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Originally Posted by Daoust
I don't get why many think Life Is Beautiful was depressing. I thought it was uplifting and reaffirming. The message, the theme of this film is rebirth, finding joy through suffering, happiness in times of complete loss.
I know there was lots of sad 'stuff' but it was trumped by the 'beauty' and the laughter.
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Well, it was kind of the same for Shawshank and Green Mile, but it's still depressing. Shawshank ultimately has an uplifting and reaffirming end, but it's kind of soul crushing to see Brooksy commit suicide after finding no place in society, and then Red ends up in Brooksy's old room.
The father in Life is Beautiful doing a comic march in the alleyway to amuse his son, ugh... it's a tremendous moment, but damn.