Cried while reading the book, cried while watching the movie, crying just when i think about it. Is that normal? It just makes me soo sad :( but it's a great story really. just so sad.
i can tell you because i experienced it myself. you never can just move on. you always have to think about that person you feel that person in every step you take. maybe you can find another love. someone who is amazing, who treats you good, who loves you from the bottom of his heart. and you do the same. but there is always this little thought in your mind that asks you how would it be with HIM ? what do I miss ? it's nearly impossible to forget such a person. there are always moments that throw you right back to where you were. two steps forward und one back.
Davia Colman thats the magic each person is love each person but we fail to understand them the deep hidden boiling love we relate love to a face which is why we search
I didn't feel like this was a romantic movie at all. it's heart wrenching that he kills himself after telling her that the last six months have been the best of his life, that thos could be a really good life with her, but not how he wanted it (who gets the life they wanted anyway?) And it's especially not romantic for him to justify killing himself by telling her that being with him would make her miss something. a) it's her decision to make and b)it sounds like being with someone who's disabled means that you're missing something... Don't get me wrong, I cried so much while reading the book, more than I ever did while reading any book. But to me it's just terrible and sad, and not romantic in any way.
I loved this ending for its realism, it would've been great if the film ended with him alive but it tells another story worth telling. That there are people out there who do choose die on their own terms and that there's nothing wrong with it. It would've just been another Hollywood happy ending if he'd lived, although it is heart breaking I loved this movie.
My gf reeеally loves this film. We fooound full moovie here => twitter.com/8a24d1a51ffb7b0f4/status/739066837476990980?LcSBMrb=fdc8c15d-ded7-4b43-849a-9d3d74e0fd1f Me Bеefore You - Will's Letteeer
and are my most favorite love stories of all. They both end in a bittersweet way, but I think that's what makes these two stories better than any other one. It's sad to have your loved ones die, but then you realize that the reason you get terribly sad and full of grief is because you made lots of warm and happy memories with your true love. You realize you experienced the best moments of your life with your person, and now all you have to do is to move on and remember that your deceased loved ones are always beside you, watching you, smiling when you experience adventure, mourning when you get sad, and cheering you on to experience other wonders of the world.
Years after, here I’m again. When I need to hear “live boldly, don’t settle” I come here and listen to Will. Such a good letter… it still gives me courage and confidence. Thx a lot ❤
I think every reader of the book and watcher of the film, in one sense understood the choice he made, but at the same time wanted him to keep living for Lou. It was like Nathan said sometime in the movie, which was what I thought in the end, "I want him to live, but only if he wants to live." I wish they had met at a different time, in different circumstances, perhaps then, but they both impacted on each other more than they could've ever hoped for. They were both set free in a way, maybe not on the same path, but nonetheless, free.
Epilogue I was just following instructions. I sat in the shadow of the dark-green cafe awning, staring down the length of the Rue des Francs Bourgeois, the tepid sun of a Parisian autumn warming the side of my face. In front of me the waiter had, with Gallic efficiency, deposited a plate of croissants and a large cup of filter coffee. A hundred yards down the street two cyclists stopped near the traffic lights and struck up a conversation. One wore a blue backpack from which two large baguettes poked at odd angles. The air, still and muggy, held the scents of coffee and patisserie and the acrid tang of someone’s cigarettes. I finished Treena’s letter (she would have called, she said, but she couldn’t afford the overseas charges). She had come top of her year in Accountancy 2 and had a new boyfriend, Sundeep, who was trying to work out whether to work for his dad’s import-export business outside Heathrow and had even worse taste in music than she did. Thomas was dead excited about moving up a class at school. Dad was still going great guns at his job, and sent his love. She was pretty confident that Mum would forgive me soon.She definitely got your letter, she said.I know she read it. Give her time. I took a sip of my coffee, briefly transported to Renfrew Road, and a home that seemed a million miles away.I sat and squinted a little against the low sun, watching a woman in sunglasses adjust her hair in the mirror of a shop window. She pursed her lips at her reflection, straightened up a little, and then continued her path down the road. I put down the cup, took a deep breath, and then picked up the other letter, the letter that I had carried around with me for almost six weeks now. On the front of the envelope, in typed capitals, it said, under my name: ONLY TO BE READ IN THE CAFE MARQUIS, RUE DES FRANCS BOURGEOIS, ACCOMPANIED BY CROISSANTS AND A LARGE CAFÉ CRÈME. I had laughed, even as I wept, on first reading the envelope - typical Will, bossy to the last. The waiter - a tall, brisk man with a dozen bits of paper sticking out of the top of his apron - turned back and caught my eye.All okay? his raised eyebrows said. ‘Yes,’ I said. And then, a little self-consciously, ‘Oui.’ The letter was typewritten. I recognized the font from a card he had sent me long ago. I settled back in my chair, and I began to read. Clark, A few weeks will have passed by the time you read this (even given your newfound organizational skills, I doubt you will have made it to Paris before early September). I hope the coffee is good and strong and the croissants fresh and that the weather is still sunny enough to sit outside on one of those metallic chairs that never sit quite level on the pavement. It’s not bad, the Marquis. The steak is also good, if you fancycoming back for lunch. And if you look down the road to your left you will hopefully see L’Artisan Parfumeur where, after you read this, you should go and try the scent called something like Papillons Extrême (can’t quite remember). I always did think it would smell great on you. Okay, instructions over. There are a few things I wanted to say and would have told you in person, but a) you would have got all emotional and b) you wouldn’t have let me say all this out loud. You always did talk too much. So here it is: the cheque you got in the initial envelope from Michael Lawler was not the full amount, but just a small gift, to help you through your first weeks of unemployment, and to get you to Paris. When you get back to England, take this letter to Michael in his London office and he will give you the relevant documents so you can access an account he has set up for me in your name. This account contains enough for you to buy somewhere nice to live and to pay for your degree course and your living expenses while you are in fulltime education. My parents will have been told all about it. I hope that this, and Michael Lawler’s legal work, will ensure there is as little fuss as possible. Clark, I can practically hear you starting to hyperventilate from here. Don’t start panicking, or trying to give it away - it’s not enough for you to sit on your arse for the rest of your life. But it should buy you your freedom, both from that claustrophobic little town we both call home, and from the kind of choices you have so far felt you had to make. I’m not giving the money to you because I want you to feel wistful, or indebted to me, or to feel that it’s some kind of bloody memorial. I’m giving you this because there is not much that makes me happy any more, but you do. I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me. You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. Your face when you came back from diving that time told me everything; there is a hunger in you, Clark. A fearlessness. You just buried it, like most people do. I’m not really telling you to jump off tall buildings, or swim with whales or anything (although I would secretly love to think you were), but to live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. And if you insist on settling down with some ridiculous bloke, make sure some of this is squirrelled away somewhere. Knowing you still have possibilities is a luxury. Knowing I might have given them to you has alleviated something for me. So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark. You were from the first day you walked in, with your ridiculous clothes and your bad jokes and your complete inability to ever hide a single thing you felt. You changed my life so much more than this money will ever change yours. Don’t think of me too often. I don’t want to think of you getting all maudlin. Just live well. Just live. Love, Will A tear had plopped on to the rickety table in front of me. I wiped at my cheek with my palm, and put the letter down on the table. It took me some minutes to see clearly again. ‘Another coffee?’ said the waiter, who had reappeared in front of me. I blinked at him. He was younger than I had thought, and had dropped his faint air of haughtiness. Perhaps Parisian waiters were trained to be kind to weeping women in their cafes. ‘Maybe…a cognac?’ He glanced at the letter and smiled, with something resembling understanding. ‘No,’ I said, smiling back. ‘Thank you. I’ve…I’ve got things to do.’ I paid the bill, and tucked the letter carefully into my pocket. And stepping out from behind the table, I straightened my bag on my shoulder and set off down the street towards the parfumerie and the whole of Paris beyond.
I think the reason I love this movie so much is the fact that they both have each other something. Both showed one another how to live in different. Their love wasn't about giving and receiving, it was more about opening eyes.
The end is so frustrated and sad. 😥😥😕 Why? Why? I love the chemistry between them... i would be happy to see many couples like this..... the way how he's looking at her, and the way she take care of him .... 🙄😍 best romantic movie.... And Cold Mountains as well. ❤
Such an amazing story ❤️ finding that true love is one of the hardest things to find in life. I'm so glad he gave her this letter for some closure and I'm so glad the story ended with her having a smile on her face ❤
Cried a lot watching this! But sitting back and looking back with more detail, I came to the conclution that Will´s a complete selfish man for not letting Lou love him the way she did. She offered him the possibility of love and happiness, willing to asume every risk, just to care for him, to love him unconditionally; but he just stubbornly clung to his past unable to see ahead of the possibilities and the miracles of life (there are people who´ve been diagnosed that the´ve never walk in their lives, and were able to push forward and fully recover, without scientific explanation, also with the help of family and loved ones). Will´s an example of stubborness, selfishness and pride; I believe he had every possibility of making a fresh start, but no, he just couldn´t and wouldn´t see it. Louisa, on the other hand, is a girl with beauty pouring from her innerself, not to mention talent, with so much to give, but unable to know her worth. (She deserved a lot more than Patrick, and more than just staying at the little town where she lived, rather than pursuing her dream). PEOPLE, LET´S NOT TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED! No matter what our situation may be like, there´s always hope, as long as we´re still breathing. And if we´re still breathing, it means God still has a plan for us.
why does no one mention how versatile Emilia is, like, i have watched her in this, above suspicion, and thrones, incredibly beautiful in all like wowwww, but you would think this is not the same woman at all if you never knew. she NEVER gets the credit she deserves !!!!!!!!!
