Accompanied by a brisk soundtrack, a large group of teenagers such as Bethany and Alana listened to Sarah, a young mentor, at Kauai's North Shore Christian Church on the big screen. Sarah giggled, and the crowd laughed, but Bethany was serious, almost serious, and it was clear that she was the most devout believer here.

"There are a lot of difficulties and setbacks in life. Then Sarah's guru said, "But don't be afraid, and don't be dismayed, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." This is the first chapter of Joshua... Fifth sentence. ”

The camera was everything, Bethany, who had not spoken, suddenly raised her hand, and Alanna was looking at her, and she said, "Sarah, this is the ninth sentence of the first chapter of Joshua." ”

In the close-up, Sarah's chubby face is stunned.

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, she walked back to the podium, picked up a Bible, looked at it, looked at Bethany, who was also laughing, and exclaimed, "You're right! But you're a nerd." The crowd laughed louder, and Bethany rolled her eyes with a smile.

Outside the screen, the laughter of the Harvard-Westlake students in the house has another layer of fun, they know this!

Light laughter rang out in the cinema room, and it was hard for people, especially young people, to dislike the funny and kind Sarah Mentor, and Bethany undoubtedly showed everyone how well she read the scriptures and knew the doctrine so well that even the young tutors could not match her.

The Hamilton family in the Brown Bear Theater knew that this was a dramatic adaptation, and Emma knew the deep meaning of these lines, for this scripture, Sarah really understood, and had accepted and overcome the test, Bethany was just familiar with the scriptures, she was a nerd who had not yet experienced the test of fate.

But Bethany had a good heart, not only did she correct Sarah's mistakes, but Sarah then told everyone about a volunteer charity event on the island of Hawaii, and she was the most active, and when she heard that the event and training time conflicted, Sarah asked her to be absent and prepare for next month's Hawaii regional tournament, and then participate in future activities.

However, after a moment's hesitation, Bethany decided to sacrifice a weekend of training to help others with Sarah. Her voice was cheerful, "God loves the world, how can we not?" Sarah smiled and nodded in agreement.

In Toronto, Mihaela looks at Nina and feels like she sees her daughter in Bethany, even though she is not so fanatical about Christ.

Bethany has a youthful and lively enthusiasm, is friendly on the field, encourages opponents off the field, loves her family, is faithful to her faith, is well-versed in the scriptures and loves charity, there is nothing bad about it, but ...... When there is such a thought, the hearts of the audience will be cold.

Because that certain story predicts that something will happen to Bethany, something will happen to Bethany like this.

A strange light flashed in the eyes of the bearded fat man, and the courage of a genius is a big ......

No matter how much criticism there is, VIY's talent and arrogance are there. Since the film has been screened, the use of shots and other scheduling have been very plain, and there is nothing remarkable about it, but as far as the script adaptation is concerned, in terms of the theme of the story, Ye Wei's handling is very bold.

Halfway through the first act, is there anything wrong with Bethany? No, everything about her is right, good, and to be rewarded rather than punished.

And Bethany's attack by a shark is a punishment in the rules of storytelling, God's punishment, that is, a test of fate.

In countless stories, including Ye Wei's own short film "Angel Dance", the protagonist has an accident for a reason, and this reason makes the protagonist have an accident, and when the protagonist recognizes this reason and solves the problem, then he will be reborn, and the story will come to an end.

Just imagine, if Bethany showed even a little bit of arrogance towards Ashley, she was carried away by victory and success, forgetting God's will, she had a dispute with Mentor Sarah, and choosing training between training and charity was tantamount to choosing self and leaving love.

This is sinful, and these foreshadowings will naturally push her to be punished.

Which is better, ego, surf vs. love, everything bigger, and which is the truth?

This would naturally be the subject of the film, and when Bethany goes through her journey of redemption because of something that touches her heart, perhaps it is a charity act to help others, she renounces herself and realizes the true doctrine of God, love. She was resurrected, won another surfing competition, and the story was over.

The ego → abandon the ego

Paying attention to appearance→ looking down on appearance

Don't help others→ help others

Defeat → victory

Hollywood and independent films usually tell stories like this, and now what about this "Soul Surfer"?

Ye Wei didn't say that! Not at all. Now Bethany on the big screen is not only not guilty, she is meritorious, her love, kindness, beauty can be seen by everyone, she is not self-conscious, she is beyond the maturity of ordinary people, she sacrifices herself in order to help others, maybe she is the most faithful Christian in the world.

What Bethany is doing now, she should have done after the end of the film. If the people who make up stories and tell stories are mediocre.

