2128. Chapter 2128 2128 The Art of the Ending
Malcolm finally believed Cole's words, and he realized that the ghosts had been around Cole because they needed Cole's help, and only by truly listening could the voices disappear.
With Malcolm's help, Cole succeeds in helping a little girl and uncover the truth about her death - she was bedridden for two years before eventually dying, and now her little sister is sick too, and her father has aged almost overnight. But the truth is, it was her stepmother who had been poisoning her food and eventually poisoned her.
When the truth was revealed, the little girl left with peace of mind and never appeared again.
Cole finally understands that the ghosts are not malicious, they just need his help. This made Cole's personality gradually cheerful, and he even participated in the school's stage plays. The whole thing was done, the merit was complete, and Malcolm was able to retire with success.
Malcolm watched Cole's stage play at school, and Nicholas couldn't help but smile when he saw the happy and bright smile on Cole's face, but the parting was still a little sad.
Nicholas let out a long breath, he must admit that the quality of the whole movie is beyond imagination, this is indeed not a horror movie, the movie is more about family love as the core to tell a story that spans the two worlds of yin and yang, compared to many shoddy horror films in the past decade, it is much better; But Nicholas is still a little disappointed, compared with Hugo's previous works, it still seems too conventional, it can be said to be excellent, it is still some distance from the wonderful and classic, Hugo's choice of this work, his vision is still worthy of affirmation, but it seems a little conservative.
However, the movie doesn't seem to be over here, which makes Nicholas frown, does the ending still need to be dragged on? But Nicholas's attention was soon drawn to the big screen.
After Lynn gets off work, she takes Cole home from school, but she gets into a car accident and gets stuck in the middle of the car, and there is no way to leave. For the first time, Cole really told his mother the secret of his heart, but Lynn clearly didn't want to believe it. Looking at his mother, who was sitting still, Cole said uneasily, "Mom, what are you thinking?" You think I'm a freak? ”
Lynn said with a serious face, "Look at me, I would never think you were a freak, never, got it?" Cole nodded, his eyes becoming slightly gentle, and Lynn withdrew his gaze, only to feel that his brain was confused, "Let me think about it." ”
Cohen thought for a moment, "Grandma asked me to say hello to you, and she said she was sorry for taking the pendant, she liked it so much. This sentence made Lynn completely stunned, "Grandma sometimes comes to see me." ”
Lynn was obviously still unwilling to believe Cole, and she shook her head, "Cole, that's not right, you know that Grandma has passed away. ”
"I know, she wants me to ......," Cole tried to explain, but Lynn began to stop him, but this time Cole was not afraid and insisted loudly, "She shook me to tell you that she went to see you dance. This sentence immediately stunned Lynn, "She said that when you were a child, you had a fight with her, and just before your dance performance, you thought she didn't want to see you dance, but she went to do." She hid behind and you didn't see her, she said you were like an angel. "Lynn has completely broken down, this is a secret that only between her and her mother knows, Cole is absolutely impossible to know, tears directly burst the embankment," she said, you once went to her grave and asked a question, and she said the answer was...... Every day. ”
Lynn was already crying at this point, but Cole asked with confusion, "What did you ask?" ”
Lynn was completely crushed by this fact, and the tears could not be stopped at all, and she could only choke out the voice from her throat, "I...... Have I made her proud? ”
Nicholas thinks he is ready to sensationalize, but when he sees Lynn and Cole hugging each other at this moment, he is still a little moved, and this scene is still very necessary, because it sublimates the family affection of the whole movie and makes the whole theme complete. This further boosted the film's completion.
But just when Nicholas thought that this was the finale, the movie actually gave another unexpected surprise.
Malcolm returns home to find his wife asleep on the couch, he finds Anna watching the video of their wedding, he originally thought that his wife no longer loves him, they have drifted apart, but at this moment, he realizes that in fact, Anna is still in love with him. Malcolm remembered Cole's words: talk to Anna while she slept, so that she could hear her own words while she was unconscious.
