a beautiful moment
when Joy talks about how the "pain then is part of the happiness now".... then they kiss, its a beautiful moment in the film.
shareYes this film is full of beautiful moments.
What marks me the most from the movie however is the difference of how Lewis the child and Lewis the man handle the pain of loss.
Tersely put:
The child chooses to escape pain by living in a fantasy world.
This, to my experience is the easiest reaction to suffering, to try and forget about it. To ignore it.
The man's reaction is to accept it as "part of the deal", as part of life. Pain no matter how great must be accepted as part of life. Trying to forget the cause of one's suffering, though easier on one's self, makes you hard, bitter.
Accepting the pain, opening yourself to suffering and learning to live with it makes you strong, a better person.
Pain, suffering must drive you forward, must make you a better stronger man/woman, must make you realise what it's important in life and what is not.
Pain, suffering have made me a stronger person.
Brilliantly articulated summation. I can tell you have suffered in your life that you can comprehend and convey these feelings.
shareI agree with nikolas pontikos, except that I wouldn't draw such a sharp distinction between the "child" and the "man". My take on the story was that C.S. Lewis, despite all his brilliance in terms of thought and theology in particular, remained emotionally a child until Joy's love gave him the courage to accept the pain inherent in life, as "part of the deal". He was advanced into middle age and avoiding the pain of life (which he experienced so brutally as a child when his mother died) by simply never allowing anyone to get close to him. He is a great expert on the subject of pain, and God wanting us to suffer, except that he exempted himself from that rather unpleasant aspect of life, thus refusing to allow God to sculpt him.
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