Maybe I am being a crybaby. Movies or series of such themes catch me off guard every time.
I felt sympathetic for those patients who just happened to simply be a medical case for surgeons in Gray's Anatomy. (Watched 11 seasons already! So many tears!!!)
I cried evey episode when watching the Japanese TV series, One liter of Tears.
So two hours ago, before I fumbled my Baidu Cloud for resource and pressed the "play" button, I knew I would weep a little bit anyhow. And I did. Tears of empathy, warmth and joy.
Auggie is unlucky. He's got facial deformity since he was born. He suffers lots of uncomfortable staring and those distressing feelings they bring are beyond our imagination. He doesn't want to take off his astronaut helmet for a while. He gets bullied in the school for his face. He lives his life with low self esteem.
Yet Auggie is lucky. He's got a warm family where everyone sacrifices a bit and orbits around the "son". He gradually makes friends in the class. He changes people around him with his great personality.
I used to have similar experiences. During junior high school, my face got allergies a few times.
Once owing to me applying moisturizer inappropriately, my face was inflamed and irritated, feeling tight, dry and burnt at the same time. Once my face got fungal infection somehow so an oval tinea stuck to my face and it was super super super itchy. luck is none of them leaves any scar. But it hurts when I recall it.
I know it's definitely way less painful than what Auggie had been through, which puts my sympathy to a highet level.
When it comes to the scene that Auggie goes to summer camp, fights with older kids and appreciates fireworks with friends, tears welled up in my eyes. Thank God for bringing all these angels into his life!!!!
Meanwhile, the movie also presents stories from other characters' perspectives, one of which I love. Apart from the protagonist's view, the audience can comprehend what it would be like to be ignored in the family, why the kindergarten best friend turns into a cool girl and alienates you etc.
The movie conveys more than one message.
For those who make fun of others, wish you "when given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind".
For those who experience the same hardship as Auggie, remember that you're not alone. There's someone in the planet loving you.
For those who feel average and ordinary, remember that "if we knew what other people were thinking, we'd know that no one's ordinary".
In the end, may you all be a wonder.
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