I guess it seems so good because it wasn't a heartwarming, happy film like Song of Sparrows, and it didn't have a mind-twisting ending like Boy A or Secret Sunshine, and it wasn't a comedy or super confusing.....it was just a NORMAL story for once. A normal story that still moved you.
The effects were great, like everybody at the discussion was saying. Seeing so many things from Jean-Do's viewpoint, even when his vision blurred, and when they were sewing up his eye, AND WHEN THE DOCTOR WAS TALKING TO HIM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE. The doc had his sweaty face so close to Jean-Do's eye, I was like, DUDE, BACK UP! It was so nasty.
Anyways, another thing that really stuck out to me was the way that life is so fragile. You hear stories from the Bible about the rich man who died, and about not letting the sun go down upon your anger, and then you see this true story (yes, true story) about a man who was taking his son to spend a fun day with dad, and the dad, Jean-Do, had a stroke and they never got to have their outing. Jean-Do ended up living with all these regrets during the end of his life, and he couldn't fix them. He had had a stroke, and was suddenly totally paralyzed except for his left eye (thankfully his internal organs still functioned). He could never again pick up his kids and give them hugs. He couldn't talk to his own dad on the phone. You never know when you're going to die, or in some other way be robbed of the chance to do certain things that you enjoy doing in life. Eventually Jean-Do caught pneumonia and died. He had been working to regain speech, but didn't get very far with it before he died.
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