Recently separated mother with no job and no money gets breast cancer. A tragedy? Not in the least. The life of Penélope Cruze's character is actually just beginning. In the little time she has left she gathers her strength and starts a new family, makes every moment meaningful and even gets prettier! The outcome is deadly, but it is OK, because she has lived to the fullest.
Well, I find this plot not only unconvincing, but pretty harmful as well. Terminal cancer (among many other things in life) is not nice! And to be positive about it is just inadequate. Acceptance is a whole different matter and to achieve it you don't need fairy tales, but a strong sense of reality. When people are cold, they shiver; when they are doomed, they are desperate. Telling them they can do better" only adds self-hatred to the desperation and is downright evil!
I cannot see how the so called survivors can benefit from that little story either. It can only make them despise their dead for not have lived and died so glamorously and incline them to use lavishly the "sparkle retouch" on their memories. Sometimes that can give them a false sense of peace, but the truth will continue to try and manifest itself. And they should let it, because there's nothing wrong with it.
Well, I find this plot not only unconvincing, but pretty harmful as well. Terminal cancer (among many other things in life) is not nice! And to be positive about it is just inadequate. Acceptance is a whole different matter and to achieve it you don't need fairy tales, but a strong sense of reality. When people are cold, they shiver; when they are doomed, they are desperate. Telling them they can do better" only adds self-hatred to the desperation and is downright evil!
I cannot see how the so called survivors can benefit from that little story either. It can only make them despise their dead for not have lived and died so glamorously and incline them to use lavishly the "sparkle retouch" on their memories. Sometimes that can give them a false sense of peace, but the truth will continue to try and manifest itself. And they should let it, because there's nothing wrong with it.