So, in a voice of great sadness and nostalgia, Malcolm cried out, "Anna." ”
Anna, who was asleep, replied softly, "I miss you so much. ”
This made Malcolm's voice choke a little, he hadn't spoken to Anna in a long, long time, he could only say in fragments, "I miss you so much." ”
"Why? Malcolm? Anna asked, Malcolm's eyes already glistening with tears, and he asked urgently, "What?" What did you say? Anna asked sadly, "Why did you leave me?" Malcolm froze completely, and said in confusion, "I've never left you." ”
But Anna didn't respond, she adjusted her sleeping position slightly, and a metal object in her right hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound. All the eyes of the audience in the entire movie theater followed Malcolm and saw a ring slip to the ground!
Malcolm was stunned, and he saw that Anna still had the wedding ring on her hand, and the familiar spot on his hand was empty. In an instant, all the memories came flooding back to his mind, Cole said, "I can see the dead, they don't know they're dead", each fragment of memory was crushing all of Malcolm's thoughts, all the details were pieced together, and the terrible and cruel truth shattered Malcolm fiercely.
He's dead.
"Whew", Nicholas was completely stunned, he couldn't believe his eyes, he looked at the big screen in horror like this, his brain completely stopped functioning, he didn't have any thoughts at all, just stared at the face on the screen that was torn apart by despair. Tears welled up in shock, uncontrollable, even breathing had completely stopped, and only the sad melody kept turning in my ears.
Hugo said, "Have you read carefully? The details came to mind, but they were still not enough, and for the first time, Nicholas realized that he was not careful enough to watch the movie. The movie is not only the mother-son relationship between Cole and Lynn, nor the husband and wife relationship between Malcolm and Anna, but also the fear and panic of everyone in the face of death, and the reluctant parting makes time stop forever at that moment of that day.
Malcolm's clock was permanently fixed on that night, unable to undo Vincent's pain, and he did his best to help Cole's persistence and the torment of his wife's drifting away...... He was reluctant to leave, and always lingered by Cole's side. Because, he needed Cole's help - not only did he help Cole, but Cole helped him.
Malcolm, dead, is dead at the very beginning of the movie.
This fact made Nicholas completely stunned in an instant, tears blurred his vision, his reason was completely unrestrained, and his emotions roared like stormy waves.
Malcolm finally accepted the fact that he was dead, and sat down beside Anna, with a lonely and reluctant look on his face, with a shallow smile, and whispered, "I think I can go now, I just need to do a few things, I have to help someone, I think I did." I'm going to tell you something, you've always been the most important thing to me, always have been. I love you, sleep well. Everything will change from tomorrow. ”
"Good night, Malcolm."
"Good night, dear."
Malcolm's amber eyes glistened with tears, and then slowly closed, and in the darkness he remembered the blissful waltz of their wedding.
The movie, it's over, it's over.
But Nicholas sat in his chair in a daze, unable to move at all, and he had no way to take into account the reactions of the others around him, he just sat there completely, looking at the subtitles that kept sliding up, letting his emotions run wild, tears almost as if they were out of control, and they kept falling down, and the emotions that swept over him were so violent that he was about to lose his breath.
This is not a horror movie, this is not a movie about family affection or about helping children, this is a movie about human beings dealing with death, those who stay, those who leave, yin and yang are separated twice but have to face death, the pain and torture of death is a test for everyone.
Malcolm was the one who left, but chose to stay; Anna and Lynn were the ones who stayed, but they never really left; Cole is the one who can see those who stay and those who leave, he helps those who leave to fulfill their wishes, and he also helps those who stay to make up for their regrets. Family, love, friendship, these emotional fetters make life and death so entangled and painful, but they also make parting eternal.
It was hard to imagine, Nicholas couldn't imagine that the story would end like this, his mind went blank in an instant, and he couldn't even recall any memory of the movie, he only knew: he had to watch the movie again, not only for the sake of the movie, but also for the memory of his heart - his own parting, if ...... But what if those he thought were long gone, still with him? Will he be able to find his own "Cole"?
Thinking of Hugo's words before the film screening, Nicholas couldn't stop crying.