I've seen Sam Claflin previously in the Hunger Games series and liked his character. I wasn't sure quite what to expect with this movie. I knew already what the ending would be, but was still interested to see how it all came together.
I found Emilia Clarke's character, Louisa to be fun and bright. Her family is barely making ends meet, but she meets each day with a bright smile. She's had a series of jobs and is again looking for another job. Finally a job pops up at a nearby castle as a caretaker for someone with a disability.
Louisa goes for an interview. On the way her skirt tears a little and is a but scandalously short. She tried to hid the tear and interviews with a lady in her 60s. She's hired. Next, Louisa meets the person she would be helping, named Will. She's surprised to find that he's young and her age.
She finds out that he was at him prime when hit by a motorcycle as he walked to work. He lost use of his limbs, his job, his friends, and his girlfriend. With the accident he also lost his spark, hope, independence, and will to live. He used to hike, swim, travel, ski, and everything in between.
He's definitely not warming up to Louisa. He's often quiet and brooding. He has a doctor who comes to check on him.
Louisa wears the most outlandish, eclectic clothes. She has a boyfriend, that always seems to be training for some kind of physical competition.
Through time and her spunky personality, Will starts warming up to her. They talk and share their lives.
Louisa overhears that Will has looked into going to Switzerland where assisted suicide is legal. His parents asked him for 6 months before he goes through with it. Louisa wants to quit, but her dad loses his job.
She decides to try to change Will's mind. She talks him into going to a classical concert with her, even though that's never been her style of music. They dress up and she really enjoys it.
She invites Will to her birthday dinner with her family and boyfriend in their modest home. He surprises her and comes. Will ends up giving her her favorite
gift from something they talked about that she loved from her childhood. She's ecstatic. Meanwhile, her boyfriend gives her a necklace with his name on it.
The boyfriend invites her on a trip, but later is comes out that he wants to go to run a race there and his friends are coming with.
Louisa's dad gets a job in maintenance at the castle.
She and her boyfriend break up.
Will talks with Louisa about how he misses Paris. She says they should go. He says no, he wants to go as the "old Will," when he could walk. Finally she talks him into a beach vacation. His doctor comes too. Will stays on the boat as he talked Louisa into going scuba diving. He gets to see her experience new things. They fall in love. They talk about his plans to end his life and he still plans to go through with it. Will wants Louisa to go to Switzerland and he there with him when he ends his life. Louisa is shocked and she's done. She's heartbroken. She quits.
Will and family leave for Switzerland. Louisa decides to go. She races off to Switzerland. She's there with will and his family as he passes away.
Will left Louisa money to go pursue her passion of fashion in Paris. So there she is thinking of him and living her life. She's experiencing things that she never could've afforded to do. His love changed her life in so many ways. I think we're all looking for a life like that. <3
No comments:
Post a Comment