Me Before You is a romantic romance film based on Jojo Moys's novel of the same name, produced by New Line Pictures, directed by Thea Sharoc, and starring Emilia Clark, Sam Claflin, Jenna-Louis Coleman, charis Dans, and others. The film tells the story of the love elegy between the ignorant small town girl Xiaolu and the paralyzed boss Will. The film was released in the United States on June 3, 2016.
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Xiaolu (Emilia Clarke), a young girl from the small town, is hired as a caretaker, and the person she has to take care of is a man named Will (Sam Claflin). Once a well-off family, Will loved freedom and adventures around the world, but a terrible car accident shattered his spine and left him quadriplegic, which meant that Will spent the second half of his life in a wheelchair.
Although he will actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment at the beginning, but in the understanding that even if he actively cooperates with the treatment and rehabilitation exercises, the best result is only to delay the physical function and not to fail too quickly, which leads to the subsequent food, clothing, housing and transportation have to rely on the help of others, and he will eventually be accompanied by a wheelchair. Compared to these, not being able to go to work and marry a girlfriend is not such a terrible thing. All this made him feel that this was not the life he wanted, it was too undignified to live like this, so he chose to go to Switzerland to perform euthanasia, but the relatives at home would not agree, so they gave each other six months to convince each other, and the next story happened in these six months.
In this way, Xiao Lu began to live with Will in the accidental collision, but Will soon found that Xiao Lu was completely different from the previous caretakers, and she would never avoid her own pain with a big grin, but it was this courage to face the bleakness that brought Will a different feeling. In the company of XiaoLu, Will began to gradually re-appreciate the feeling of happiness, and Xiaolu's strength also made Will begin to seriously think about his future.
According to the story development of most romance films, but this is not a clichéd romance film. I thought that the follow-up would become the end of XiaoLu's warm and influenced Will to accept the changes in life calmly, actively laugh at life, and the two people have feelings for each other and combine perfectly. Unexpectedly, the screenwriter's setting for the ending actually made these two people who loved each other forever, and Will finally chose euthanasia to leave this world. Xiao Lu watched her beloved leave, and although she was in pain, she calmly accepted this fact. Because she knew in her heart that Will was not happy living in this world, although she would never lose what she loved, at least the person she loved could be completely liberated.
Finally, it comes to the heroine Xiaolu, cheerful and lively, like to wear brightly colored clothes, at the beginning she thought that her world was that town, her parents were alive, the family was harmonious, there was a boyfriend who had talked for seven years, and there was a job, which was the greatest happiness. However, someone appeared and told her that she could also broaden her horizons, enrich herself, look at the outside world, and live boldly, like the yellow and black striped leggings. Yes, life is only once, no one can define how you should live, as long as you are optimistic, kind, positive, why not live in the way you like, life but please a word I am happy!
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"Before I Met You" grossed $18.27 million in its first weekend; fell to 50 percent the following week, earning $9.21 million and accumulating $36.82 million; and the film ended up grossing $56,245,075 in the United States.
The 43rd People's Choice Awards 2017 won the most popular feature film
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It is inevitable that the audience will feel a little sad about this ending, but if you think about it, such a result may be the best arrangement for both Will and Xiaolu. As a viewer, it's understandable that Lulu's despair after knowing will's determined choice of euthanasia. But after listening to Xiao Lu's father's words, I deeply felt that what his old man said was also very reasonable. There is a kind of love called letting go, which probably means this.
Many times we are used to hoping to change each other in the name of love, although the intention is good, but sometimes this may not be the right way to love someone. Instead, what we have to do is full understanding and respect. Luna is not Will and will not understand the double pain that Will endures both internally and physically. Although Xiao Lu loves Will deeply, she cannot share the pain for him. So she respected Will's decision and accompanied Will on the last journey of her life.
And Xiao Lu, an originally very ordinary girl, also found her true self after meeting Will, and thus became a better person. Perhaps this is the most perfect love in the world, although they can't have each other, but they all bring a positive impact to each other's lives that no one can give. Will gets a lot of happiness in Xiaolu, and Xiaolu perceives in Will how to really love someone. Although they did not spend the rest of their lives together, they became the most important part of each other's lives.
As the line in the movie says, "You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible." Love is only a life-saving straw, it will only look like it makes paralyzed people less miserable, but please do not use love to take the takeover of life, because what kind of life you live, rely on yourself, not the love that others give you.
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Everyone has their own way of life, and we cannot deny that there are those who, even if they are bound by a wheelchair all their lives, but their minds and wisdom can still be infinitely free, and then make the greatest contribution in their respective fields. However, there are still some people who have had the most splendid and free life, with the fullest enthusiasm to exercise, work and love, with their own legs to run, jump, fly, everything is moving, the most vital, these are their lives! But one day, everything became static, and it was told that this was how life would be like that, and stillness would become the norm. Is this kind of life still worth sticking to? If you can't live the way you like, and you have to rely on others for everything, is there dignity? Can't walk, can't run, causing yourself to dream of running, running in the wind can't feel anymore, we can't criticize anyone's lifestyle, we can't criticize the male protagonist's weakness, he's just choosing a way to make himself the most dignified way to live. In his life, he is still living with the fullest enthusiasm in the most energetic state.
It is true that "Before I Met You" has a layer of Mary Sue shell, but the story shown in the film is not just a fairytale fantasy, behind love, the former handsome and sunny male protagonist faces the transformation after the paralysis of the whole body, when a person is alive, but bears a huge pain full of despair, how do we face such a person who is full of despair about life, and is death really the best choice? Its life-related thinking induced by euthanasia, the unique deconstruction of love and life, has undoubtedly become a particularly deep inner sediment of "Before I Met You".
The original story is too tear-inducing, the film has eased in the adaptation but the effect is better, Emilia's performance is commendable, although sometimes it seems too sluggish, but you can still feel the sincerity of the characters, full of goodwill and beautifully produced tear-jerking romance, even if the acting skills of one of the leading actors drag their feet, the performances of the two leading actors are too intense, making people feel a strong chemical reaction, and in the adventure is cute.
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