Me before you——It's just a choice, but it's true

Karina 2022-11-04 01:14:34

1. The so-called ending

What impresses me most about this film is that the male protagonist chose euthanasia in the end. His physical condition is similar to Hawking's, he can only move a few fingers, but he is not married and has no children, although he has parents. But there is no if in the world, there is no need to assume. It is difficult for him to accept the difference in his physical condition before and after the car accident. He lives for himself, and he cannot realize the value he recognizes, so he chooses euthanasia. The only thing a person has to deal with is his own heart. As a bystander, I respect and understand the male lead's choice.

The main line of the story is the changes of the male and female protagonists after they meet. The key is to change. The male protagonist picked up some confidence and love for life from a disabled person who could not take care of himself. And the heroine has changed from a person who has no opinion and is trapped in life to a person who is awakened by the hero and has the courage to pursue her dreams.

The female lead gives the male lead more warmth, optimism and courage. Of course there is also love, which really cannot be measured by secular standards. You can't count how much love she gave him. Whether she made him a better person when he made her a better person. I always feel that whether the mutual giving of the two lovers is acceptable or not depends on themselves, they themselves think it is ok, contented, happy, it is okay. Regardless of other worldly views. However, we are always influenced by the world, so you can choose to be more influenced by the world to choose what you love, or you can choose to follow your heart to choose love.

And what the male protagonist gives the female protagonist is to let her discover her own light, and to provide her with the material to keep her from being trapped in life. Both are indispensable. Of course there is also love. Love is for her sake, giving her what she likes and making her happy. True love has an element of selflessness. Some people feel their presence because they give love, while others feel it because they receive love. Even though meeting you makes me change, I am still an independent individual, and I still cannot escape my own loneliness. I still choose to leave this world with dignity.

In this world, there is only choice, there is no right or wrong. If there is, only what is right and wrong according to its standards in the big worldly cage. Therefore, even if the heroine feels that she failed to save the hero, the happy time they had together really existed. It's not that it's not a tragedy to survive, it's a happy ending. Choose according to your own wishes, do not regret, is a happy ending. "Life is precious, and love is more expensive. If it is for freedom, both can be thrown away. - Pei Duofei" And the male protagonist chose freedom.

The so-called story

There's a lot to think about in this film, making it full.

About the male lead:

1. On a cloudy and rainy day, the male protagonist crosses the road while talking on the phone. He has no safety awareness, which is one of the reasons for the car accident.

2. The male protagonist and the female friend love the male protagonist and are willing to suffer with him and want to accompany him to recover, but the male protagonist has very strong self-esteem and pushes the female protagonist away. It's a matter of personal choice. If a person is in a bad state and feels that he is dragging the other person down, is he willing to join hands with his lover to hold the hand of fate, or let the other person live.

3. The male protagonist has a good family background, but his parents should no longer love each other.

4. The male protagonist created the female protagonist. It is indeed one of the common beliefs of the world, and perhaps a reflection of human instinct, that men always have a deep fondness for the women they made with their own hands. And I always feel that when we meet people, or family, friends, lovers, etc., I like to think of them as butterflies in my life. Every butterfly affects your life more or less. I can't measure it, it's just random.

About the heroine:

1. Parents prefer elder sister, think elder sister is smarter and better than younger sister.

2. The hostess has a poor family background and needs to subsidize the family by herself.

3. The heroine's parents are still in love with each other.

4. The heroine's boyfriend is selfish, loves himself too much, and doesn't love the heroine enough.

5. The heroine's mother is religious and opposes euthanasia.

About them:

1. It was fate that they met. If the male protagonist hadn't been in a car accident, they wouldn't have fallen in love. But there is no if in the world, they are in love.

2. Society is not necessarily friendly to disabled people, there are always unfriendly ones.

3. The heroine failed to take good care of the hero, and the hero was even more sad because he couldn't protect the heroine.

4. The moving point, "If you want me to go, I will go", this sentence was said by the male protagonist to the female protagonist, and the female protagonist also said it to the male protagonist. People, feel the meaning of their existence because they are needed.

A novel should have a lot of details, and it is still difficult for a movie to fully show it, but the novel is not the case for the real long life. Only by living every day of life well, even if one day we forget or even leave, beautiful things still exist in real life.

Finally, best wishes:

Love for a lifetime, be loved for a lifetime. You have what you want, and let go of what you don't get. - Chang'an in August

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Extended Reading

Me Before You quotes

  • Will Traynor: I have to tell you something.

    Lou Clark: I know. I know about Switzerland, I have known for months. Listen I know this is not how you would have chosen it, but I can make you happy.

    Will Traynor: No.

    Lou Clark: What?

    Will Traynor: No Clarke. This could be a good life, but it's not my life, it's not even close. You never saw me before. I loved my life. I really loved it. I can't be the kind of man who just accepts this.

    Lou Clark: You're not giving it a chance, you're not giving me a chance. I have become a whole new person these last six months because of you.

    Will Traynor: I know and that's why I can't have you tied to me. I don't want you to miss all the things that someone else can give you. And selfishly I don't what you to look at me one day and feel event the tiniest bit of regret or pity.

    Lou Clark: I would never think that!

    Will Traynor: You don't know that. I can't watch you wandering around the annex in your crazy dresses. Or see you naked and not be able to... oh Clarke if you have any idea what I want to do to you right now. I can't live like this.

    Lou Clark: Please Will! Please!

    Will Traynor: Shh. Listen, this, tonight being with you is the most wonderful thing you could have ever done for me. But I need it to end here. No more pain and exhaustion and waking up every morning already wishing it was over. It's not going to get better than this. The doctors know it and I know it. When we get back, I'm going to Switzerland so I'm asking you if you feel the things you say you feel. Come with me.

    Lou Clark: I thought I was changing your mind!

    Will Traynor: Nothing was ever going to change my mind. I promised my parents six months and that's what I have given them.

    Lou Clark: No! Don't say another word. You're so selfish. I tore my heart out in front of you and all you can say is no. And now you want me to come and watch the worst thing you could possibly imagine. Do you have any idea what you're asking? I wish I had never taken this stupid job. I wish I had never met you.

  • Lou Clark: You don't have to be an arse! Your friends got the shitty treatment. Fine *They* deserved it. *I'm* just trying to do my job as best I can. So it would be really nice if you didn't try and make my life as miserable as you apparently make everyone else's.

    Will Traynor: And what if I said I didn't want you here?

    Lou Clark: I'm not employed by you. I'm employed by your mother. So unless *she* says she doesn't want me here anymore, I'm staying. Not because I care about you, or particularly enjoy your company, but because I need the money. I *really* need the money.