Sunday, June 19, 2016

Mend or Break - Me Before You

Me Before You - What can I say? I cried, my eyes were red and swollen. While waiting for the rolling of the credits to end, I'm anticipating, praying and hoping that a miracle would happen. That Will is alive and that he will marry Louisa and they will live happily ever after. Yes, I'm a sucker for happy ending. I haven't read the book nor read the synopsis that's why the movie brought me into a bit of shock... While trying to grasp everything that happened in the movie, questions started pouring in my mind... Was Louisa's love not enough to change his decision? Who gave Will the right to end his life (I'm a Christian, and I firmly believe that only God has the right to take away Will's life)? Did he (Will) really love Louisa? Did his acts justify his love and sacrifices for Louisa? I guess the answer to these questions can be some up by the lyrics of Ed Sheeran's song Photograph :

Loving can hurt
Loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard
You know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive



Will decided to end his life because he loves his parents and Louisa. He doesn't want them to suffer with him. It's like letting go of all the struggles and burden. A big sacrifice for love indeed. But on the other hand, it's unfair and an act of selfishness. What about the sacrifices of his parents and also of Louisa? Or did Louisa came into the picture too late... The mother should have posted that job vacancy a year or 2 years earlier.. Maybe, just maybe the ending of the story would be different.. 
Maybe Will did the right decision or he made the wrong decision. Only he knows that.. As for Louisa, he will just be a memory - a beautiful and at the same time a very painful one... 
And yes, Ed Sheeran's Photograph is on repeat mode in my ipod... 





Me Before You broke my heart and had me doubt on love. Then again the ending is the nearest thing that might or may happen in reality. If I'm Louisa, to be honest I really don't know if I can still move on from this heart break... Love can either mend or break a person soul. 




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