The bearded fat man smiled in his heart, Ye Wei really caught it, the guilty Bethany was punished by God and then redeemed, no matter how you tell it, it is just a bland story, and the innocent Bethany was punished by God......

The tension of the film is actually buried in the shadows, and when disaster destroys all this beauty, thanks to the real persuasiveness of the story's huge twist, it will be shocking. It seems that this is a story of self-redemption, and this is also a story of unconventional self-redemption.

Looking at the images on the screen, professional filmmakers will think more, expect and be more surprised, but the average audience is watching the movie, beautiful Hawaiian, sweet and kind girl, amazing story anticipation, and the word "impatient" does not seem to be very popular.

The word "envy" has arisen in the hearts of many young people.

Bethany and Alanna are both homeschooled, and Sheri tutors them, as the nearest middle school is a 40-minute drive from their home, and it would be better to spend that time on surfing training. Sheri's education was warm and strict, and it was the eve of Halloween, and at the instigation of Alanna, Bethany secretly left home to participate in the night surfing of the young people.

But she didn't go until she finished her homework, and Alanna didn't, and kept urging "I can't take care of it!" but she insisted, so she went late, and when the two arrived, the activity was almost over, and they also went into the water to surf and swim, watch handsome guys, laugh, and enjoy their youth.

Brown Bear Theater, seeing this, Alanna Blanchard seems to have returned to three years ago, it is really a little silly, Ye Wei is not there, but he has restored it.

In the early morning at Hamilton's house, Cherry and Bethany talked about last night's night surfing, Bethany smiled and apologized, Tom was going to the hospital for knee surgery, and his second brother Tim drove him there, Bethany was going to morning surfing with Alanna and his daughter, and Shelly and his eldest brother Noah stayed at home to decorate for Halloween.

"See you later, sweetheart. ”

"I'll see you later, Dad, the operation went well. ”

On the porch of the house, everyone laughed goodbye, and Bethany hugged her surfboard and followed Alanna and the others away.

She didn't know what was going to happen.

From Los Angeles to New York, from Hawaii to Toronto, dark clouds of tension are forming. The very few unaware audiences are still intoxicated by the bright soundtrack, which is warm and has a youthful dynamism.

In the early morning, the coast scenery is infinite, the sound of the waves reaches the ears of the audience, and the four of Bethany come to the beach and run to the sea with laughter and surf!

It's meant to be a crossover montage, with Tom in a hospital gown lying on the operating table, two nurses busy, and surgeon David Rovinsky pushing the door into the operating room and asking, "Tom, is the anesthetic starting to work?" and Tom replied, "A little." David nodded and smiled, "After a while, you should be completely out of feeling, and then we'll get you back to the sea and surf with Bethany right away." Tom laughed, "Thanks, David." ”

The scene changes, in the tunnel beach, the four of them swim to the sea, surfing, laughing, there are aerial shots, sea shots, and there is no upward shot, it seems that there is no danger.

At Hamilton's house, Shelly and Noah are chatting while decorating the decorations, and she asks, "Have you all really participated in the full moon night surf?" Noah laughed and said, "Mom, every kid on the island goes, Beth is just a child, and she'll go to beg for candy tonight." Cherry had a motherly smile on her face.

The scene suddenly goes into the sea, and the camera from the upward angle can see the sunlight shining through the sea, a surfboard is paddling, the camera rises sharply in an instant, and at the moment of rushing out of the sea, it cuts to a panoramic shot looking down on the sea, only to see Bethany surfing.

The hearts of countless viewers also suddenly tightened, and they were startled by the movement of the camera.

Kimberly Pearce clearly felt her heart tighten a little bit, even if she knew what was going to happen because of the foreshadowing in front of her...... I also feel nervous, but because of that expectation, there is another chilling uneasiness.

Nobody wanted that to happen, but it would happen. The more she didn't want to, the more uneasy she became, she really smashed "Carrie".

After a few surfing shots and a mix of the sea shots on the screen, the screening room is like a strangely taut string, ready to break at any moment, and then looking down at the camera, Bethany and Alana are lying on the board and floating with the sea, Holt and Byron in the distance, and the camera pushes closer to the two girls who are laughing and talking about Halloween activities at night.

The sound of the sea gradually became quiet, and Bethany closed her eyes and spread her hands to play in the water, the water undulating and the sun shining on the surface of the sea.

This scene is really beautiful, but the turbulent undercurrent makes the audience's hearts tense and depressed, and they can't bear to look at this terrifying contrast.

"Beth......" Alana paddled to swim closer.

