lot of spoilers on the similarities and differences with the original , so be careful~! ! !
1
Book:
Four people meet on the top floor of the building and make an appointment to go downstairs together.
The four discussed going to the bar to find Jess's boyfriend Chas.
Movie: It
rained heavily on the roof, Martin himself went downstairs and drove home, met three other people on the road, and then let them get in the car one by one. On the way, Jess asked to get off the car and go to the bar to find Chase. Maureen felt that Jess's condition was not good and it was best not to leave her alone. So the three went back to the bar to find Chas. Book
2
:
In the bar, it was JJ and Maureen who discovered Chase first. Chase's remarks were so jerk that Maureen slapped him. Then I found Jess, and Jess gave Chas an ass kick and told him to get out. There is no scene of Jess going to the hospital in the book.
Movie:
Martin found Chase first, but Maureen did not slap him. Then JJ said that she had found Jessie, and Jessie was overly unconscious after taking drugs, so everyone went to the hospital. Book
3
: After
everyone solved Jess's problem, they went to Martin's house and found that Martin and the host Penny had a leg.
Movie:
The plot is completely deleted, and it does not show the detail that Penny is Martin's horse. In the movie, Penny is very excited about Martin's experience, and she is gloating. But Penny in the book has a relationship with Martin, and on New Year's Eve, she was still dating at Martin's house, but Martin ran out to jump off the building. Penny felt a little depressed about this. Book
4
:
Maureen found that her bag was forgotten on the top floor, so everyone went back to the top floor together. Several people on the roof discussed the meeting on Valentine's Day in six weeks.
Movie:
In the hospital, everyone discussed meeting on the top floor on Valentine's Day in six weeks. Then signed, and finally found that it was signed on Maureen’s suicide note (the original book also mentioned Maureen’s suicide note, but it is a completely different plot from the movie, I personally think the movie plot is very good)
5
book:
After that, it is well known, Everyone went to the newspaper and learned that Jess was the daughter of the Minister of Education.
Then several people fabricated the plot of seeing the angels and continued to accept interviews from the media, and the four of them gradually became less famous.
After Martin was fired from the previous TV station, he went to a bad TV station. Martin remembered an idea. In order to make this broken TV station a bit famous, he invited the other three people on an interview show. In the show, Jess spoke indiscriminately and cursed the street, and Martin's boss kicked the four out of her and fired Martin.
Movie:
Four of them appeared on Penny's show, obviously, it was Martin's previous show. But Penny asked a lot of sensitive questions unscrupulously, such as the missing Jennifer. Enraged Jessie, Jessie rushed out. Book
6
:
JJ confessed that his cancer was a fake. He screwed up his band and ran away his girlfriend is the purpose of suicide. This episode happened as early as the four people gathered at Maureen's house to discuss the angel's problem. But Martin and JJ did not clashed.
After that, the four went to the beach for vacation. Then JJ met Casey. Casey was just someone who had watched JJ's performance. But at breakfast the next day, Jess was silently said that Casey was JJ’s one-night stand friend, and Casey left unhappy. .
Movie:
JJ explained everything to Casey, and then rolled the sheets with Casey. But Casey was a reporter, and recorded everything JJ said. JJ couldn't imagine what would happen if he lied about cancer if he was told in the newspaper, so he confessed to everyone. But Martin was very angry, thinking that he had deceived himself. So a few people scuffled into a ball.
After coming back from vacation, a few people never contacted again.
7
books:
Several people went upstairs again on Valentine's Day. Found that life has not changed much. When they were depressed, everyone found that there was an additional person on the top floor who was really going to commit suicide, so they jumped down in front of the four. This incident has had a great impact on everyone, and everyone can't help but wonder if they really dare to commit suicide?
Movie:
After coming back from vacation, everyone never contacted again.
Maureen's son died of suspended animation. In the hospital, Martin and Jess gathered together. Maureen said excitedly that her suicide was definitely not because she didn't love his son. The scene of Maureen watching her son in the movie also influenced the contradictory relationship between Jess and her father to a certain extent. (Another plot setting)
Jess found that today is Valentine's Day, but JJ did not come. Thinking of the original agreement, everyone suddenly realized that JJ was not doing well. So everyone hurried to find JJ, and then to the top of the building, the last story happened.
But in the novel, there is no plot where JJ is going to die alone. Book
8
:
Jess organized a symposium on mutual assistance among relatives and friends, bringing together the four people who have dealt with badly in their lives. For example, Jessie’s parents, JJ’s ex-girlfriend and band members, Martin’s ex-wife and his daughter, and his television friend Penny. And Maureen's son Marty. In addition, there are two male nurses from Marty.
Of course, the situation was terrible in the end, except for Maureen staying stupidly, everyone else quarreled.
However, the story got the final sublimation here.
Martin saw that Penny was flirting with a tall and handsome male nurse in Marty, and was very upset, so he stepped forward to humiliate Penny and the male nurse. Then Martin left the scene, feeling that his behavior was terrible. Ex-wife Cindy pointed out that he
should learn to respect himself . Then Martin discovered that in his life, except for playing other girls or talking nonsense on TV, he seemed to have never been willing to take on some meaningful responsibilities. For example, accompany your daughter or something.
Maureen's two male nurses invited her to participate in a guessing game in the bar and got a job at the newsstand. Maureen found that her life had undergone some wonderful changes. Although it was not much different from before, this change was enough to make her recognize that something would always happen if she lived.
When Jess ran out of the mutual aid club, she rolled the sheets with a man named "No Dog". Then she found that the man's words had enlightened her.
JJ finally knows that his ex-girlfriend left him not because she thinks he cannot be famous. But because he gave up his music. JJ bought the guitar again and sang on the side of the road. Although the same is terrible. But thinking that he finally had the courage to face what he liked, he thought it was pretty good.
Movie: The
movie switched directly from JJ jumping to a four-person video on New Year's Eve, with several people talking. In the novel, the story that Martin saw about the feelings of the survivors who committed suicide by jumping from a building was told by JJ.
Personally, I think this ending is a little flat, and it ends a little bit suddenly.
Others in the
book—— 1. Since Maureen is not used to the three of them talking and cursing, every time they scold the
street , they always say "I'm sorry, Maureen." 2. JJ and Jess are not at all. Get together.
3. The story of JJ is a long-haired, tall thin American
4. The story of Jess than some of the movie's more slovenly, and loose-tongued, sharp-tongued enough, she can not even mouth to Maureen Scolding, such as "You old idiot."
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