Hello lovelies!
Me before you is the latest RomCom to hit our screens, directed by Thea Sharrock and starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke, promises to be everything the audience would hope for in a romantic comedy. Of course, this movie is based upon the book written by Jojo Moyes. I haven't read the book but I've asked friends who have and they say that the film is very true to the book which fans will be pleased about.
Let's begin on the hunk of the movie; Sam Claflin. Sam plays the character of Will Traynor, an active young man until he's involved in a road accident and becomes paralysed. I thought the Sam played this part beautifully. The audience could feel his pain of not being able to be the person he once was and yet still let some of his spectacular personality shine through; helped by Emilia Clarke's character, Louisa Clark. No spoilers, of course, but the ending of this RomCom is one the audience will not expect and Claflin performs it brilliantly. He handles it with care and respect, some people can overact these roles as they don't know what it's actually like to live with these disabilities, but Claflin respects this role and carries it off expertly.
Moving onto Emilia Clarke. Her clumsy, ditsy character, Lou, annoyed me at the start of this film. It felt like she needed a bit of wake up call but once I got used to the character, and fell in love with the love story developing, these little niggles evaporated. You feel for the character through this roller coaster that she's thrown into. She's never cared for someone with a disability and Will throws everything at her to scare her off but she is determined to do her job properly. I had a lot of respect for this character and Clarke grows into the role throughout the movie where you as an audience really root for her.
The thing that I really enjoyed about this movie was the scenery. Mainly filmed in Scotland, the castles, hills and green scenery; accompanied by the holiday scenery of the south of France, allows the audience to fall into a dreamy world that is snatched away from them at serious points within this film. This leads me onto another great thing about this film- it's realistic. Okay so not all of us will magically get a well paid job fall in their lap a few weeks after being made redundant, but it's not the typical fairy-tale love. They show the audience that loving relationships aren't all lovely and pretty, sacrifice and non judgement are things that have to counter in too. The film doesn't show an unrealistic type of love that every girl aspires to have and will have disappointment when she never finds it. It displays the harsh raw truth of love and I adore that they have done this. It's such a refreshing change from the stereotypical RomComs.
The only flaw that I could I find within this film is with the mention of DIGNITAS the film doesn't stress the implications for family or friends that come with this path and they also do not show the steps to get there. It makes it seem like it's very simple and easy and this is not the case. This, however, is the only flaw that I had with the film.
Overall this film was refreshing and loveable. Claflin and Clarke's chemistry is palpitating and makes every girl, and some guys, swoon and look forward to the future relationships that they will have in the future, but in a realistic way. This is a must see movie which I would give an 8/10.
LMR xx
Me before you is the latest RomCom to hit our screens, directed by Thea Sharrock and starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke, promises to be everything the audience would hope for in a romantic comedy. Of course, this movie is based upon the book written by Jojo Moyes. I haven't read the book but I've asked friends who have and they say that the film is very true to the book which fans will be pleased about.
Let's begin on the hunk of the movie; Sam Claflin. Sam plays the character of Will Traynor, an active young man until he's involved in a road accident and becomes paralysed. I thought the Sam played this part beautifully. The audience could feel his pain of not being able to be the person he once was and yet still let some of his spectacular personality shine through; helped by Emilia Clarke's character, Louisa Clark. No spoilers, of course, but the ending of this RomCom is one the audience will not expect and Claflin performs it brilliantly. He handles it with care and respect, some people can overact these roles as they don't know what it's actually like to live with these disabilities, but Claflin respects this role and carries it off expertly.
Moving onto Emilia Clarke. Her clumsy, ditsy character, Lou, annoyed me at the start of this film. It felt like she needed a bit of wake up call but once I got used to the character, and fell in love with the love story developing, these little niggles evaporated. You feel for the character through this roller coaster that she's thrown into. She's never cared for someone with a disability and Will throws everything at her to scare her off but she is determined to do her job properly. I had a lot of respect for this character and Clarke grows into the role throughout the movie where you as an audience really root for her.
The thing that I really enjoyed about this movie was the scenery. Mainly filmed in Scotland, the castles, hills and green scenery; accompanied by the holiday scenery of the south of France, allows the audience to fall into a dreamy world that is snatched away from them at serious points within this film. This leads me onto another great thing about this film- it's realistic. Okay so not all of us will magically get a well paid job fall in their lap a few weeks after being made redundant, but it's not the typical fairy-tale love. They show the audience that loving relationships aren't all lovely and pretty, sacrifice and non judgement are things that have to counter in too. The film doesn't show an unrealistic type of love that every girl aspires to have and will have disappointment when she never finds it. It displays the harsh raw truth of love and I adore that they have done this. It's such a refreshing change from the stereotypical RomComs.
The only flaw that I could I find within this film is with the mention of DIGNITAS the film doesn't stress the implications for family or friends that come with this path and they also do not show the steps to get there. It makes it seem like it's very simple and easy and this is not the case. This, however, is the only flaw that I had with the film.
Overall this film was refreshing and loveable. Claflin and Clarke's chemistry is palpitating and makes every girl, and some guys, swoon and look forward to the future relationships that they will have in the future, but in a realistic way. This is a must see movie which I would give an 8/10.
LMR xx
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