Hereafter

Do you believe hereafter? When I was a child, I read a fantastic book about human’s soul. There is an experiment. Researchers put a dying person on a scale. After the man passed away, his weight dropped by seven gram. It means that human’s soul is about seven gram. If it is true, people must feel curious where the soul will go after people die. This winter vacation, I saw a movie “Hereafter”. It discussed about this issue.

This film has three main lines. At the finale, they cross and connect each other. This movie is directed by Clint Eastwood who is the man who shot my favorite movie ”Changeling” in 2008. Clint is an amazing director. His work always can use another angles to display to audiences. That’s his talent. In Hereafter, although this movie talks about where the soul will go after people pass away; however, it does not use any horrific or haunted way to transmit his thoughts. Audiences can easily follow the roles and get into the stories. The first line is about a journalist who has a vacation in Thailand. She faces a huge tide and experiences dying feeling. After she survived from the accident, she looks for a new meaning of human lives. The second story is about young boy whose brother dies in a car accident. He always relies on his brother. Following his brother died, he lost his direction and feels lonely. He tried to find out various psychos to connect with his brothers. Unfortunately, all the people who claim that they have super power are fakes. The third story is a real psycho. This psycho is played by Matt Damon. Originally, I think he could be like the role of “The Talented Mr. Ripley”. Nevertheless, it is totally different. His performance progress a lot. These three stories are progressing at the same time. Finally, they help each other to solve some mysterious problems. All of them gain some affection which they thirst to know.

I absorbed a good idea from an American drama, Lost. This idea mentions that if lives lost, they would go to a place which does not have time. For example, if a dog died, he or she would see his master who will die in the future. Heaven’s time is no limit, and it is a time point. When I saw Hereafter, it reminded me of this theory. When the young boy talked with his brother, his brother describe about where he exist at the time. It is like that he can fly there without any worries. I consider that Clint would like to create a hope for audiences. The hope can encourage people to live well. One day whole the souls will reunion again in the same place. Furthermore, the journalist gives audiences another definition for their lives. No matter what people meet in our life, we still can grasp what we desire to pursue. It is worth doing that. Every time every moment is not too late. Just start up to finish our dream. Even though during this journey we still confront many challenges, it is the more valuable key point. Finally, about the man who has the power to connect the dead, in our life, we always search for someone who can understand our mind, but it is so hard. This role gives us a hope to cherish what we have right now right here. Sometimes we even need to pretend something we do not know because the truth always hurts someone whom we take care of. If we can try to protect others, one day we will get a good relationship with the right one.

I like this movie because it transmits some practical concepts. It does not make people be afraid of future. It even gives people the hope. The hope can make people cherish the time. Hereafter is another extended time from now.