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Opinions are like the tide flowing against the tide, but the voice of the heart is endless
Text | Jason
Many years ago, when I saw the movie "Bucket List", I always thought about my own view of life and death, when I knew that death was a foregone conclusion, what kind of mentality would I face it? And this movie with the blessing of the "double king" level made me taste a special feeling, that is, death cannot be predicted, but happiness can always be in my own hands.
Jack Nicholson of "Flying Over the Madhouse", plus Morgan Freeman of "The Shawshank Redemption", these two well-known old drama bones play together in this movie, let us see more deep things, including a very direct question, is death necessarily compared to happiness, before death we must be sad?
The structure of the story is that the rich and the ordinary auto mechanic have cancer at the same time, and since there must be two people in a ward, the two people mistakenly become partners with each other. Edward, played by Jack Nicholson, is a hugely wealthy man with a lot of money but a bad relationship with his family, and his mercurial personality has led to his separation from his daughter for a long time, and there is no family to take care of except for the assistant who works every day. Carter, played by Morgan Freeman, is a very ordinary person, a former auto mechanic who always dreamed of becoming a history teacher, but his wife and children took good care of themselves and often came to the ward to accompany him. Two people who originally did not have any intersection in real society because of class relations, but because of the common terminal illness together, after a short period of friction, they have a very thick friendship.
In the treatment of death, Carter's "poor thinking" is more inclined to "go against the grain", that is, to silently accept the grief caused by death, even if he writes a bucket list, he has never thought of achieving or breaking through in the past; while Edward is just the opposite, his "rich thinking" logic is to take advantage of the fact that he can still move now, of course, he must realize his wishes without leaving regrets in his life. For the attitude of death, the two formed a sharp collision, which was the first confrontation of thinking differences.
Then Carter is impressed by Edward's happy attitude and travels around the world together. "Poor thinking" and "rich thinking" have a second confrontation, to be precise, Edward's "rich thinking" with a broader vision and an attitude of enjoying the present life, giving Carter a lesson. In the course of travel, Edward would emphasize that Carter should enjoy some of the top services or life within his ability, so that he could have the motivation to chase such a life, such as sitting in first class and eating the best restaurant, which shows that luxurious life is not necessarily as decadent as poor people think, but rather it is more likely to be a driving force for people to struggle upwards.
Should we reconcile our mistakes when death comes? The two actually have different thinking collisions, but this time Carter's "poor thinking" in turn taught Edward's "rich thinking" lesson. Edward has always refused to take a forgiveness attitude, especially for his family, and his stubborn personality makes him only chase the present and the future, but forget the beauty of the past. Although Carter even had a heartwarming "sexual encounter" during the trip, he realized the warmth and love of his family's company at that time, and resolutely decided to return to his family. But the lesson was also quite successful, and Edward eventually reconciled with his daughter, more than that, with himself.
After watching this movie, I understood a truth, who said that before death we can only be painful and sad? Isn't their to-do list at the forefront of death a source of happiness with an urgent sense of purpose? Gratitude for the past, living in the present, not extravagantly seeking the future, is the attitude that this movie tells us to face the end of life.
Being alive is like climbing Mount Everest, and maybe not every one of us can enjoy the sense of accomplishment of climbing to the top, but isn't the scenery and good mood along the way worth rejoicing?
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