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Is the monster Connors grandfather?...

posted 7 years ago by nedwards97
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I know this is far fetched, so bare with me on this.

When I saw the picture of Connors mum as a kid and noticed her dad was played by Liam Neeson. That made me question why the monster visited Connor in his dreams.

Connors mum said to him "I wish you could have met him", referring to her dad. Obviously, the tree is voiced by Liam, linking the two characters.

Connors dad left him when he was young and he didn't get on with his grandmother, so he could only turn to his grandfather, who he has heard great things about. But the only way of doing this is visualizing him in his dreams.

Another link, is the drawings in Connors mums bedroom that match the stories the tree told Connor in his dreams. These stories could have been told to his mum, by his grandfather and his mum told him when he was younger. Also, his mum mentioned a few times, that the tree was their "friend". She also "saw" the tree behind Connor before she sadly died, giving the tree the look of thanks.

Just an interesting idea I had. Wanted to share, to see what input people can give.

[–] ispamforfood 7 years ago

In the MOVIE at least, it's implied that he is. I haven't yet read the book, so I can't speak to that. A friend of mine who did read it said he thought the monster was a guardian angel. Which of course you could say makes sense, given that Connor's grandfather was dead.

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[–] RigginGlass 7 years ago

That's almost the same theory I had but I also thought that the grandfather was buried in the cemetery too. Maybe by the tree. Maybe to her, the monster is the sprit manifestation of her father. That's why they have the dance stories and such.

[–] choyt19 7 years ago

I saw Neeson in a picture twice. I could've sworn my eyes were playing tricks on me.

Not a bad theory.

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[–] ispamforfood 7 years ago

He was def. in there. :-)

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[–] shiny-tiny-man 7 years ago

Me too , i saw him in a pic on the wall

[–] omaraguirre11 7 years ago

Okay, so in the book, the ending was when the mother dies. When the clock shows it being 12:07am, is the last scene/line of the book. The book never hinted at the idea of the monster being Conor's grandfather, but having that be the ending in the movie is a much better way to end the story. The book ending was sad, but having the additional ending the movie really makes sense, and connects with a lot in the story. When I saw that the movie kept going, I was nervous and bummed out, but when I saw what it was for, I had the biggest smile from a movie ever.

[–] AngeloDavis 7 years ago

I think the monster represents the grief. With Connor is her mothers and with Lizzie is her father.
What I get of the last scene is that Lizzie suffered the same grief process as Connor, creating a monster friend, maybe she told Connor stories when he was a infant, maybe that's why the stories link

[–] bryangb86 7 years ago

I think the answer is certainly, but it depends on how literally you want to take it. The monster is the grandfather/the monster was what the mother created to help her through her father's death, etc.

[–] dani-dettori 7 years ago

Yes after Sigourney Weaver dumped the alien she married a tree and her escapades continued.

[–] davidovar34 7 years ago

xD

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[–] redmiatazoomzoom 7 years ago

Yup, the tree had been there for 1,000+ years, so it represented something in his life that was not going to leave him...

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