I feel like I just need to jot down some screenshots of the movie to express the movie well. In fact, at first, I thought it was a story about money and love in the face of death, so I chose a poor family with unhappy family and a rich man with a lonely family to compare. After seeing it, I found out that this is indeed love, only But in addition to the little love of the family, there is also the love of life and the care of strangers.
Check out the bucket lists of black grandpa Carter and white grandpa Carter:
Black Grandpa: Laughing to tears; helping strangers; seeing miracles, etc.
White Grandpa: Plays a gun; kisses the most beautiful girl in the world; gets a tattoo; his principle is quantity wins
In fact, these are the two most common living states, one is because life is well-behaved, and the other is because life is free and unrestrained. But I think both kinds of life have quality, one is the spiritual quantity, the other is the physical quantity. But they are so optimistic and humorous in the face of life. This is the meaning of life that the film wants to talk about. The important thing is not how deep the meaning is, but to live and live happily. Just like the legendary question at the gate of heaven that Carter asked Cole on the side of the pyramid: Have you ever been happy in your life? Have you brought happiness to others in your life?
Although the two of them also made their own opinions on the way, they even tore up the list. But the love that has been formed will not go away easily, and this kind of arrogance finally helped the black grandpa find himself in the family, and helped the white grandpa find his family. He kissed the most beautiful girl in the world - his granddaughter , both of them had a happy final time.
In the end, the assistant took the ashes of the two to Mount Everest, and they finally completed all their bucket lists. "He closed his eyes when he died, but let go of his heart."
In addition, I think the film also discusses the issue of choosing the method of death, whether it is to maintain a fragile health in the hospital and painstakingly to prolong life; The so-called eternal, it only pays attention to the feelings of the moment.
Of course, there is no right or wrong way, it is entirely up to personal preference. It's just that the first way can really live longer, does it really not waste resources, whether it's your own or medical resources. Carter's wife apparently chose the first option, which is human nature. And Carter's urgency to escape from the family is also thought-provoking. How to balance family life and personal life is really a difficult topic. Carter and Cole chose the second one. Of course, this also requires financial strength and family understanding, so many times they may only be envious. But I still hope that when I am old, I will be an old man who is still full of curiosity, enthusiasm, and open to all is tragic.
The second is the question of religion. Cole said: 95% of people are always wrong. Honestly, I'm jealous of people who have faith, my brain just can't take that. I resist all beliefs. When talking about Buddhist reincarnation in this world, he said, you said, what should a snail do to transform into a higher level life? He said that people live to die one day. what forever? Maybe five minutes later we will be warped. I think it's his thinking that sets him apart from others, because it's 5%, so he's had great success in his career, so he's able to focus on the moment. He understands that he is the master and purpose of his life. And Carter, who has religious beliefs, said: Please go and find the joy in life. Everyone is everyone, and our lives are like small streams that finally merge into the same big river. Above the waterfall at the end of the river, looming behind the fog is paradise. Close your eyes and let the water take you home. His new appointment to an unknown paradise is a way for him to face the hardships of life, perhaps as escape, perhaps as consolation. They are different people, but spiritually, they are complementary people.
To be honest, I don’t really believe in the afterlife, I don’t believe in eternity, and I don’t even want to have a next life myself. But for me, like Cole, that disbelief gave me the motivation to live my life better. I have always believed that life is painful and absurd. If I knew that there is no eternity and no afterlife, maybe I will feel happy and relaxed. But what Carter showed me was that even if there was an eternity, even if it was full of absurdities, I should focus on the present and find the joy in my life. Just like Camus wrote about Sisyphus.
So, the thing on my bucket list that touched me the most was "laugh to tears"
In the end, this sentence also shocked me.
Being human is really not easy. Then I will try my best to coexist with this world and live well.
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