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Post by 67 more on Dec 25, 2014 23:22:27 GMT -5
Anyone watch this film? Watched it tonight and I must say, the ending just leaves me scratching my head completely.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Dec 25, 2014 23:27:00 GMT -5
The ending makes sense in that the only thing the Babadook had on them is fear and without that fear, he is nothing more than a monster lucky enough for them to know that he is real. They'll feed him and he'll still try to scare them, but he is powerless otherwise.
It is sort of like conquering your fears and having them basically become lower than you.
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Post by 67 more on Dec 25, 2014 23:51:39 GMT -5
The ending makes sense in that the only thing the Babadook had on them is fear and without that fear, he is nothing more than a monster lucky enough for them to know that he is real. They'll feed him and he'll still try to scare them, but he is powerless otherwise. It is sort of like conquering your fears and having them basically become lower than you. So he has no real physical power, only mental power? Then how come he could drag the kid around the room? Why is the Babadook such a pussy? The only thing to me that makes sense is that the Babadook is symbolism for the mom's mental illness, which she keeps locked away and tries to soothe while looking after her kid. However, they should have then made it that the Babadook never existed, it was just the mom's insanity, rather than the Babadook now being kept as a pet.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Dec 25, 2014 23:54:08 GMT -5
The ending makes sense in that the only thing the Babadook had on them is fear and without that fear, he is nothing more than a monster lucky enough for them to know that he is real. They'll feed him and he'll still try to scare them, but he is powerless otherwise. It is sort of like conquering your fears and having them basically become lower than you. So he has no real physical power, only mental power? Then how come he could drag the kid around the room? Why is the Babadook such a pussy? The only thing to me that makes sense is that the Babadook is symbolism for the mom's mental illness, which she keeps locked away and tries to soothe while looking after her kid. However, they should have then made it that the Babadook never existed, it was just the mom's insanity, rather than the Babadook now being kept as a pet. He is kind of like Freddy Krueger. He has physical power if you let him. And the Babadook is only a complete wimp when he is conquered. Like you saw, he still tried to get his power back, but failed.
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 26, 2014 1:23:23 GMT -5
Uhm, the Babadook isn't real. I thought that was clear? Anagram= a bad book, and as you touched on, it was basically her way of dealing with the depression from her husband's passing and way of handling the grief. It's still locked in the basement in a sense because depression can always come back up, and she's feeding the garden as a means of keeping the depression at bay if you will.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Dec 26, 2014 23:26:37 GMT -5
Uhm, the Babadook isn't real. I thought that was clear? Anagram= a bad book, and as you touched on, it was basically her way of dealing with the depression from her husband's passing and way of handling the grief. It's still locked in the basement in a sense because depression can always come back up, and she's feeding the garden as a means of keeping the depression at bay if you will. It is kind of real as you see with stuff like the kid being pulled away by it. But you are allowed to read into it what you will.
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 26, 2014 23:40:01 GMT -5
Uhm, the Babadook isn't real. I thought that was clear? Anagram= a bad book, and as you touched on, it was basically her way of dealing with the depression from her husband's passing and way of handling the grief. It's still locked in the basement in a sense because depression can always come back up, and she's feeding the garden as a means of keeping the depression at bay if you will. It is kind of real as you see with stuff like the kid being pulled away by it. But you are allowed to read into it what you will. But there is overwhelming evidence besides the dragging instance that it was entirely psychological. The dragging thing could he explained as just what the mother saw, in some sense.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Dec 26, 2014 23:51:26 GMT -5
It is kind of real as you see with stuff like the kid being pulled away by it. But you are allowed to read into it what you will. But there is overwhelming evidence besides the dragging instance that it was entirely psychological. The dragging thing could he explained as just what the mother saw, in some sense. Like I said, I see it my way and you can see it your way.
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