괴물/Monster by Young Kyu Kim

괴물 is another movie that portrays the consequences of pollution. The setting takes place in South Korea, near 한강 (Han-River). The movie starts out in black and white where scientists pouring dangerous chemicals into the sewers to get rid of them. In a river, a tadpole swimming around the lake suddenly starts shaking wildly and suddenly a pair of legs grows out. The black and white scene fades away as the mutated tadpole disappears. Eventually as the movie progresses, a huge, sticky, monstrous, long tailed, amphibious creature first shows itself as it crawls out of the river in front of families and shop owners. The creature goes frenzy and attacks the people. The main character’s daughter is kidnapped by this creature, and the father swears an oath to himself that he will rescue her. Many social and political chaos are also created because of an imaginary airborne virus that the monster left behind which does not exist.

This clearly demonstrates the consequences of water pollution. Although not as real as the movie, it does cause problems for the aquatic animals. Eventually, this alters the ecosystem including our economy. The fishes will be too polluted to eat and thus our seafood market will decrease, also leading a decrease in the economy. This water pollution is a reality today. There are many ways which our water is polluted. They range from throwing a can to dumping of factory wastes in rivers. We need to stop the pollutions to prevent future crisis just like how the people suffered in the '괴물'