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iside89At the end I watched Yuuki too. Of course I cried like a baby. But it deserves it.
(If you find white gaps, those are sentences I thought that may be considered spoilers. I wrote them in white. Select to read.)
I guess I'm unable to write a proper review (I'm still sobbing), so I'll write random thoughts. And I guess I need to stop watching those "24 hour drama" tanpatsu, seriously. Like when I watched to "Niini no koto o wasurenaide", I shed all the tears I had in my body throughout the movie this time too.
Like every movie based on real stories, it doesn't need so much words. Because what do you see it's enough.
The story narrates the life of a young man, Yuuki, full of energy and that loves ride his bike all around the world, that has to fight against a rare disease. He's the 8th case in the whole world. His incurable disease will lead him to death at the age of 23, but he'll fight till the end... encouraging his friends, bringing together his friends that were torn apart all around Japan.
I'll be frank and I'll say that I've cried most not during the sad parts of the movie, but during the positive ones. And do you know why? Because what moved me most was Yuuki's courage and positive outlook. I'm sensitive when we speak about disease since I know what does it mean to lose beloved people due to diseases. In this movie, it moved me that kind of positive outlook that often ill people have, that is "I'll be better soon, I promise" when they know perfectly they won't be well again... but not just that. You know, I've noticed it by myself: sometimes ill people are the strongest. What moved me in this movie was exactly this: he had this disease, but he didn't want to speak about himself. He may have been sad, frustrated, depressed. But he always asked about his friends' life, he scolded them sometimes, he encouraged them. I don't have enough words nor strength to express how I admire this kind of people. Yuuki - the real one, I suppose, not only the fictional one - was the mainmast that his friend took as center of their relationship. They became friends thanks to him, his cheerfulness, his existence.
About the movie, I have to say, I'd have prefer that the friendship between Yuuki, Hama and Junji was better developed (I cried like hell during their bike trip, damn) because I think THAT one was the core of the message: how friendship is needed in life and in fighting diseases, and how Yuuki had such a great heart to understand it... and to "use" his own disease to bring together all that people. It's so altruistic you feel guilty. Myself too. I've often thought in my life "I can live alone, I'm a lone wolf", but I know how people need each other. You understand this when you're on the verge of breaking down, or you see your dear ones suffering. Sometimes it's too late though. So these movies are here to remember it to us more often.
And in my heart, I'd have loved a scene like Hama that take a photo of Yuuki with the baby.
This movie was so painful because at the end you think "damn, why I don't treasure my life more?". You ask to yourself or to God, why special people like Yuuki has to die when others that are evil live their useless (or dangerous) existences without problems.
This is a movie you need sometimes to do a self-examination. To understand that you HAVE to treasure more what you have.
I CRIED my eyes out at the ending scene. I seriously love AND hate this kind of endings. Because I wanted he had really said that day those words. Because I KNEW from the very start that the last scene would have been exactly that one. And I felt my heart breaking in two.
Then, the way the others know about Yuuki's death is, in my opinion, a crucial point. Since I've had the feeling throughout the movie that the main character wasn't Yuuki himself, but their connection with him, their kizuna. The bond he himself created with his own hands (I swear, I'd sell all my properties to have a precious friend as Yuuki). At the end, we see him not as spectators, but as friends. We don't see his very last seconds (even if probably I'd have prefer to see). The last image we have of him is the last the others have too: his smile. At the end, maybe, we don't still understand completely his feelings, but we have his strong, deep message.
Damn, now I feel like crying again.
Speaking about actors, I liked Kame's acting. This kind of characters are difficult because you have to portray them in a realistic way, without be pathetic. Moreover, since it's a real story, you have to be tactful in order to not hurt the ones that are watching and are involved in the story - or the ones that are watching and fighting with a serious disease. I think Kame did a well-balanced job. He created a "Yuuki" that's still alive in my heart. I thought it especially in the scene between him and the teacher (his fear of dark, how he said it...),and during his last speaking with Junji. So touching. ç_ç I'm happy to find a movie like this in his acting production... it shows he's not only "beautiful" and act because he's a idol, but that he seriously tries to act.
There's Oguri Shun too in this movie. I liked the phone call between his character and Kame's. And I cried here too. Oh, ok, I admit I cried for all the last 35 minutes. But in that scene and during the very very last scene, I cracked-up. I needed to take more than one deep breath to calm myself. X_X
"Even at the end, he was smiling.
At the end, he won."
"Have you heard about this?
To comprehend the value of one year, just ask the students who failed their entrance exams.
To comprehend the value of one month, just ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To comprehend the value of one week, just ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To comprehend the value of one hour, just ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To comprehend the value of one minute, just ask the people who missed their stop on the train.
To comprehend the value of one second, just ask the person who managed to avoid an accident just in time.
To comprehend the value of 1/10 of a second, just ask the person who ended up with a silver medal at the Olympics.
The hands of a clock will continue ticking. Therefore, treasure every moment you have, and treat today as the utmost gift you'll have."
