Review of Me Before You (2016) by Stcenterprise . — 07 Jun 2016

You before Me (2016).

This was a much better film than I had anticipated going into the film. It has an equal quantity of comedy, emotional investment, and a little bit romance. This film did an excellent job on casting to show the distinctions on the characters. If you know someone with disabilities or Have trouble learning how to work or get along with someone this film is a good one for you.

I liked the cloths from a story aspect being able to visually present the differences in personality in fashion and music between the two characters. Lou Clark being from middle class not so wealthy family with strange but funny fashion taste that totally don't fit Will Traynor's wealthy family that is very well versed and knowledgeable on films and foreign films. The fashion part of this film was used well in this film and integrated through the film very well to show the progression of the character. I liked Lou's tropical Hawaiian dress, blue dress, butterfly dress, red dress worn in this film.

I liked the fact that Lou took the time to research both online, and in a real library the condition he was going through and what could be done to help. It just gave you an idea of the amount of information out there needed to help someone as well as what is required to help someone.

I thought that the begging should have started or told earlier in order to be invested in both characters when they meet together. I wish we say more of the troubles Will had prior to Lou entering into the story helping Will.

This film is Shot in England, France. There is something appealing about how some of the shots are done that I really liked such as the snow landscapes, the look of the castle, looking up at the starts, both of them together riding on the wheel chair together with the starry background above, the lightning.

I liked that Will introducing Lou to foreign films and how that was being integrated in the film in how yes they may have not been on the same page but she could learn to enjoy the same things he likes. She was even starting to get interested in seeing a Spanish film but her current boyfriend was not. Also the current boy friend did not take the time to ask or find out what she was interested in where as the other guy did take the time. He actually learned more from him in a few months about her own interest than the boy friend athlete who had been dating each other for 7 years and he was only interested in his own self interests rather than think of others.

Lou once had Bumble bee leotards that she enjoyed until she out grew them as a kid. I liked Lou's Bumble bee leotards was something that came back a few times in the film and was not just introduced once and never comes back again.

I found the mental yelling Will does to Lou to prove a point distracting. I felt like the way to get Lou's attention to stop staring at Will was handled felt out of place from the rest of the film.

I felt like the editing on particular scenes could have been handled better from a passing stance. Like the Birthday party needed something to make it seem quicker rather than the length of awkwardness. The cuts at the begging showing the first five or six days seemed like much more time was spent than a few days. Then the beginning When we are first introduced to him after the accident I would have liked more of an introduction showing just struggles immediately after with all the other help assistants prior to the last one finally being hired to just give us a hint as to why the parents picked her and why was this girl picked that the others did not have.

I think that Lou's birthday scene made sense that the reactions Lou had to each gift was appropriately different from the photo album, the necklace, to the bumble bee leggings.

Will in some ways sacrifices himself in order not to be a burden on others to take care of as well as not cost so much for others to take care of him. Will understood his condition was only going to get worse not better.

I thought it was unique that the author of the book Me Before you also was the screenplay writer for this film.

I felt like the end to this film seemed abrupt and I would have liked the ending to have felt more complete as far as where did Lou end up in relationship and how she concluded her life after the relationship rather than leaving it with her reading a letter from him while in Paris France.

The end credits are short compared to most films today because there are no special effects and the film is shot in an easy fashion.