aFireInside Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I re-watched a movie I had in my collection. Constantine, its about a man who had the ability to see demons and angels, (he started as a kid) He is going to hell because he committed suicide as a kid, he couldn't live with his ability to see demons and angels. He goes around fighting evil because he wants to go to heaven. Constantine calls his ability a curse. I couldn't help but to relate with Constantine. As a kid i was isolated and didn't have anything to do for days. I would retreat to my head. It was one of the few things that kept me entertained. I did it allot, I became good at it. Since i spent most of my time inside my head i didnt learn how to interact with the world. I was spaced out. I feel that having a high amount of self-knowledge is rare in this world. It can be looked at as a gift or a curse. As a kid i had thoughts about killing myself. As an adult i sometimes feel like i could see angels and demons. ( having self-knowledge is an ability that almost no one around you has) 1
Drew. Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 My interpretation of the movie was these angels and demons are actually aspects of himself. He "sees" them as hallucinations due to the chronic cough medicine usage to mitigate the coughing symptoms from so much smoking. Just wanted to share another way of looking at the movie. Sorry to hear about you childhood. Having those thoughts as a child is really tough.
aFireInside Posted September 23, 2014 Author Posted September 23, 2014 My interpretation of the movie was these angels and demons are actually aspects of himself. He "sees" them as hallucinations due to the chronic cough medicine usage to mitigate the coughing symptoms from so much smoking. Just wanted to share another way of looking at the movie. Sorry to hear about you childhood. Having those thoughts as a child is really tough. I never thought about it that way, Thanks for taking the time to reply If that is true then as a kid was he also drinking the caught medicine ?
Drew. Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 I never thought about it that way, Thanks for taking the time to reply If that is true then as a kid was he also drinking the caught medicine ? Haha, I haven't seen that movie since 2011. If I were to continue on with this theory about it being his personal angels and demons, I think that the visions that he saw were the true nature of the people around him. As a child, they really were monsters. As an adult, he recreates his childhood experience of people by abusing cough syrup.
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