs being around for Mary only backs up how Clark twisted every story to be the opposite. Clark doesn't see himself or the world for what it is, he sees everything backwards. Whereas Mary sees the world for what it is, the harsh cruelty of human nature that you can't escape. She accepted she can't help herself and, at the end when she sees Pirate Clark for the final time, she accepts she couldn't help him either.
I also theorise that Mary's mam saw the backrooms but it frightened her (or async did something to her that they might do to Mary) that it left her in a paranoid, almost catatonic state of mind. It explains why she was so afraid of Mary leaving the house as a kid - she was afraid Mary would end up in the backrooms. The breaking of the handprint to escape Pirate Clark also shows a breaking point for Mary, it shows her overcoming her fears and trauma from her mam. It implies she's found the strength and will to get past it.
Additionally, I've seen loads of people complaining about Kane's version of the backrooms. Specifically, about how there's no levels and the entity part was lacking something. People like that forget that the backrooms is an entirely subjective matter, both the wiki and Kane's versions are just someone's views. There is no canon backrooms. It all just started from a post from 4chan about a furniture store that had been gutted in preparation for renovation into a race car track or something. I think what some people were looking for leaned more towards dreamcore, which I guess comes from the same aesthetic, it falls under the canopy of liminal spaces and goes hand in hand with the "levels" version of the backrooms.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. It was a really good movie, I hope to see a second one. I loved Mary in it too, although I wished we got more of her story and personality overall, I hope async doesn't kill her or anything.
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