I have watched this [The Fault in our Stars] in two different periods, one is freshman year and the other is now. When I first went to college, I was very simple and never talked about love, but I was already deeply attracted by this movie. First of all, the expressive power of the two young actors is too good. Hazel's good thinking and helplessness in life, Gus's optimistic nature and teenage pretentiousness make you feel like ordinary male and female classmates around you (after that, they also Both have excellent works, the big and small lie of the heroine Shailene Woodley and the hero Ansel Elgort's super thief). At that time, I was moved by their strength and felt that the love between the two of them was beautiful and regrettable. Recently I turned it out and watched it twice. The same thing is that my eyes are blurred with tears every time. The difference is that I now have emotional experience, and I am more mature. After watching this movie four years later, I have a new one. Feeling and comprehension.
The first level of new understanding comes from the understanding of the characters. The different characters in the film are full and independent, but I mainly want to talk about two characters-Hazel, who has not grown up, and Van Houten, who has experienced the vicissitudes of life. The root of the conflict between the two is the contradiction between the youth world and the adult world. When each other tries to persuade each other, the process of trying to understand and tolerate fails, leaving angry girls and helpless adults. Because of his own experience and good thinking, Hazel has matured far more than his peers in thought. This can be seen in the speeches at the mutual aid association. But it is undeniable that, like most children, she still refuses to accept the cruel side of the real world, eager to find inner sustenance from the happy ending in the book, and escape the complicated and difficult-to-answer questions in real life. This is the reason why she repeatedly read the novel [Solemn Pain], because in it, she gets the maximum empathy and sees the struggling herself, she finally finds a way of reference for life, no longer in vain. Help and discouraged.
But she still has a question in her heart, which is not answered in the book, that is, what will happen to her family if she unfortunately passes away one day? This kind of worry tormented Hazel and made it difficult for her to embrace life and love without any scruples, so she eagerly asked about the development of Van Houten's affairs. She naively thought that this "great writer" would tell her the answer. Poor children, they desire to be unique, but they also desire to be led. But when Hazel and Gus stepped into Van Houten's house, the letters scattered everywhere, the alcoholic Van Houten, and even wearing pajamas, all this defeated her expectations and laid the lead for the subsequent rage. Too eager for an answer, a clear guide, Van Houten’s abstract communication was just a comical performance in Hazel’s eyes. When Van Houten tore the coldness of reality in front of her, she became angry and out of control. She was destined for this trip. Not the answer she wanted.
Besides Van Houten, he is not just an arrogant adult. He invited Hazel and Gus to come, showing that he is actually very concerned about teenagers with cancer. He has his sad story, especially after seeing Hazel and Gus. The similar experience made him think of his dead daughter again. Hazel's persistence and dependence on a virtual novel made him feel the despair of cancer patients again. He refused to answer Hazel's question. Many viewers or readers think that he just looks down on others and uses seemingly profound metaphors to crush the IQ of the people around him. But I think this is not entirely a fair trial for Van Houten. Hazel is just a child. It shouldn't be difficult to deal with her problems, but it is indeed difficult for Van Houten.
Regarding Anna’s family in the novel, he could not give a positive and beautiful answer, because according to what he experienced, it was not the case, he could not bear and could not deceive Hazel; he could not tell her the truth, because it was equivalent to cutting off their hope. Therefore, he chose to escape, using Swedish music to plunge himself into a numb carnival. Talking about the paradox that the tortoise can never be beaten in Zeno's paradox is unclear (but the paradox is intentionally or unintentionally, giving Hazel realized the infinite beauty between Gus and Gus in a limited time, which was quoted by Hazel in Gus's mock funeral). He hopes that Hazel can get out of the horns and see the current predicament with a new perspective. Poor adults, they try to indoctrinate their children with things they can’t understand, but only after they have really experienced it can they understand all this and grow into adults, right? Just as Hazel experienced the departure of Gus, he no longer needed Van Houten's answer.
The second level of new understanding is about love. Qiqi said that there was a hypothetical debate in the fourth season: [After traveling through the time machine for ten years, I saw that you were not with the person you want to like now, do you want to chase it? ] This seems to be a wild proposition, but it is an unavoidable problem in this movie. For Hazel and Gus, including their parents, because children like Hazel and Gus are always facing the threat of death, how Dare to talk about the future. Isaac and his girlfriend said "always" to each other countless times a day. After they broke up, Hazel comforted Isaac: "Sometimes, people don't understand the true meaning when they make a promise." As a result, Hazel and Gus, who knew they could not last forever, did not say this word. They said "okay" each night at the end of the chat. From then on, "okay" has become a secret love story between the two of them, which is no more hypocritical. Is "always" more sincere and warm? I can’t help thinking, if in a relationship, the pursuit is not "forever", then what do we long for, is for short-term company, to fill the emptiness of the soul, to be understood and recognized for the pleasure, or for Let our pain be felt?
I really like Augustus’s words in it, "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have a say in who hurt you." Hazel was always afraid of falling into a relationship at first Too deep, she also has deep guilt for her parents who have always centered on her life, because she knows that she is a time bomb. Once it detonates, the first people who are injured are those who love her. But Gus, the optimist, appeared by her side and changed her, letting her understand that love is also a kind of honor, and the pain is also a kind of honor, and how lucky it is to have the person you love and ask for. I thought of a passage in the movie [Call me by your name] before, "In order to heal our wounds quickly, we hurt ourselves so much that we were numb at the age of thirty. We waited to rehabilitate. When we start a relationship, we have to give less and less. However, if it is because of fear of being hurt, it would be wasteful to refuse to experience all this. Whether it is our mind or body, we are only given once. Now You feel sad and painful. Don’t obliterate this feeling, because happiness is also intertwined.” In the process of loving someone, we become brave, become delicate, become more receptive to imperfect ourselves, and become easier. Laughing makes it easier to cry... Isn't this the greatest wealth that our lover gives us?
This movie is far more than just taking us to understand the lives of teenagers with cancer. It is recommended that you can watch it when you are free.
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