near infinite wonderful pain

Creola 2022-04-20 09:01:16

I didn't understand what the title of the film means. I asked online and said it was a literal translation. It's a bit baffling. The name of the original novel is "Incomparably Beautiful Pain", which is more reliable. "The Fault in the Stars" is a reserved film, with brisk music, clear tones, and the characters' sense of humor, which not only dilutes the tragic color of the terminally ill theme, but also gives people a sense of love from time to time. The illusion of light comedy.
The content of the film is as follows: Heather (the heroine) is 17 years old. Before meeting Gus (the hero), her daily life is to see the doctor, watch reality shows, participate in support groups, almost every day. The only difference between her and us office workers is that even boring days are limited to her, just like the oxygen bottle that she carries with her, maybe it will run out one day, or other similar After the problem, she will say goodbye to this world, and it is inevitable to be unhappy with such a thing.
In everyone's life, there is one thing that will inevitably become the theme of his life. For example, Heather, her theme before the age of 17 may be to feel the pain of life. After meeting Gus, she began to share the pain with Gus, in the process, the pain was forcibly transferred, and love began to occupy her life and become the whole of her life, but their love was more like a shooting star in the dark night than a long and lasting painful fate, And the whole film is about the process of the meteor from appearing to disappearing, like a slow-motion playback of a certain stage in life, which may be the reason why this film is so popular, the film seems to want to tell us: Love is the most dazzling and most worthy of attention in life.
When Gus was about to die, he was uncharacteristically pessimistic and lost. He felt that it was meaningless to die like this. He wanted to be remembered and loved by everyone. He was afraid of being forgotten. It didn't work either, but, undeniably, he had Heather, and if that was the most important thing in life, what's the use of getting anything else. From here, the film leads to a proposition of the theory of love relativity. People inherently die, and love will end with the death of people. Even for living people, love may fade away in a short period of time among parents. Heather summed up their love at Gus's pre-death funeral: some infinity are greater than others, which means something like "I would rather have a peach than a basket of rotten peaches."
In the limited time they can have, they love longer, more intensely, and more unforgettable (maybe everyone in love has this illusion, hehe, I don't know), these love times can be in their minds Growing up to infinity can almost be used to sum up the entire life, because in a world without love, or in other words, in a world without the two of them in love, the world is so worthless and meaningless. So, for these two people, when love comes, their lives have real meaning, and when Gus leaves, we all know that their love will not end, because for Heather, this A love is infinite, longer than life. This reminds me of a classic line: When you can't have it anymore, the only thing you can do is to keep yourself from forgetting.
Last year, I watched a lesbian film: Adele's life, which is also about love. I remember it also has a title: Blue, which is close to infinite warmth, which can be used to summarize this film, the love between Heather and Gus , just the infinite beauty between pain and suffering.

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The Fault in Our Stars quotes

  • Hazel Grace Lancaster: [about egg throwing] Guys, I think we should wait until dark.

    Augustus Waters: It's all dark to Isaac.

    Isaac: Dude, I'm not deaf, I'm just blind, so I can hear when you make fun of my disability.

  • Augustus Waters: Hello, are you Monica's mother?

    Monica's Mom: I am...

    Augustus Waters: Hello, ma'am. Your daughter, she's done a great injustice, so we've come here seeking revenge. You see, we may not look like much, but between the three of us we have five legs, four eyes and two and a half pairs of working lungs, but we also have two dozen eggs, so if I were you, I would go back inside.

    [Monica's mother looks freaked and goes back inside]

    Isaac: Did... That actually worked?

    Augustus Waters: Yep.

    Isaac: That was the stupidest speech I've ever... That actually worked?