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Everyone has the only Hamlet in his heart
Wellington 2021-12-21 08:01:01
I saw a lot of bad reviews and ridicules about this movie. It is undeniable that this film contains almost all the old-fashioned Hollywood Christmas heart-warming elements: big names, Christmas street scenes, and a successful ending, seemingly unexpected but completely within the audience's foreseeable ending turning point. But what I want to say is that even such a seemingly clichéd chicken soup film can have different feelings in the eyes of different people, and there is no need to discredit it. The original intention of the film is just to say the most simple truth, time, love and death, the eternal theme in our lives, and when you experience unbearable pain, you will be more aware of even the weakest beauty in life. At least this is my understanding. The benevolent sees the benevolent, the wise sees the wisdom, the cliche of the plot, and the business are actually second. As long as it can touch our hearts about life, life's perception, hope, and cherish, then this movie should not bear bad reviews.
Extended Reading
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Amy: [as the personification of Love] I know you don't believe me, but you have to trust me.
Howard: Trust you? Trust you?
Amy: Yes!
Howard: I *did* trust you! And you betrayed me! I saw you every day in her eyes, and I heard you in her voice when she laughed, and I felt you inside of me when she called me "Daddy." And you betrayed me! You broke my heart.
Amy: No. I'm in all of it. I'm the darkness and the light, I'm the sunshine and the storm. Yes, you're right, I was there in her laugh, but I'm also here now in your pain. I'm the reason for everything. I am the only "why." Don't try and live without me, Howard. Please don't.
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[last lines]
Brigitte: [sitting in hospital hallway] Are you losing somebody?
Madeline: I'm sorry?
Brigitte: Who are you losing?
Madeline: [breath trembling] Um, my daughter.
Brigitte: Just make sure you notice the collateral beauty.