I go back here everytime i have anxiety and depression. I close my eyes and listen. I pretend that I am Clarke that that letter is for me. I will sob and cry but not because of my anxieties or depressions but because of how nice would it be to be able to have the amount of love and admiration from a person who passed away.
This is one of my favorite movies... so crazy cause I’ve watched this movie so many time and the scene that hits me the most is when they on the beach and he goes I have never changed my decision and the way she cried saying all I did was to change your mind .... I cried every time
Few days ago she gave me the book 'me before you' and i watched the movie also, one of her favourites movie it is... We are in same class, i love her soo much and i could not tell her yet but both of us different nationality.. I just want to keep feel her even it’s hurt me but i won't stop it.
“You are scored on my heart, Clark.” If you didn’t cry, hell even at least feel a tiny tingle of emotion then you’re a robot! I don’t know what I’d do knowing that I made such a difference, such a impact on someone’s life even when they didn’t want to be here! Needless to say, I bawled my eyes out reading the book and then this movie!! Jojo Moyes, you got me girl!
Oh gosh, I am no good at explaining but please read these link instead www.goodreads.com/book/show/25041504-after-you. I hope it will help:) and tell me what you think.
I really liked this movie because of it's ending there are people who have his condition but choose to live everyday until their last breath. So, it left me thinking why did he end his life and why would the family allow this to happen? But I truly believe that this is not the soul message of the movie. Will signified all the manic depressives out there who end there life everyday. Despite family,friends, stable income that these things are just not enough to motivate someone who is firm in their belief to end their life for what they think is lacking in it. For example a boy can lose their girlfriend either she dies or breaks up with him, there can be plenty of girls out there, girls that desire him maybe even treat him better than his previous one that still can not be enough. Or a girl who gets bullied at school, lacking that peace or acceptance is something she can't deal with even if she did have a friend one friend is not enough to motivate her to live because she wants so much more. A popular teenage girl who had the whole world at her feet sends a nude pic to her boyfriend that goes viral and everyone sees it. Her social life is shattered, private life shattered, and her trust is shattered all of these things that are now gone in her life is too much to bear even if the boyfriend didn't leak it and loves her anyway even with parental support those things for some people are not enough and they can't live a life like this one compared to the one they lost. It's about learning to empathize with people that take there lives everyday. It's about being able to help loved ones accept the fate of those they lost e to suicide and to people that have not, to love them even if their decision was not the right one to you. To come to a place of peace and acceptance that even though you don't agree with it, this is what they wanted, to love and encourage people who are going through something because not everyone is strong enough and can face life curve balls alone and to live life to the fullest and fight to be happy everyday and to not end up like Will or anyone else like him.
thank you for this. I had read the book, and planned on seeing the movie. when I heard the reviews for it, I was shocked because I didn't get how people would think the movie was saying that people who are paralyzed don't have anything to live for. I just didn't get it. but after some thinking, I understood, but I just didn't agree with it because I had the same thoughts that you did, but I had trouble putting it into words. so thank you for expressing this, and I'm glad I'm not the only person who felt that the purpose of this story wasn't to romanticize supported suicide or anything like that or to say people with a serious conditions that affect their everyday lives like being a parplegic have nothing to live for... but that people who aren't able to stand up and live through certain things need support and love from their friends and family even if they disagree. so just thank you.
Jailah Wilson Aww, your welcome but that's what I love about the movie is that it is not so black and white because there are plenty of paraplegics that live their life it's about those who take it in general. And being able to accept it and to help and prevent those who want to take their life and to live life to the fullest and don't end up like Will. I personally think there are several messages in it. Thanks for just understanding!
i really liked this movie,but I didn't know it was about assisted suicide till i watched it again... i think the movie/book indirectly advocate for the much debated "Right to Die" which is still a global Human Rights issue, and the agency in Switzerland that helps with assisted suicide gets publicity from storylines like this, Right to die believes that ppl should be able to end their lives as they will. I hope this helps :)
this letter just made me cry again, just 2 mins... I watched the movie for the first time on the flight to Rome, and I'm still indoorsy but I went out more in Rome than I did in France.. Just live, live well! that part stuck.
