I thought it was more of a spiritual movie than the reviews I've seen claim. While he wasn't perfect, monte was the only one who would subdue his desires of masterbation, sex, murder, and such. He did things to make himself stronger during the film and not to get quick fixes like the other passengers. He killed his friend only after she killed his dog, the dog who "raised him," and it seemed like he knew he deserved to be in jail and punished.
Thus, due to his attributes, hes the only one to gain anything lasting in the movie. Willow. It seems as though they died together and became spirits at the end of the movie. Their space suits disappeared and they went into the light together.
Willow was innocent and like monte said knows "nothing of cruelty" and hadn't experienced any of the horrors of the ship's past. Innocent and humility is what made either character last until the end from my view.
While Monte wasn't innocent and knew of many horrific things, he suppressed and detached from these things. Unlike Boyse and Tcherny, who couldn't let go of their traumas so they killed themselves. Dibs and Ettore paid their price for their horrors and were murdered.
Monte let go of his past sins and Willow had no past sins, she even hears of God from a distant place, in a place where seemingly God could never be found. Either way both were free in this way.
I really enjoyed it. I don't think it's meant to be followed as other movies are (in typical a24 fashion) and is meant more to be absorbed and thought on as to where you lie spiritually.
The director gives this quote to the end of the movie and to here fascination for black holes "what is nothing when there is no time nor space." A cool quote to think about, that I relate to other questions like, "what is the universe expanding into?"
They had to literally give up their physical lives to become spirits(something considered beyond space and time) and have something more while still being together.
They talked about having all they needed on the space ship, again a theme relating to not being attached to physical things, but that life was not practical. They needed to head into the unknown, which in this case I think is their deaths. I mean they hurled themselves into a black hole, so they definitely died.
But because of how Monte took care of his spirit and allowed Willow to have an innocent spirit, they get to live on in the unknown, shown as Monte says, "shall we?" and the movie ends.
I thought it was more of a spiritual movie than the reviews I've seen claim. While he wasn't perfect, monte was the only one who would subdue his desires of masterbation, sex, murder, and such. He did things to make himself stronger during the film and not to get quick fixes like the other passengers. He killed his friend only after she killed his dog, the dog who "raised him," and it seemed like he knew he deserved to be in jail and punished.
Thus, due to his attributes, hes the only one to gain anything lasting in the movie. Willow. It seems as though they died together and became spirits at the end of the movie. Their space suits disappeared and they went into the light together.
Willow was innocent and like monte said knows "nothing of cruelty" and hadn't experienced any of the horrors of the ship's past. Innocent and humility is what made either character last until the end from my view.
While Monte wasn't innocent and knew of many horrific things, he suppressed and detached from these things. Unlike Boyse and Tcherny, who couldn't let go of their traumas so they killed themselves. Dibs and Ettore paid their price for their horrors and were murdered.
Monte let go of his past sins and Willow had no past sins, she even hears of God from a distant place, in a place where seemingly God could never be found. Either way both were free in this way.
I really enjoyed it. I don't think it's meant to be followed as other movies are (in typical a24 fashion) and is meant more to be absorbed and thought on as to where you lie spiritually.
The director gives this quote to the end of the movie and to here fascination for black holes "what is nothing when there is no time nor space." A cool quote to think about, that I relate to other questions like, "what is the universe expanding into?"
They had to literally give up their physical lives to become spirits(something considered beyond space and time) and have something more while still being together.
They talked about having all they needed on the space ship, again a theme relating to not being attached to physical things, but that life was not practical. They needed to head into the unknown, which in this case I think is their deaths. I mean they hurled themselves into a black hole, so they definitely died.
But because of how Monte took care of his spirit and allowed Willow to have an innocent spirit, they get to live on in the unknown, shown as Monte says, "shall we?" and the movie ends.
