一个怪物的电话

我是一个艺术家。我喜欢动画。我是一个作家。独特和引人入胜的故事。我是一个妈妈。这是撕心裂肺的痛苦。我也是一个奶奶。我关心弱势群体。我一直非常高度灵敏的。这部电影震撼我的核心。 I was a kid from a dysfunctional and abusive home. This movie absolutely RIPPED ME APART! Many parts of this movie can be triggers: nightmares, bullying, invalidation from adults, terrible loneliness, fear, having to "suck it up", inner rage with no place to put it, great loss, seeing the world as unknowable, BEING YELLED AT, feeling like everything is your fault, and having to deal with death. The stories the Tree Monster tells are hard enough for ADULTS to grapple with - let alone CHILDREN: People are both good and bad, but you don't know which. (Or, as the Monster says, "Humans are complicated beasts.") Situations are neither black nor white, but you don't know which. The world is a place in which you never REALLY know what's going on.... So, SUCK IT UP, KID!! DEAL WITH IT!! People MIGHT be nice to you. But then they DIE!!!! Or, people might NOT be nice to you. But it DOESN'T MATTER!! YOU don't matter! You might even be INVISIBLE! The whole world might even be a STORY! Who knows for sure??? You can't depend on anybody. Nobody is knowable. Not even YOURSELF! THE END! Can most people can handle that? I don't know. I'm not most people. I couldn't. Both I and another close to me had the same reaction after watching: we both sat in shell-shocked silence for the longest. I thought of Nihilism, frankly. The world-view is headed that way these days. PLEASE NOTE: extremely sensitive people may not be able to handle 'A Monster Calls' easily. Sensitive children, people who have been abused or neglected, or those who have some mental challenges to deal with should probably NOT watch this movie. It's raw. It's in-your-face. Then it ENDS. It was beautifully done. For what it was. Excellent movie, but VERY RAW and VERY POWERFUL. Please consider caution before viewing it, or before allowing young or vulnerable people to view it.