Monster
absolutely shattered and beyond angry at myself to have expected almost every character to be nothing but a monster with so few. it really makes us reflect on how easily we can think of the worst while it can have dreadful consequences. the only monster is the one we are convinced of.
the whole monster thing was brilliant, it managed to be more and more heartbreaking as it went on. made me think of this Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous quote: « What I really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be. From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once. ».
the dad words and behavior was so violent it was sickening. children need to be protected at all costs. one of a kind movie.