The breadth and depth of Chinese is once again verified in the title of this film. The title of the original text is "breath", we can also translate it as "breath", but obviously, the translator of this film has embodied his own translation skills, reflecting the "will to live" that the whole film wants to convey in the film. in the name.
The respirator has been following Robin since the onset. Robin's eyes were scattered, occasionally staring at the machine that kept him alive in this world, listening to the heavy voice from the machine, as if the machine was alive, and he was nothing, he was dead, because his The body is trapped by disease, trapped in the hospital, and he himself is caught up in the idea of death - living seems meaningless.
People who don't feel the same way can always look at Robin, the male protagonist, with a cold heart: just died like this? Or to fight back against life giving doom? It is true that the work is an inspirational story in a sense, telling you from the very beginning that you must have "the will to live". But this "life" is not the meaning of living, but life, the meaning of being in the world.
But there were two scenes in the movie that made me shudder. One is the hospital scene. Robin, who was transferred here, completely lost the idea of surviving. Look at this cold room, the people who are still and barely alive, and the people who exist in the world relying on respirators in the hospital, no one wants to continue to survive, let alone those who love nature and everything that symbolizes vitality. Robin of things.
The second scene is the scene of going to the European research room. This scene is more terrifying than the hospital. In this room, it may not even be considered a human being. Looking at the patients in the glass mirror on the top of the head makes the scalp numb. They are like zombies whose mental power has been extracted. Their eyes radiate indifference like a poisonous snake. However, Robin at this time, although his face was ugly, was no longer affected by these things.
From the hospital to the research institute, Robin's entire state of transition is the meaning of life that the film wants to reflect. These meanings are reflected in Robin's brain opening, in friends' gatherings, in travel, in his child Jonathan... When you sort out a line from these details, you probably Also understand the will of the film.
As a film based on a real life biography, it really reflects the truth. However, it's also a bit bland.
Throughout the film, my focus is often on the heroine Diana. Diana can be said to be a strong and resilient female representative. You can actually spot her personality right from the start of the movie, that kind of impatient partying, and it's not until the plate is smashed by Robin that she gets a little excited. This actually shows that she is a little different from ordinary girls. Follow Robin around, she's not traditional at all, she looks like a new woman. So in the end, it is reasonable for her not to give up Robin. All the way to fulfill her husband's wishes to play everywhere, party and so on, in her, only a little sad shadow of her can be seen.
In the above four scenes, it is probably the place where Diana can give a glimpse of emotion. What was Diana thinking at the time? It's really hard to draw conclusions. But this elusiveness will make people feel more complex side of human nature.
The only thing that makes me feel that the portrayal is not vivid is the ending. When Robin asked to die again, although Diana had some outbursts, she always felt that her emotions were not in place, and she felt that there was no such deep love between Robin and Diana. This may be because so many of Robin's wonderful lives are shown earlier in the movie. Too little attention is paid to the deep love between Robin and Diana. Of course maybe I didn't see the details. So, for this reason, I feel that the movie is a little shallow.
True love, although it runs through the beginning and the end, is not deeply reflected. So, it's kind of a pity.
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