The Bucket List

Has someone brought joy to your life?
Have you ever brought joy to others' lives?

Edward Cole is a successful entrepreneur. He runs his business by himself and earns an amount of uncountable money. Edward concentrates on creating his own business empire from youth to old. On the other hand, Carter Chambers is a poor mechanic. In fact, he had dreamed to major in history in college but he fails because he is forced to find a job to raise his family. However the destiny of these two men interweaves each other when the doctor announces they have got cancer and have not much time to live. More importantly, it doesn't mean the end of their lives, but the start of a new journey.

One day, Edward sees Carter writing “the bucket list”, meaning what you want to do before you die, which Carter's philosophic teacher has taught them in class. Edward tells Carter that they must accomplish all the things on the list together in order not to leave any regret in their last part of life. Although Carter has hesitated and is rejected by his wife, he still chooses to adventure with Edward. They have tried sky diving and drove antique roadsters. Also, they travel to visit pyramids in Egypt, Taj Mahal in India and Tanzania. From high-quality restaurant to tattoo shop, Edward and Carter make the wishes on the list come true one by one.
(The introduction of the plot stops here because it's better to discover this attractive movie by your own.)

“The Bucket List”, an interesting and touching movie, tells us two important things. One is to face death with optimistic attitude. In this movie, Edward and Carter choose to lead their last lives by pursuiting their dreams instead of living in sorrow. Both of them have been busy working and raising family, but what do they have when they know they're going to die at last. As a result, they make up their minds to live for themselves. The other one is to seize the day (carpe diem). From this movie, I realize that life is precious and we have to seize every moment in our life with people we love. In addition, do not hesitate or give ourselves an excuse to put off what we really want to do, because we're less likely to predict the future of our life. “The Bucket List” is absolutely worth giving a try and you will learn a lot from it. (Trust me!!!)



Note: "Kick the bucket" means someone die, because if one wants to commit suicide by hanging, before hanging, s/he needs to kick the bucket s/he stands on.