The camera focuses on Bethany's left hand from Alanna's point of view, a close-up of her left hand gently swinging, as if gently soothing the audience's suffocating hearts.

In the frontal close-up shot, Bethany closed his eyes and smiled, and sighed softly: "Life is so beautiful, thank God." ”

Before Thank-God's words could fall, God's last note had become a scream, and a gray shadow rippled on the sea, and Bethany shook. A fleeting close-up of the viewer watching the gentle left hand slam its fingers open, trembling, drowning in blood-red waters and sinking into darkness.

The entire screen seemed to be splattered with blood, and the movie theater erupted into an exclamation, and the surrounding audience lost their voices and said "oh no", and Pierce felt like he had been struck by thunder.

Guggenheim's eyes widened, and with such an extremely sarcastic, infiltrating, and vicious line here, could VIY really save the story?

The camera on the screen cuts to the panorama in a panic, the leaping gray shadow falls back into the sea, the sea surface is dyed blood red and spreads at the same time, Bethany almost falls into the sea, Alana screams: "Shark, there are sharks!!"

The soundtrack suddenly sounded, like a sudden storm, heavy and panicked, and the Holt father and son in the double shot changed their faces, and immediately paddled over, "Stay on the board, don't fall into the water!"

"Go back to shore! Quick!" Everything was so alarmed that the Holt father and son pulled Bethany's board to help her paddle back, Alana close behind, and Bethany's right hand trembling and paddling. Aerial footage allows the audience to see the four of them getting closer and closer to the shore, and a shocking blood road drifting in the sea.

The thunderous soundtrack became more and more terrifying, and the four of them returned to the shore stranding, "Go call an ambulance!" Holt calmly plugged the wound on Bethenizza's left arm with his clothes, and instructed his children to help, Byron rushed to the beach and woods parking first, and Alana helped Bethany to go back.

The air in the screening hall froze, and the huge psychological oppression invaded every audience......

The crossover montage continued, in the hospital operating room, Dr. David was about to start the operation on Tom, the door to the operating room was suddenly pushed open, and a nurse rushed in and said, "Doctor, we need this operating room, a 13-year-old girl was attacked by sharks on the North Shore." ”

Tom's expression changed, David followed the nurse out quickly, and Tom asked in surprise, "Who is it?"

"I'll take a look. David looked back, "Tom, stay there." ”

Byron was talking on the phone in the woods, Holt and his daughter were rescuing Bethany on the beach, and ambulances were scrambling down the road, their horns blaring.

At Hamilton's house, Sheri picked up the ringing phone and asked with a smile, "Hello?" After a few seconds, her face turned frightened, the phone fell to the ground, and she ran out like crazy. Noah asked "Mom?" and chased after him.

Countless parents and viewers were heartbroken, and the screen returned to the beach, where Byron, who rushed back, helped carry Bethany to the forest road back.

In the hospital operating room, David came back and said to Tom solemnly, "It's Bethany." Tom, who had been moved to the hospital bed, blushed and let out a cry of grief, instinctively struggling to get out of bed, but his legs were no longer moving, only his upper body was moving.

"Tom, Tom!" David hurriedly held him down and said loudly, "Don't move, don't make trouble, we will do our best to save her." Tom's face was full of grief.

On the forest road by the beach, Bethany was urgently moved from a surfboard to a stretcher by paramedics and then pushed into an ambulance. Holt followed, and as the ambulance drove away, Alanna cried bitterly, and Byron put his arm around her shoulders, also at a loss.

In the rushing ambulance, Bethany was lying on a stretcher, her face and lips were bloodless, and she looked confused, and she was on the verge of death.

A middle-aged female nurse who had appeared in the church held her right hand and encouraged: "Bethany, hold on, God will never leave or abandon you, God will never leave or abandon you......"

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Listening to these words, Claire's blank mind had no thoughts, and there was an indescribable sadness, and she felt that even the devout disciples were in mixed feelings at this moment.

At this time, there is a three-panel split picture on the big screen, on the left is the image of Noah driving his mother to the hospital, Cherry praying blankly, in the middle is the image of the ambulance running towards the hospital, and the image of Bethany dying in the car, and on the right is the hospital operating room, Tom is pushed out by the nurses, he looks heavy, and Tim is waiting in the aisle leaning weakly against the wall.

Divided into three grids, the family, soon became three close-ups, the dazed Sheri, the unconscious Bethany, and the sad Tom.

Cars, ambulances, and hospital beds are all moving, they are all moving, but they are closely connected, and it is not only the camera that connects them, but also the flesh and blood.