first hearing this title feels a bit inspirational, but in the end, the feeling is mixed. What's happy is the humorous and even crazy state revealed in the film, especially the blending of the unreliable good buddy who makes the protagonist Adam seem to have forgotten the existence of cancer; but the uncomfortable thing is that the film seems There is no climax. When Adam's cancer progressed to the point where surgery was required, the film completely turned to a thin, touching popular story.
The beginning and development of the film are more attractive. The reason is that these two parts are full of jokes about life attitude. When the cancer entered the narrative, the film did not immediately show the sad emotions, but through the swearing Kyle's gag to dispel the fear. Perhaps the young protagonist Adam’s lack of feeling can be regarded as being confused by the sudden cancer, or he did not really know the horror of cancer. In short, his calmness attracted the audience. The use of people who are about to die of cancer to pick up girls is full of comedy. However, when death really approached, fear began to crawl all over the body. The film uses crescendoing narrative logic to render the generation of fear emotions in the characters. First, Adam and Kyle went to the home of the patient "Baldhead" as a guest. During the banquet, the "Baldhead" husband and wife's love in every possible way was displayed meaningfully, but the death that followed immediately casts a sad and emotional color on the just tender picture. At the same time, it caused a major change in Adam's mood.
From here on, when the film lost its original banter and replaced it with a sentimental and emotional story. The clichéd narrative made the film gradually boring. For the audience, the only expectation may be whether the protagonist is dead or alive, but I don’t know. This kind of movie-watching expectation is the luck of the film or the misfortune of the audience. The development of the plot makes anti-cancer no longer a matter of "me". In the face of the fragility and helplessness of death and the total emotional outbreak, several people including friends, parents, and female therapists are more firmly included." "Anti-cancer" thing. Naturally, but rather boring, the creators directed the film to emotional salvation. In the anti-cancer story, the various emotional troubles surrounding the protagonist were all resolved. The tense mother-child relationship was completely reversed in the silent action; a book that taught people how to fight cancer with a friend betrayed Kyle. The unreliable friend turned out to be the one who cherished you the most; after losing his girlfriend , The idea of using cancer to pick up girls was realized dramatically. After going through all the madness, the anti-cancer I finally calmed all the emotions, a happy ending for everyone. Just like the scar on his back, it will heal slowly after all. But perhaps what is disappointing is precisely because of the emotional calming of these popularizations.
In fact, the film is not impossible to reach the end of an emotional collection. The reason why it feels boring is because it is not successful in dealing with several characters. The setting of the role of cheating girlfriend has no obvious effect on the narrative and the character development of other characters, and her existence even only allows Kyle to have the opportunity to explode. Her "missing" from the beginning of her appearance to the end of her life makes people feel the powerlessness of this clue. In fact, this clue can entangle the protagonist from beginning to end. The clue of parents can go even deeper. A few phone calls or a few interviews simply cannot show the emotions of mother and child that have been opposed for many years and are finally changed by cancer. However, there is a scene that is worth learning. Before the operation, Adam hugged his mother tightly because of fear, and his simple movements were truly touching. If the film can have more opposing scenes that use action to communicate, it will definitely be better in terms of emotion and character depth than it is now.
The subject of anti-cancer has the potential to go deeper, and the film has actually provided a good set of character relationships, but it finally failed to go deep around cancer. Maybe it's time to cut across the middle, get rid of half of the tediousness, and leave half of the passion as all.
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