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The starting point is very touching, but the changes to the plot of the novel are a bit far-fetched.
Olin 2022-04-21 09:02:15
I don't know if most of the interesting parts in the novel are because they are too outrageous or if nothing was filmed, but after watching the two-hour movie, there is no torment, but I personally feel that the changes to the original novel's plot are somewhat unacceptable. In fact, I still really want to see the love story of the old man upstairs in Oscar's house, grandpa and grandmother, and the last three episodes of mother and son talking about their father's phone call, but it may not have been filmed due to the development of the story.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close quotes
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Oskar Schell: It's just a box! An empty box!
Linda Schell: I know it's an empty box! I know this. But I did it for me, and I did it for you so we can at least try and say goodbye to him. Because he's gone, Oskar, he's gone and he's not coming back. Never. I don't know why a man flew a plane into a building. I don't know why my husband is dead. But no matter how hard you try, Oskar, it's never gonna make sense because it doesn't. It doesn't... make... sense!
Oskar Schell: Fukozowa you! You don't know anything!
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[first lines]
Oskar Schell: There are more people alive now than have died in all of human history, but the number of dead people is increasing. One day, there isn't going to be any room to bury anyone anymore. So, what about skyscrapers for dead people, that are built down. They could be underneath the skyscrapers for living people, that are built up. We could bury people 100 floors down. And a whole dead world could be underneath the living one.