10-19-2009, 02:34 PM
Jakensama Wrote:Did you enjoy the movie at all Dustie?
Me personally? Yes, I loved it. I just was let down that I couldn't really share it with my kids in a more kid friendly way.
More semi Spoilers:
Ok, putting rug rats aside here are my questions:
1. Obviously (I think .. right?) each of the monsters is some part of Max's emotional makeup (and desires). There's fear, hope, love, insecurity, desire for adventure, desire for attention, etc etc. Some monsters are composites (Carol), some are fairly focused (the goat who no one listens to). What do we learn at the end? Was it "the greatest of these is love" type thing? What makes it all work out is love?
2. There's a lot of conflict inside Max. He wants a world where "only the things that you want to have happen, happen." He's learning that there's no such place and that different people, emotions, ideas will always conflict with other people, emotions, ideas. Are Bob and Terry just props to illustrate some of these conflicts or do they represent something themselves -- i.e. those kids that tell jokes which everyone laughs at even though they don't get it?
3. Since the monsters ate all of their previous kings, does this mean that deep down, we're all pretty barbaric and our nature (at least as a youth) tends toward the darker eat-people side then the lighter get-along-with-people side?
I have more questions, but I need to go to a meeting.
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