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Movie review

Who I was before l met you Different Life in a Different
‘Me before you’ World! ‘Coraline’

1-2 Lim, Se-bin 1-8 Huh Ye-ji

I want to introduce a film that caused the debate on This movie starts out when a young girl named
dignity of life. The movie is ‘me before you’. There are a Coraline Jones moved into an big apartment in an old
lot of people who wonder what it means. That means house with his parents. Her neighbors include two
“Who I was before I met You." As the title suggests, retired actresses and a strange man who trains mice for
after seeing Louisa, Will has made many changes. The cicrus act upstairs. Since they moved to a whole
director is Te Ashar Rock. I thought it was just a different town, Coraline had no friends to play with.
romantic movie but The film was dealing with the Coraline was very bored so she went up to her parents
matter of dignity of life. It is ‘Sam Claflin’ who plays the to play with her but they rejected since they’re very busy
role of ‘Will’ with a feisty personality and It is ‘Emilia with work. So her father asked Coraline to go look
Clarke’ who plays the role of ‘Louisa Clarke’ with a around the house. When she was looking around the
bright and pleasant personality. Will, once a house, she discovered a small door with the brick wall
successful businessman, has a motorcycle accident, behind it. Since she was so curious about whats behind
which takes away his hope to live on. Unfortunately, he that wall, she went to ask her mother to find her the
focuses on what he loses rather than on what he has. keys for the door and when she opened it, it was just a
Thus, it makes sense that he always looks desperate. brick wall. Coraline felt strange about it.
Louisa Clarke, a 26-year old English woman, lives in When she was about to go to sleep, she saw a mice
a small and peaceful village. She works in the cafe, running by the door so she followed it. She saw the
mice going through the small door. She was confused
supporting her family financially. She can not imagine
because all she knew is that the small door lead to no
losing her job and She works as Will ‘s caregiver. At
where.
first, Will rejects Louisa but As time goes on, they fall
into each other. My favorite character is Louisa Clarke When she opened the door, there was a small
opening leading to a whole different world. It was a
because She is positive and bright and especially her
replica of the real world but something’s a bit off.
fashion is unique.
When she went through the door, she heard someone
With her positive personality, the Lord makes people
happy. Also, Her unique fashion styling gives us humming coming from the kitchen. She went to the
kitchen to see who’s humming it was her other
laughter. Louisa wears a unique stocking in the movie
mother. But the strange thing was her eyes were made
and she like it. During the dialogue, "You are the
from buttons. Her parents from the other world was so
reason I want to open my eyes in the morning." The nice and caring. Coraline really liked the other world
word really comes to my mind. Another famous line, I
than the real world. So she started visiting the other
guess that this could be a good life. but it’s not, "My
world every night. One night, the other mother asked
life." it’s not even close. You never saw me, before I
Coraline to sew her eyes with the buttons. Coraline
loved my life. I’ve really loved it. I could understand the was so shocked and scared. She realized that the other
values of Will through the dialogue, "Boldly live, push
mother was evil and she was just pretending to be nice
to the end, do not settle down." I could feel his truthful
all this time so that Coraline could sew her eyes with
heart through this dialogue.
buttons. The other mother told Coraline that she
Think again about dignity of life through the actions kidnapped her parents. Coraline tried to be brave and
of the main characters who choose death for told the other mother to play a game with her. The
happiness. Also, The film reflects the meaning of true condition was, when Coraline wins, The other mother
love in the face of death. The best OST for this movie is would release her real parents and if not, she gets to
"Thinking out loud." In the flowing of the song, Will and sew Coraline’s eyes.
Louisa are dancing in the midst of many people. In the end, Coraline won and she saw her parents
Images from the movie still linger in my mind. Look at again. While watching this movie, I felt that the
this movie! you will not regret it. animation movies can be scary too. And I’ve also learned
that I should not be greedy and be thankful for what I
have. We should not be jealous of the things that are
better than what we have. We should just accept and
appreciate it. Kids this days don’t know the meaning of
appreciation. I hope that they realize they should be
thankful for everything what they have and appreciate it..