I think the evil was metaphorical & the evil she was trying to stop was herself from eating her kids. These boys were born & raised in that house to only be told the house is blessed and only spoke of the evil everyday so that what they believed. Vice versa in the real world most of us are told evil exists but we are taught to believe and think about God everyday and the goodness so that’s what “WE” believe. That house and the forest they were surrounded by was basically their garden of Eden. The mom was the snake which is probably what her tattoo represents. She’s evil but she sheds her skin to be a mother or whatever it takes to keep her kids inline. The dead mother said the current mom was bad and she poisoned her food. If whatever the mom believed was true then once the spirit took over her mom and got in the house then how would it make sense that she has time to cook and poison her “possessed” mother? That doesn’t add up…..she just straight up poisoned her mom.
ll three characters went through the tale of the evil that have been told to them and the bad they did manifested through the story as the evil but only Nolan was able to "let go" and free himself and his brother. Hence the title of the movie "Never let go" when in reality they need to let go! A bit of a stretch but the mom grew up in the house and most likely her parents were sick in the mind and tormented her as a kid both physically and mentally through the tales she has been told about the outside world being evil and to stay home (a place for safety for us not stuck in this world, but in her world is not safe but pretends that its safe in form of a trauma). We were never told about her husband but most likely he tried to free there kids but she was too far gone with the tale and trauma and she killed her husband (like what Sam was trying to do with Nolan and setting the house on fire but in opposite views). She was trying to protect her kids not knowing her husband was actually the one he wanted to save them. While Sam was to far gone with the tale and he might have though he has manifested the evil and he started to act like the evil to kill his own brother. The rope signifies the chain that is still holding on to her with the trauma and she thinks its keeping herself and her kids safe. You can see Nolan trying to pull and break the rope at times but his Momma and Sam always tried to stop him from doing it. Momma tried to escape the torment by taking the lives of her parents and most likely her husband as well because she was tormented by the guilt and she "never let go" of the fear and guilt. Nolan found out nothing Momma has been telling is real even when he saw Momma take her own life , he was scared but the guilt tried to consumed him and it was manifested as her being the evil and a snake being (due to her tattoo) in the final scene but he "Let her Go" because he loved her and he loves his brother. So in other words he Let go the stupid tale that the Evil is real. Sam was too far gone with the tale and when he killed the father (who was real), his guilty came out the moment his tale came true in his mind. He has always followed what Momma has told him so he believed it all and did not realize what he was doing to his brother was actually evil. He also "Never let go" plus if he is evil the moment he touched the people who rescued them both then they would have been evil as well, but they aren't in the final scene In the end only Nolan was able to "Let Go" the opposite of what was required to do and not only saved himself but probably his own brother as well. Its all a stretch but there was no evil in the sense of supernatural only what a tale and how a believe in fear can alter a behavior that ultimately lead to a bad outcome. Only if you let go the fear will you be able to be free.
Dang, I enjoyed reading your post. I was also thinking that maybe Momma ventured into the city, where she met her husband, which would explain the photograph. Additionally, it seems likely that she might have gotten her tattoo while experiencing life outside her usual environment. However, as time goes on, the husband starts to notice that something isn’t quite right with Momma, hinting at deeper issues that may be at play.
@@CinemaMikey You seem pretty energic to me. :D I think someone might've claimed a portion of your video, like an image or something. You can't see it, but the owner can. It's safe, it's most likely a copyright claim, not a strike.
@@CinemaMikey Or maybe it's just youtube popping ads on not-monetized channels, they take all the money, but give nothing to the creator. :))) I heard they do that sometimes.
Sorry, I have to play your video without sound. This movie sounds interesting and I'll watch it sometimes, so no spoilers for me. I am sure it is a great video. :D
Oh no, I feel bad. Thank you. You don’t have to watch it. It’s full of spoilers. I kinda notice that I have traction doing that than doing non spoilers. 😭😭
Why are you trying to make logical sense of a movie that is not meant to be realistic? That would be like watching a Transformers cartoon and being like "The transitional shift of the robot happens way to fast and is not possible due to the properties of the metal robot design which they don't even detail anywhere."
