This movie was very touching and heartfelt. It told of an old man who worked as a maintenance in Ruby Pier, a carnival. He loved children and did his job well; no ride ever broke down. That is, until one day the cable of a new ride broke and the cart came crashing down. He limped as fast as he could toward the ride, to get people out of the way. A little girl was sitting directly under the crashing cart so he threw down his cane and ran as fast as he could to push the girl out of the way. All turned black, until he woke up.
The first person Eddie met in Heaven was “The Blue Man”. Even though they were strangers when they were both alive, their lives were connected. It turns out that the Blue Man died because little Eddie ran out into the street and caused The Blue Man to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting him. He crashed into a fruit cart and had a heart attack. Little Eddie made it to the other side of the street unscathed. The lesson the Blue Man gave Eddie was, “there are no random acts.” ” Every life is connected.” and “strangers are just family you have yet to meet.” “No life is ever a waste.” I agree that every life was put on this earth to do something; everyone has a purpose in life, no matter how small. When I watched this scene in the movie, it was scary that you could responsible for some people’s death without even realizing it.
The second person he meets is his old captain from the war. His captain taught him that sacrifices are something to be proud of, not ashamed. All his life, Eddie was ashamed of his sacrifice. When talking with his captain, it was revealed that he was the one who shot Eddie in the leg. The captain sacrificed Eddie’s leg to save his life. The captain said that sacrifice is noble, and its the thing that makes humans humans. From this scene, I learned that everyone has a different heaven. The Blue Man’s heaven was the Pier and the captain’s heaven was the world before the wars and the killings.
The third person that Eddie met in heaven was a total stranger. It was in fact the girl that Ruby Pier was named after and built for. She taught him how to forgive. All of Eddie’s life, he never forgave his father for being abusive. But you can’t go through life hating someone forever. Sometimes, you just have to forgive them.
The fourth person Eddie met was his beautiful wife, Marguerite. Her heaven is young couples’ weddings because she loved her wedding with Eddie. She teaches him that love never dies, it is just shown differently. Eddie regretted all his life that Marguerite died before he did, but he learned that she could feel his love all the way from heaven. It connects with how someone never truly dies, because they’ll always live on in your memory. Eddie never stopped loving his wife.
The last person Eddie meets in heaven is Tala, the young girl in the hut that Eddie burned. She teaches him that everyone has a purpose on earth. Eddie feels as if his life was a waste, but his purpose was to prevent all the deaths that could have resulted from poor maintenance in Ruby Pier. By doing his job, he saved many lived. His last person also tells him that he did in fact, save the girl from the falling cart.
And the movie ends. This movie can bring many tears and make anyone appreciate life. Life is short, make the best of it.