Think this showed that there are two ways in which people love. 1. When people love you so much that they will fight and suffer through pain for you. 2. When people love you so much that they will let you go and give you a new chance at happiness.
By far the most emotional and original romance movie. I understand that when you lose a part of yourself, you lose a little bit of love for yourself as well and if you can’t love yourself fully then you cant love others wholeheartedly. Will had everything and nothing at the same time. Seriously such a sad movie but if there was an alternate ending, clark and will ends up together and theyre in paris, sitting across from each other in front of their cafe and clark is wearing her bumble bee socks that’s what id like to think hahah
She probably predicted the ending and saw it like other romantic movies about a person who is sick. That's why I didn't cry. I kinda feel bad for not crying though
xoxo SuTa xoxo I felt conflicted but didn't cry. I felt peaceful with his decisions and the time they had together was magical. Sometimes some relationships don't last a long time but they are so meaningful
I still cry at this scene every time, and when I reread the book still I cry every time. There are even tear stains on my book over the letter from will. It’s heartbreaking.
Cried for this letter. Cried for his choice. Cried for their life and their love without “happy end”…. but….they have loved. They have lived. He has choosen. She has lived. Together.
best film I have ever watched makes me cry every time, I have never cried SO hard ,and even the book I cried It was truly inspiring and truly an amazing story, I love it
This is the first movie I've ever seen where I had to stay seated as the credits came on, because I was crying too hard and I was trying not to sob too loudly.
I am honestly impressed of how good and mature this movie handeld its tragedy. Its an interesting contrast to the mainstream Disney version of "and they lived happily ever after'' because no, sometimes probably more often then not life isnt like this. I think it is important to learn and live with this lesson instant of trying to reshape it into an ridiculous coloring fairytale. So yeah, the director did a great job with this one.
He wanted the pain to go away but he did truly love lou like he said you are scored on my heart Clarke she was from the first walked in her sweet smile her ridiculous clothes her bad jokes and her inability to hide a single thing she felt
I do understand this ending pretty well. There is NO WAY that I would spend my life like his was, not happening. Some people can live like that and others can't. I know I never could. I don't even know if I had given my parents those 6 months, I guess I wouldn't. Simple reason: Living MY life like that is impossible.
IMO, Lou gave him more reason to end. If he was going to change his mind at some point, meeting Lou changed it because he fell in love with her. Imagine not being able to touch or feel whoever you’re in love with? That’s the worst kind of torture IMO
everytime i had a chance whether it is on the plane or anywhere i could see this last part of the movie , i would. just to remind myself how lucky i am to be able to see the world and like he said -- push yourself, don't settle. having an able body and freedom to go anywhere is a luxury to a lot of people. To live boldly and to appreciate things :) i think if this is a true story, he did live boldly for himself too for whatever choice he made. it is a good ending :)
And this is one of the few reasons why I’m scared to fall in love…Because how can I live my life to the fullest when the one person I wanted to spend it with is gone?
You see, it wasn’t just about who Will was before Lou. It was more of who Louisa was before & after Will. Louisa before Will Will before Louisa “ ME BEFORE YOU “ then, Louisa After Will.
It is the best film I have ever seen & am playing it all the time & get so angry about the ending. I was hoping that by playing it over & over again the ending will be different. I was hoping that Will, will change his mind. It is not fair for Lou, who loves him unconditionally. If it was Alicia would Will have contemplated on ending his life? & live the fullest? Sam Claflin & Emilia Clark are so good in this saddest love story. More from the two of them please. The letter is so sad, but beautiful congratulations Jojo Moyes for a will written book. I would love to know what happened to Lou in New York
Just live well, but how when a person who really loved you is gone? And not for own decision 😞 how??? When you still love that person, how?? Maybe I'm stupid, but I really believe in only one real love.
Li MoRc because if he had lived Things wouldn't have changed He will still be paralyzed and Lou would've missed out on so much that the world has to offer Will loves her no doubt and because he loves her He let her go
Lou loved Will with all of her heart and because of her love, she didnt understand why he wanted to end his life when he had her by his side. She only understood why he chose that decision near the end of the movie because he didnt want to live because he wasnt actually living and will was unhappy and he felt that his life wasnt fullfilled. Of course will loves lou and lou loves will but he didnt love himself and so he wanted to let lou live her life to the fullest even if he cant himself. Sometimes loving yourself comes first before being able to love someone else. Lou begins to understand this.
Funny thing about this movie. I went in knowing nothing about it and thought it was amazing. Halfway though watching it though I felt like I had seen it before. I asked my friend if this was a remake of Dying Young from the 90's. Turns out it wasn't, but the similarities are staggering! They even share the same message and twist ending!