Learn to let go and accept. To grow.

Mark 2022-12-15 02:37:56

A true artwork of the soul. This is the best quality film introduced that month. There is no doubt that the film tells the story of a mother who used a story to gradually lead her child out of her demon to face her and the reality of life in a magical and dark way.

The director fills the film with poetic and strong mother-daughter emotions from the core through ordinary stories. I have seen Lonely Castle and I understand that this director is suitable for filming the love between mother and child. He used to be good at horror genre films. Shooting this dark fairy tale style is very good, and it is still the last way to return to warm emotions. And I saw Spielberg's shadow in it. The mother alone is taking care of her son Connor, but now her mother is ill and is dying step by step. Everything in her life is unsatisfactory. She doesn't get along well with her grandma, and she is being bullied by her classmates. During this time, Connor, the little boy, was not afraid of the monsters that arrived on time every night (even Mnison dubbed). Instead, he faced her again and again, listening to her unexplained stories one after another. (I will not tell the core of these stories and expressions here.) Gradually, he began to face his own life situation. The monsters behind him encouraged him to fight against bullying classmates and reconcile with his grandmother. The most important thing is It is for him to face his own heart. He knows that his beloved mother will leave him and face the fear in his heart. Connor said frankly to the monster his truest wish, "I hope she will die soon." He didn't want to watch his mother live so painfully, and he didn't want his heart to suffer such torment and torture all the time.

In our lives, there are many people and emotions that are unwilling to accept and unwilling to let go, but when everything has become a reality and we have to let go, we must also learn to let go of what is hard to let go, even love. Because your life is not over, you must wipe away your tears and stand up straight and move on. The reason why I feel so touched is that I am also facing such a thing. The little boy also said that I couldn't face my true inner monologue.

At the end of the film, the little boy Connor cried out "Mom, don't go! Don't go!" in front of his mother's dying bed. He also knew that this was irreversible, but this painful retention was the real emotion. When he returned to the study, he found a book, which contained the monster drawn by his mother and the story she told the child again and again. It turned out that my mother did not leave. Before the end of her life, she told her children to face life bravely and learn to accept. And his mother has long since turned into that terrifying and respectable monster to accompany him in his back to continue to grow.

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A Monster Calls quotes

  • [first lines]

    Conor: [having a nightmare] Mama! Mama!

    Conor: [waking] How does the story begin?

    The Monster: It begins like so many stories. With a boy, too old to be a kid. Too young to be a man. And a nightmare.

  • The Monster: [telling a story] "You may have the yew tree," said the parson. "I will preach sermons in your favor. I will do anything if it would only save my daughters."

    The Monster: "Would you give up everything you believed in?" said the apothecary.

    The Monster: [as the Parson] "If it would save them, I would give up everything."

    The Monster: [as the Apothecary] "Then there is nothing I can do to help you."