YUUKI
(If you find white gaps, those are sentences I thought that may be considered spoilers. I wrote them in white. Select to read.)
I guess I'm unable to write a proper review (I'm still sobbing), so I'll write random thoughts. And I guess I need to stop watching those "24 hour drama" tanpatsu, seriously. Like when I watched to "Niini no koto o wasurenaide", I shed all the tears I had in my body throughout the movie this time too.
Like every movie based on real stories, it doesn't need so much words. Because what do you see it's enough.
The story narrates the life of a young man, Yuuki, full of energy and that loves ride his bike all around the world, that has to fight against a rare disease. He's the 8th case in the whole world. His incurable disease will lead him to death at the age of 23, but he'll fight till the end... encouraging his friends, bringing together his friends that were torn apart all around Japan.
I'll be frank and I'll say that I've cried most not during the sad parts of the movie, but during the positive ones. And do you know why? Because what moved me most was Yuuki's courage and positive outlook. I'm sensitive when we speak about disease since I know what does it mean to lose beloved people due to diseases. In this movie, it moved me that kind of positive outlook that often ill people have, that is "I'll be better soon, I promise" when they know perfectly they won't be well again... but not just that. You know, I've noticed it by myself: sometimes ill people are the strongest. What moved me in this movie was exactly this: he had this disease, but he didn't want to speak about himself. He may have been sad, frustrated, depressed. But he always asked about his friends' life, he scolded them sometimes, he encouraged them. I don't have enough words nor strength to express how I admire this kind of people. Yuuki - the real one, I suppose, not only the fictional one - was the mainmast that his friend took as center of their relationship. They became friends thanks to him, his cheerfulness, his existence.
About the movie, I have to say, I'd have prefer that the friendship between Yuuki, Hama and Junji was better developed (I cried like hell during their bike trip, damn) because I think THAT one was the core of the message: how friendship is needed in life and in fighting diseases, and how Yuuki had such a great heart to understand it... and to "use" his own disease to bring together all that people. It's so altruistic you feel guilty. Myself too. I've often thought in my life "I can live alone, I'm a lone wolf", but I know how people need each other. You understand this when you're on the verge of breaking down, or you see your dear ones suffering. Sometimes it's too late though. So these movies are here to remember it to us more often.
And in my heart, I'd have loved a scene like Hama that take a photo of Yuuki with the baby.
This movie was so painful because at the end you think "damn, why I don't treasure my life more?". You ask to yourself or to God, why special people like Yuuki has to die when others that are evil live their useless (or dangerous) existences without problems.
This is a movie you need sometimes to do a self-examination. To understand that you HAVE to treasure more what you have.
I CRIED my eyes out at the ending scene. I seriously love AND hate this kind of endings. Because I wanted he had really said that day those words. Because I KNEW from the very start that the last scene would have been exactly that one. And I felt my heart breaking in two.
Then, the way the others know about Yuuki's death is, in my opinion, a crucial point. Since I've had the feeling throughout the movie that the main character wasn't Yuuki himself, but their connection with him, their kizuna. The bond he himself created with his own hands (I swear, I'd sell all my properties to have a precious friend as Yuuki). At the end, we see him not as spectators, but as friends. We don't see his very last seconds (even if probably I'd have prefer to see). The last image we have of him is the last the others have too: his smile. At the end, maybe, we don't still understand completely his feelings, but we have his strong, deep message.
Damn, now I feel like crying again.
Speaking about actors, I liked Kame's acting. This kind of characters are difficult because you have to portray them in a realistic way, without be pathetic. Moreover, since it's a real story, you have to be tactful in order to not hurt the ones that are watching and are involved in the story - or the ones that are watching and fighting with a serious disease. I think Kame did a well-balanced job. He created a "Yuuki" that's still alive in my heart. I thought it especially in the scene between him and the teacher (his fear of dark, how he said it...),and during his last speaking with Junji. So touching. ç_ç I'm happy to find a movie like this in his acting production... it shows he's not only "beautiful" and act because he's a idol, but that he seriously tries to act.
There's Oguri Shun too in this movie. I liked the phone call between his character and Kame's. And I cried here too. Oh, ok, I admit I cried for all the last 35 minutes. But in that scene and during the very very last scene, I cracked-up. I needed to take more than one deep breath to calm myself. X_X
"Even at the end, he was smiling.
At the end, he won."
"Have you heard about this?
To comprehend the value of one year, just ask the students who failed their entrance exams.
To comprehend the value of one month, just ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To comprehend the value of one week, just ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To comprehend the value of one hour, just ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To comprehend the value of one minute, just ask the people who missed their stop on the train.
To comprehend the value of one second, just ask the person who managed to avoid an accident just in time.
To comprehend the value of 1/10 of a second, just ask the person who ended up with a silver medal at the Olympics.
The hands of a clock will continue ticking. Therefore, treasure every moment you have, and treat today as the utmost gift you'll have."
