Lover monster

Rebeca 2022-01-23 08:05:45

A niche (according to my current feelings) but also a must-see same-sex love movie. Although it is said that it is a same-sex love movie, it is better to say that it is the germination and explosion of the same-sex love desire hidden deep in the protagonist's heart. The hamster interspersed between the protagonist’s exploration and family conflict in the play is a good friend of the protagonist since childhood. Although the hamster has been changed many times from the time the protagonist is young to the time he grows up, the protagonist still regards them as the same and has been In some cases, talk to yourself. In my opinion, this is to some extent the protagonist’s psychological confession. I don’t know him. When we grow up, we will always imagine a partner to accompany ourselves more or less. In fact, when we grow up, we will find that In fact, that was the self who hid at that time. In addition, throughout the movie, the hero and a boy are feeding water on the bed, and the light flowing through is the pulse impulse of love yearning. And that impressive picture. The hero quarreled with his father, and saw a steel bar protruding from his stomach, blood and broken abdomen. These pictures are assembled together, matched with music, and there is indeed a sense of impact and shock. I am still impressed.

I like the ending very much. When the protagonist uses a paper boat to send the hamster body that has been with him for many years into the sea, seeing the hamster saying goodbye to himself, there is a feeling of reconciliation with that suppressed self.

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Closet Monster quotes

  • Oscar Madly (18): How long can you keep this act up? How long before you show up, at HER work, screaming at the top of your lungs like a... fucking child?

    Christine: I should go.

    Peter Madly: I'm sorry. It's just a little bit sad.

    Oscar Madly (18): Let me save you some time. He's possessive, has the temper of a child and is bat shit crazy...

    [Peter throws milk in Oscar's face]

    Oscar Madly (18): There he is.

  • Oscar Madly (18): It's not New York but what do you think?

    Buffy: I think you look happy.

    Oscar Madly (18): Hope you don't get eaten by the seagull.

    Buffy: Hm, I'm just happy you're not gonna set me on fire.

    [Oscar releases Buffy to the sea]

    Buffy: But you know I'm not the original hamster from your childhood, right? I mean it has been ten years. Your parents replaced me, like, four times.

    Oscar Madly (18): What was that?

    Buffy: Oh, nothing. Goodbye.