Just wow! What a beautiful, heart wrenching story that is. I almost burst into tears which is rare for me.
Although I imagined the film would have a darker setting, I am really impressed with the trailer and really looking forward to see it!
I loved the book!
shareWell the trailer doesn't necessarily have the same tone as the movie. If all movies followed the style of the trailers then Age of ultron would have been a quite dark movie instead of a stupid comedy.
shareI teared up while finishing the book which is something I rarely do. It was a fantastic book that just broke my heart but it had a great message for both kids and adults. But now knowing that Felicity Jones is playing Conor's mom, I know I'm going to be a mess in the theater.
"Do you know what the Preservation Room is for?"
"Delicious jams and jellies?"
I am currently reading it and I love it so far.
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I just finished the book as well, and I truly loved it. I can not wait to see this!
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I read it when my sister was dying and had to put it down for 2 weeks before finishing as I found it too emotional for me. I read it specifically for its subject matter as I wanted to see whether it would help her children in coming to terms with her soon-to-be-death, and knew it was aimed at a young adults market. I decided against that.
For me, it helped. The main idea of having to let go in order to carry on with your own life whilst not forgetting a loved one is crucial. I watch someone at work continually picking off the scab of her brother's death on social media which brings outpourings of sympathy which kicks it all off again for her. I have met a lady who for the last 10 years has carried a grubby photo of her father around with her, completely failing to get over his death, and ruining her own life as a consequence - is that what her father would have wanted for her? No. You must move on, and the only way to do so is to let them go, never forget, but accept that they have gone.
At least, that's what I took from the book.
I read the book recently too, in one night in fact because i couldnt put it down. I had seen the trailer and a friend gave me the book. i cried at the trailer, i sobbed at the book. Its beautiful but nothing i have ever seen or read before has basically nailed it. My heart goes out to you Nobolowski.
My stepfather had luukemia, he fought and fought. They told us he was in remission then it came back as stomach cancer and there was nothing more they could do. They told us he had weeks, he fought for months. In the end he couldnt fight anymore. Reading the book was heartbreaking but also in a way uplifting. It got it, that feeling awful that there is a bit of you just wants it to stop, and the guilt you feel over that. But in a way this book was therapy. Life cant stop. the pain doesnt stop, the memories will never go, but it gets better. You cant let grief ruin you. I now feel i couldnt face the film in the cinema however would still love to see it.
"Death is just another part of life. Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest, you never know what you're gonna get."
One line summed it all up nicely.
Same with the cancer scene in "Beaches". It didn't need to take up the entire movie.
I tend to find an entire story dwelling on it to be... unnecessarily excessive and tugging too much on the sympathetic heart strings.
And keep in mind, my younger brother had leukemia. He did survive, but we were all quite prepared for his death as his type had less than 10% survival at the time. He was very fortunate that vincristine had just been approved for an early clinical trial he was put into (since his case was exceedingly advanced and the doctors had expected him to only survive a few weeks). The new regimen was a staggering success and in two years, the survival rate went up to over 90% for his leukemia type.
That being said, we got to know many other cancer patients who didn't make it.
Yeah, but depending on the director's and/or writer's intent, depending on what kind of story they're telling, death/the process of dying and disease (and the grief and anger of those around the dying individual) are worth exploring over an entire film. Ya can't brush it off as "just" another part of life, it's a HUGE part of life. A part that most people have trouble with. Partly to blame for this is the fact that most societies shy away from open discussion of death the majority of the time, but majorly to blame are the unrealistic expectations taught to children who then grow up to be emotionally stunted adults when it comes to death. Lying to kids (or having been lied to as kids ourselves and buying into it/not properly questioning and testing it and then passing it on to other generations) doesn't lead to any emotional maturity about death, either, re: religion and spirituality.
I agree that we don't need to see outright "grief porn" across our cinema screens constantly, but once in a while a movie like this is healthy to expose yourself to, y'know ?