History Film / LoveAndMonsters

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Aimee spent seven years away from Joel, and despite Joel's romantic desire to return to her, [[spoiler:she's changed dramatically when he finds her again due to having to manage a colony of elderly survivors. They do rekindle their romance in the end, but the knowledge that she's not the same as before the apocalypse is a big contributor to Joel's CharacterDevelopment]].
** Joel's TheLoad of his colony, being notably the only male who isn't part of the hunting party or fighters, and seems to just take up space. When he tells them he wants to leave to go find Aimee...they all try to stop him, because they love him, and don't want to see him die. Most other stories like this would probably have his colony be a bunch of jerks happy to see him leave, if not kick him out themselves, but realistically people are rarely that heartless, especially towards someone they know suffered such a traumatic loss.
** Most people Joel encounters are maybe not the most social, but they're all fairly friendly and help him survive. [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters The few who aren't]], are a minority who end up getting themselves killed, because that kind of selfishness is a really dumb trait to have since it more-or-less stacks the odds against you, whereas working together creates a stronger chance of survival.
** Though the mutated monsters have gained a reputation for EverythingIsTryingToKillYou, there's many monsters who are seen that never even approach Joel, even when he's got his defences down and is an easy target, even ones that are ostensibly predators like [[spoiler:the crab]]. Realistically, predators only hunt their own prey animals and will ignore others if unthreatened, since there's no point picking a fight that might render them unable to hunt if things go awry. Some have evidently adapted to hunt humans so there ''is'' danger, but we also see shots of monsters consuming other creatures, so it's less a case of mother nature trying to kill humans so much as hungry animals eating whatever they can.
** Naturally, when Joel reunites with Aimee, she's not eager to jump back into a relationship with him, since she had moved on. It sucks, but Joel understands, and after some time together they do rekindle the spark, but it'll take much longer before they can ever get back to where they were.
** Joel's TheLoad, but once he actually gets out there and starts fending for himself, he does quickly gain some survival skills. Though it was done out of concern, keeping him from danger rather than training him to survive ultimately kept him from growing out of his status.

* SomewhereAHerpetologistIsCrying: The giant mutant frog’s long sticky tongue is anatomically accurate…to a ''chameleon’s'' tongue. A real frog’s tongue is much shorter, broad and flat like a human’s tongue, and extends by flipping out backwards.

''Love and Monsters'' is an American monster adventure film, starring Creator/DylanOBrien, Creator/JessicaHenwick, Dan Ewing, Creator/MichaelRooker and Creator/ArianaGreenblatt. It was release simultaneously on VOD and in select theaters on October 16, 2020.

''Love and Monsters'' is an American monster adventure film, starring Creator/DylanOBrien, Creator/JessicaHenwick, Creator/DanEwing, Creator/MichaelRooker and Creator/ArianaGreenblatt. It was release simultaneously on VOD and in select theaters on October 16, 2020.