Religion is very powerful in Western society. Repenting and even crying in church has become a common way of expressing pain in Western films.
People derive their strength from religion because Jesus was born to bear people's sins. Someone has carried so much for you, so it's naturally a lot easier.
But in this movie, there is no God. Therefore, the sins committed can only be redeemed by themselves.
"God created the world in 7 days, and I shattered my life in 7 seconds." For
some sins, there is no other way to free yourself than to make up for it with life.
Ben is a miserable man.
It begins with his painful and desperate face. Depressed and hopeless. Where does such intense sadness come from? Yes, this is a film that can move people's hearts and arouse curiosity from the beginning.
Ben is a tax office worker. There's a joke, in America, what you can't avoid is death and taxes. As a result, the taxman does not come across as friendly to the public. And the "Fantastic Life" I watched a few days ago can prove this even more. Ben is such an American civil servant.
He wanted to help others, he wanted to help people who were struggling and didn't get the help they deserved. Perhaps because he was also looking forward to a savior who could come down from the sky to help him? So you can only get a little comfort from helping others. But the writers clearly didn't want Ben to be plagued by simple mental illness.
Movies are so cruel. How can the hero and heroine be limited to simple conflicts. Naturally, it is necessary to exaggerate despair to attract attention.
It's just that not everyone accepts the kindness of others. People's wariness of strangers made it impossible for him to move. Maybe the victim doesn't want to and can't face their own hardships and pain. It takes courage to change, even to make life better.
Even so, when despaired, he couldn't help reaching out to strangers for help. Yes, they were lucky to meet Ben. But isn't that luck based on the misfortunes that preceded it?
Ben often weeps silently at the beach alone, rejecting the kind suggestions of others, and rediscovering the best childhood memories, staring at the beautiful jellyfish every day but still sad and confused. Refuse to communicate with strangers, friends or loved ones. There was a silent and repressed expression on his face. I can clearly feel the tearing and screaming of his inner pain, and move forward with confusion.
What has he been through?
Until Ben met Emily. How great is the power of love. Such a painful life will also be improved by love. Finally, instead of silently crying while sitting by the sea, he was sitting on the grass where they were dating and smiling thoughtfully.
But how short-lived this happiness is. Never let him go in the past.
Finally with the camera we saw his memories. The death of his wife and 7 other lives due to his mistake.
So he started to atone by helping one after another. So he donated his kidney, liver, cornea, and heart.
His heart beats on the woman he loves. His heart was always with her.
His body continued life in different people. Only, there is no thought and pain.
Why is there such a cruel film, with so much life and pain to create contradictions.
It's a good movie, but I was depressed and uncomfortable when I watched it, and I fell into thinking painfully.
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