Along the way, the film focuses on the growth of the male protagonist Joel in two aspects. One is to upgrade from a rookie with negative combat effectiveness to a great god on his own.
Just as Joel walked out of the bunker, he encountered a giant toad. When Joel's life was on the line, a dog fell from the sky and rescued him from the mouth of the giant toad. After that, Joel fell into the sand wormhole nest again. Thanks to the rescue of an uncle who passed by with his daughter, Joel escaped.
So the three of them walked together with one dog. The uncle taught Joel many survival skills along the way, from how to take care of himself and how to shoot monsters accurately. Joel's combat effectiveness soared.
After the survival skills are full, Joel and uncle Loli parted and embarked on a journey of true love to find his girlfriend alone.
Another growth is that Joel overcomes the inner shadow and reshapes the three views. When the monster invaded, 17-year-old Joel witnessed the tragic death of his parents, which had a psychological shadow on the monster.
On the way of three people and one dog walking, the dog was surrounded by centipede monsters. Although Joel was very afraid, in order to save the dog who was kind to him, he still conquered his inner fear and summoned the courage to shoot the centipede monster.
In addition, the film's portrayal of Joel's love line is unconventional. When Joel decides to travel 85 miles alone to find Amy, he believes that his girlfriend needs him and has been waiting for him along the way. And when he went through untold hardships to find Amy, what he got was not Amy's response that moved to tears, but her rejection.
At this time, Amy is no longer the little girl who flirted with Joel in the car seven years ago. She is strong and can not only take care of herself, but also shelter the elderly in the shelter.
In the face of Joel who came to find love, Amy saw that he had not really grown up, and chose to refuse, but after Joel had a clear understanding of himself and the world, and really grew up, Amy accepted it. he.
Strictly speaking, "Love and Monsters" can be regarded as a monster road movie. The whole movie is youthful and full of pure colors, and even all kinds of monsters are full of imagination.
The images of these mutated cold-blooded animals are actually the creative play of the production team based on reality. Although all kinds of monsters look weird, they have a unique American cuteness.
Toads that spit lotus flowers, centipedes rushing out of the ground, earthworms with their bloody mouths, slow-moving and cute snails, and crab monsters full of fangs are dazzling.
Although it is a doomsday theme, except for the end of the film, there is almost no intrigue and intrigue between the survivors. Some are just youthful sunshine and full of positive energy.
After seeing it, I suddenly realized that this monster film is talking about love with you in a terrifying coat, and talking about life with you in the shell of love. After all, it wants to tell you how to face life.
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