Monster

for the sake of my curiosity, i might put Rashomon to the watchlist due to it being mentioned in numerous reviews of this film. i did notice the method/effect they use for Monster, how they providing different perspective and point of views of the same incident, and it amazed me. it is pretty obvious that this film points out how people may be monsters in a variety of scenarios, whether intentionally or unintentionally. this effect aims to make me feel it is challenging to have hatred for any character simply because they are portrayed in only one point of view. notice how people can make impulse choices (judgement) based on a one-sided perspective, leading us to feel that the monster in this situation is only that one person. distress enveloping me whenever i starting form judgments about a character, which are immediately debunked once i discover that character’s role of the plot. there’s something about this masterpiece that will always remind so special and impactful to me and it is the way kore-eda can smoothly transition my assumption that this all about horror to romance. due to the sound of the title Monster i figured this might be a thriller or even a horror (which i’m not the biggest fan of). he didn’t have to drastically change the color grading or even the soundtrack to portray this because it transitioned very well and fitting for this film, it even seemed so normal.