The thumbnail spoil everythingg 🤦🏾♀️ You ruined my expectation for this movie! why you put that in thumbnail???? We in Indonesia can't watch this movie in cinema and need to wait until available on streaming platform and now you spoiled everthing on thumbnail! I hate you and your video 🤦🏾♀️😭
why did you put Monstro on the thumbnail? There are people who haven't seen it yet, I'm glad I did 'cause this video just popped up for me on the main page, dislike
Just another movie promoting the negative propaganda of men by this story of DV throught the eyes of a little girl's pliable imagination.Found it so cynical when every men on the movie keeps calling himself a monster.
To me this movie was way too similar to the Bill Paxton movie "Frailty". It too was about a father who had delusions of evil demons inside of people. And he had his two sons help him in kidnapping and murdering those he saw the demons inside. And one of the sons was a believer and the other was not.
I'm so happy that I found your channel!! I agree with everything you said within the first 2 minutes, about going in with low expectations and having the questions etc. I appreciate your viewpoint, this was a much better movie than I expected.
@@CinemaMikey I tried to go in blind but I ended up watching about half the trailer. It definitely messed with my mind. I spent half the time thinking it was definitely supernatural and then several amounts of time thinking it was just all mental illness. My conclusion is that it was both.
You are doing great! I subscribed in Alaska. I like how straightforward and clear you are in describing everything and not hesitant to discuss the spoilers. Well done.
No one is mention that little girl at the end running around the trees to get his rope tangled. Was this the same girl that the mother could see in the woods years ago. Therefore, the kids and the mother could see the same little girl
If I was being chased by someone tied to a rope I'd do exactly what she did - but I'm also not a pre-teen girl so she's either extremely intelligent or the monster. I keep flipping back and fourth on whether she was real. She's either real and Sam hallucinated the many hands thing after exerting too much energy and being starved, she's a monster, or was real and got away in part of the first point. For one thing after the hiker was shot, he yelled for help, but I also thought he was yelling a woman's name. However, I wouldn't think he'd leave her by herself. I do not think she's the same girl, only a similar looking girl. You gotta remember that when people hallucinate they can draw on what they've heard - Berry mentioned how "It takes the form of my mother" "It came to me as a snake" "It sheds it's skin like a snake" "It pretended to be a little girl" The boys have all of these images in their head and I think whether she's real or not thematically it's no coicidence that it was a little girl who tested Sam's faith - just like his mom. I honestly think the monster was fake, but the two things that stop me from shutting the case is the picture at the end and how Sam cut Noland's rope while also being by the car. Sam could definitely be tripping balls, but Noland should've been alright. The director said that the final photo could just be symbolism, but I think that's poor writing. I bet 90% of people who saw the photo take it as literal.
The hiker said he came because he heard someone call for help. So I guess he asked his daughter to wait. One of the boys said he also touched him with the rope. Which goes against what their mother said wasn't possible. Also, if it's mental illness, it's also genetic and usually doesn't kick in until a traumatic experience or puberty. So both the kids could very much be hallucinating things, including the brother being in multiple places.
I think in the real world Berry was probably abused by her husband and killed him. She went on the run and returned back to the house in the forest. Her fear of the outside world is her thinking she would get caught by the police. When her parents found out what she did, she killed them as well. She was probably talked down to as a kid, made to think she had evil in her and then started to actually believe she was the evil after her husbands death. The moms lying to her children is evil within itself. Keeping knowledge away from her children, like the camera, is evidence of evil. Her willingness to kill the dog was also more evidence. She was simply looking for any excuse throughout the movie to kill her own children. Sams photo is a manifestation of what he wanted to see and his desire to please his mother. Sams desire to be like his mom is evidence of the “evil” being her. Him burning the house down is just him doing what he thinks his mother wouldve done if she was untethered to the house and “let go”
Answer number one is clearly wrong. This movie was stupid and did not know what it was trying to do. The fact that they were all apart of the evil was crazy.
I look at it like its a demon snake . If you looked at the father that was possessed by the evil, he had snake bites on his neck. Also snakes shed there skins.
