His girlfriend's blurted question hit Will's soft underbelly and angered him. During the quarrel he expressed his fears that had been hidden in his heart for many years. However, he still did not dare to face it, and finally slammed the door and left.
This is a question that Will, who is gifted but eccentric in the film, has been avoiding subconsciously.
When talking to psychiatrist Sean about his new girlfriend, Will said
"This girl was, like, you know, beautiful. She's smart. She's fun. She's different from most of the girls I've been with.
Sean : So call her up, Romeo.
Will : Why, so I can realize she's not that smart. That she's fuckin' boring? You know, I mean, you don't-- This girl's, like, fuckin' perfect right now. I don' t wanna ruin that."
Sean shared his wife's story with Will, who feared that continuing the relationship would shatter the perfect image of the two of them in each other's minds. This is the truest romantic statement about love and marriage in a movie I've seen so far, so here's the full quote:
"Maybe you're perfect right now. Maybe you don't wanna ruin that. But I think that's a super philosophy, Will. That way, you can go through your entire life without ever having to really know anybody.
My wife used to fart when she was nervous. She had all sorts of wonderful idiosyncrasies. You know, she used to fart in her sleep. Just thought I'd share that with you. One night it was so loud, it woke the dog up. She woke up and gone, like, "Was that you?" I said, "Yeah." I didn't have the heart to tell her. Oh, God.
Will : She woke herself up?
As Sean said, all he remembers after his wife's death are her little known embarrassing things, because they belong to him alone. Two people understand each other's imperfections, tolerate it, and let each other's "weird" little worlds blend with each other. This is the meaning of intimacy.
In the one time he used the aggressive method to counsel Will, Sean pierced the mask that Will used to cover for a long time. He said:
"Do you have a soul mate? Some body who challenges you, somebody who opens up things for you, touches your soul.
You are always afraid to take the first step. Because all you see is all negative thing ten miles away down the road.
What are you passionate about? What do you want?"
Fear of taking the first step, fear of a dark future. But really calm down and think about it, what is it that makes you crazy? What exactly do you want?
I’ve been lazy during this time. I’ve watched a few good movies, but I’ve been too lazy to write a movie review. I always recommend others directly.
But after watching this film, I found that all the film critics revolved around Sean criticizing Will for showing off his memory and intelligence, showing off satirical people with rich book theories, but not understanding real emotions and life.
I think that paragraph really gave Will the most direct blow, opening the door of Will's closed mind, but it was just a stepping stone, not a symptomatic drug.
What really made Will walk out of the house was that he finally bravely faced the fear that had been hidden in his heart for many years, pretending to be strong and tough, but actually weak and soft.
So he made a choice. I believe that after unlocking his inner demons, his love and career will be brighter.
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