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A kid meets a monster and befriends it.

posted 8 years ago by intrepidami
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Now what movie did I just describe? Pete's Dragon? A monster calls? or literally 20 other movies?

That type of movie is getting tiresome.

How bout this, a kids mom is dying, he goes off and meets a tree being. Which movie am I describing? Guardians of the Galaxy, or a monster calls?

There are other similarities to other movies as well. It's not as unique as people think it is.

[–] omaraguirre11 8 years ago

Sure, concept wise, it's been done countless times. But it's all about how it's done, and how it's told. For example, comic book movies. You've seen them done over and over with the same origin type of stories, but they're still enjoyable, and feel fresh (for me they're still enjoyable, but certainly not fresh, but to others they feel that way) it's all about how it's done and told man.

[–] Therru_Babayaga 8 years ago

or literally 20 other movies?

That I'm sure that you can't name or that are far from having the same point made than "A Monster Calls", so that is a weak argument here.

The tree doesn't even exist in this movie and he doesn't befriend Connor, it's all a projection and a visual way to describe a kid dealing with loss and death, which is why it's "unique" in a way, because it doesn't try to sugercoat it or to make us laugh at the end, it goes all the way and doesn't hold back, while not being completely grim either and without hope.

I guess that you're trying to be a smart-ass, but that just makes you sound a bit dumb, frankly, especially the comparaison with "Guardians of the Galaxy", because Starlord is being abducted after the death of his mother and met Groot much later in life.

[–] DorkoTheDorkLord 8 years ago

A kid meets a monster and befriends it. Now what movie did I just describe? Pete's Dragon? A monster calls? or literally 20 other movies?

Except, of course, the monster in this movie isn't real - or at least doesn't interact with the physical world. Nor does Connor "befriend" it, certainly not in the sense that Pete befriends his Dragon.

How bout this, a kids mom is dying, he goes off and meets a tree being. Which movie am I describing? Guardians of the Galaxy, or a monster calls?

Well...Connor doesn't go much further than the backyard of his house to see the tree being and Star-Lord didn't meet Groot until he'd been in space for twenty years. So....neither movie, really, except in the broadest of terms.