Monster Call (2016) On the courage to face the true inner world
<Monster Call> is writing a story somewhere in the ambiguous boundary between fantasy and reality. Divorced parents and friends at school harassment and neglect, mother's lifeless illness, and a discord with her grandmother taking care of herself. Conor overcomes these growing pains one after another and depicts the moment until he finally grows further. At this time, growing a corner wandering amid the realistic problems faced by the movie corner becomes the role of a fantastic element,'monster'.
Like the title, the movie is a kind of growth that brings out this virtual existence and grows the corner.
Here is the charm of a growth movie with fantasy mixed with <Monster Call>. First of all, aside from the visual pleasure and enjoyment of the genre of fantasy itself, this genre is effective in expanding the story with various visual symbols and metaphors. For example, the three stories that a monster tells a boy are not only necessary for the growth of the corner, but are symbolically showing answers to various problems in life using the power of the genre of fantasy. The growth period of'One Boy', defined as a corner, can be treated as a growth period of universal and diverse people that encompass both boys and adults. Therefore, the stories and healing methods presented by'Monster' to Connor are not limited to Connor in the movie, but can be effective for many people in reality. In that sense, <Monster Call> is a growing movie with the quality of a wonderful fairy tale that proves that a well-made children's fairy tale can still be an adult's fairy tale over time.
There is someone inside us who knows us better.
I started writing about <Monster Call> as a fantasy growth movie with the nature of a well-made fairy tale. This is Hermann Hesse's novel Damian. In the novel Damian, whenever the protagonist Sinclair wanders, Sinclair's other self, Damian, appears and does not spare his sincere advice on the problems before his eyes. It helps to make you walk. Like this, the fact that the self that was asleep within oneself becomes substantive and appears in front of the protagonist to give advice is also shown in the movie Monster Call.
When looking only at the movie, it is difficult to infer exactly what a monster is, an accurate proof of its existence or its symbolism. The monster may have appeared only in front of the two for a mother who had a deep bond with him, who had been in one place for a long time, and helped them not to get lost. It may be that the corner is empathized with the yew tree. Personally, I guess Connor's monster was Connor's'Damian'. As the monsters in the movie say,'Monster' was called out unconsciously to overcome the reality that Connor himself was overwhelmed with.
Connor was hesitant and turned in front of the reality where Connor was spreading his snout to devour him, but Connor, on the other hand, must have been hoping for something to change. Another voice that doesn't appear outwardly but sways low in one side of the heart. Was it not that it appeared in the form of a yew tree monster and helped the corner that fell into the bog? Didn't you actually say that the monster appeared in the movie to save Conner?
'Monster' was called out unconsciously to overcome the reality that Connor himself was overwhelming with.
In the face of harsh reality, oneself is infinitely small and weak. I want to avoid it. I want to put my gaze elsewhere. However, if you live only this way, you will never be able to solve many life problems. In the end, every problem can only be found by getting into it. Sometimes, even for us who hesitate in front of harsh reality and want to avoid, I think there must be a time when the voice of a monster can be heard.
Of course, as in the movie, the tree of interest will not suddenly rise and come to us by striking the streets. However, it is clear that it will be constantly whispering in a voice within us to give us the right way and courage. If you ask how you can hear that voice, I think you can quote a passage from the novel Damian.
"(Omitted)...where the image of destiny sometimes sleeps in a dark mirror, all I have to do is enter completely inside myself. I just have to lean over that dark mirror. And now I'm completely like Damian, my There I was able to find myself like him, my friend and leader.”
-Excerpt, publication and translation from Hermann Hesse's novel Damian: The Classic
I think there is an ego that can lead us in the right direction, like Damian and monsters, deep inside us. When you want to turn and flee reap the eye in front of a harsh reality, while meomchwoseoseo, constantly whispering to us that if you focus on the voices, would not have to go to resolve a number of problems in keeping their presence in your life.
Courage to face the truth inside
In this movie, the monster does not simply appear as a fable, but serves as a symbol representing the fictional existence that Conner wants to rely on by fleeing from reality. Monsters that appear in this way do not directly intervene in the problem of the corner. This is because the monster is literally the object of the will Connor found by fleeing from reality, but it is by no means an entity that can directly solve the problem of reality. And, as I said earlier, the monster is likely to be another mature self in Connor, like Damian.
After all, things created to avoid problems in reality do not really help. Monsters couldn't heal her mother's illness, and they didn't fight with the students who harassed her instead of Connor. However, the monster gives wisdom to prevent the corner facing life's problems from drowning itself and instills courage to face reality.
The most remarkable of the wisdom that monsters convey to Connor is that you should have the courage to look straight ahead and not ignore your sincerity. It will be difficult to look straight at the sincerity of wanting to give up her mother because it is too difficult for a young and tender corner who can't separate her sick mother from her arms even though she knows that a cure is virtually impossible. Abandoning a mother is a'bad child'. However, the monster tells the story of a witch to such a corner and tells us that humans are complicated by nature, so don't struggle alone, trust the other person and open your heart. In the case of Connor's mother, faith was not a valid treatment, but for Conor,'belief in the other party' became a valid treatment, and he succeeded in curing himself, who had fallen ill in the relationship between his grandmother and his mother.
He tells Connor the story of a witch and tells him to believe in the other person and be honest, since human beings are inherently complex.
The world says it must endure in a strong form in front of anything. However, even the strongest person sometimes blows a bitter wind of reality that is difficult to handle, and if you just stand strong in front of this harsh reality, it will not shorten and break. Because of this, it is sometimes necessary to release oneself according to the harsh wind. It is not right to endure blindly in front of harsh reality. Sometimes it's okay to be shaken, so you have to openly tell the truth that bothers you. For yourself, who keeps getting sick.
The movie <Monster Call> recommends that you stare at your heart. Even if it's scary and difficult, how about relaxing your body for a moment and saying your sincerity. If you release the strength of the body you were holding on, your whole body will flutter and flutter in the bitter wind of reality, but it will never be broken. Even for yourself, the movie seems to tell you that when you want to walk in line with reality and at the same time say your true feelings, you have to have the courage to look at your sincerity and speak.
People are complex in nature, so don't push you too far no matter what your heart is.
If you feel healed in some way, it will be thanks to the warm message of the movie. People are complex in nature, so don't push you too far no matter what your heart is. The most important thing to protect you is not to stubbornly stand in front of reality or turn away from it, but to have the courage to look at your sincerity in front of the harsh reality and talk about it. It's a warm message that says, "If it's hard, you can say it's hard."
The movie <Monster Call> asks us, who are bound to become weak from time to time, to look at the sincerity in our hearts and become brave. While looking at your sincerity and being brave sometimes scares you, you will eventually overcome it and encourage you that the courage to face it will protect you. And through this process, could we grow a little more?