Monster

absolutely BROKE me 😭 like Kore-eda really said “truth is SUBJECTIVE” and then emotionally destroyed everyone watching at first, it feels like a simple story… a mom, a teacher, a kid. something feels off, something feels wrong. but the more the film unfolds, the more you realize… nothing is that simple. every perspective shifts EVERYTHING the way the story is told in layers is actually genius. each side believes they’re right, each person sees a different “monster.” and that’s where it gets deeply philosophical… like, what even is a MONSTER? is it someone who hurts others, or someone who is misunderstood? the film explores how humans cling to their own versions of truth, shaped by emotion, trauma, and perception. it’s giving… we don’t actually see reality, we see what our mind allows us to see. like everything is filtered through bias, pain, and love and then when you finally see the story from the children’s perspective… yeah, it HURTS. like a quiet, devastating kind of pain. it strips away all the adult assumptions and shows something so PURE but also so *fragile, *feels like a reflection on empathy. **how quick we are to judge, to label, to create “monsters” out of people we don’t understand. when in reality, everyone is just trying to survive their own story it’s soft, it’s quiet, but it hits like a truck. no big drama, no over-the-top moments, just raw *humanity* by the end, it leaves you questioning everything… truth, morality, even your own perspective on people around you. it’s a whole EXISTENTIAL EXPERIENCE**