It depends on what you see, if you believed that they have mental disorder, then both kids got. They will take it with them until they grow old, and be like Momma. If you think about the evil route, then the evil is accompanying Sam all the way to his new life.
Mama wasn’t killed by the evil in the shed but you corrected that later. The only piece that really bothers me about this movie is that clearly, it wasn’t the end of the world. I wonder why she lied about there being other people? To deter them from leaving? I believe that Mama had schizophrenia. I believe her Mama had it and I believe that Sam had it. It has a very strong hereditary familial rate. I think that is what the hand in the photo meant. It meant that now Sam has it too. But I just cannot explain away why the other brother wrestled with the creature if he does t have mental Illness. I think if they had left that out, then it my take would have been more rock solid. Because if you think about it, up until that point he hadn’t seen anything. The rope, the prayer, the killing of family members can all be explained by delusions which tend to not make sense. Other than the mental illness kept them trapped there. I admire that Mama even as sick as she was could not bring herself to harm her children. I’d also like to know what she meant by “I brought it here.” This movie has been on my mind since I saw it and that has to be a win for the director.
True, you really will go down the rabbit hole when you try to answer all the questions. I actually wanted to add more, but I was already tired and thinking nobody would watch it anyway. Lol. Yeah, the Schezprnia route would be hard to explain, especially since Nolan was able to see the evil. Maybe he has it too? Was it Nolan who misheard Sam saying 'Momma loved him more' even if he didn’t say it? Maybe that’s the clue. Since the rope is tied to the house and they believe it is sacred because of the rituals, Momma might have believed it would save them. I’m struggling with the snake tattoo, was it just a ploy to tricked viewers?
@@Nursemagic1 people also forget about grief Noah seeing the evil in his own way as his mother because he was going through the grief of feeling responsible for her death. Couple of the grief of that with the lack of food and the sickness and taking care of his brother it's a lot for a kid to mentally deal with. You compound it with the stories their mother told them and you get an imagination that creates that.
Movie that give no sign of a clear explanation are lazy or looking for a sequel to explain what they should have already. Movie was fine, could have good, maybe even great. The box likely had all the answers.
Yea, you have a valid point out. When I checked on some reviews out there, they said it’s the worst movie of the year, like what?? It’s not that bad. 🤔
What about the guy that appears to be the father of the two boys? You didn’t mention him. I was expecting him to appear after the mother disappeared but it never happened.
The daughter was the little girl who died in the woods screaming cuz she got her leg trapped from the story that Mama told the boys at the table. I think the hiker was her dad still going to the camping area hoping she would pop up or something every year like a missing child.
@@CinemaMikey so when people lose children they typically try to remember those children by doing the same activity. So the daughter died possibly a year or two before that and he was hiking on that anniversary. The father was real. That's why they show you the picture of the girl in the wallet.
That’s deep. What’s your take on the evil? Is it real? I’ve read interviews from the director, and he is actually leaning to more psychological than supernatural.
@@CinemaMikey I understand. :D Don't get me wrong, the video quality is good and I can hear what you're saying, but there is a background noise, I think you can hear it too. :D
My initial title was “did she steal the show”, but it’s not a show, so I worded it “did she steal the movie”. But yea, it’s confusing how I worded it 😂
haha, thank you man. I honestly did not expect someone will watch my video. I’m actually open to criticism since I made the channel last month, and don’t know what I’m doing, my bad 😂😂😂
@@CinemaMikey You are right. I watched it first from my main channel. I am currently watching it from my 4th account, also dropped 4 likes. I hope it helps with the algorithm. :D
Have you considered doing reviews for older movies? This way, you don't have to worry about spoilers, kind of. :D I'd really like to hear your opinion on a movie like Coherence (2013), for example.
Considering the topic of the movie,I’m surprised that your cinemas audience reacted that way.I still haven’t watched it but have read some of the book.Great review
@@SunShine-qk4rb I did not know that this movie was popular until I watched it. The cinema was packed when I watched it, full of lady’s. It’s not the typical DA movie, which I liked, not too much drama.
