But time has been kind to the odd but moving story of a romance across existence.
The film stars Anthony Hopkins as a dying media mogul, Bill Parrish.
Together, Joe and the Parrishes learn about life and love.
He does so with a hug, and a light in Susan’s eyes indicates she understands everything now.
Susan knows why the sweet man from the coffee shop has been acting so strange.
He’s not the man from the coffee shop after all.
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Only Susan watches, now tearfully accepting what will happen.
Joe and Bill cross a nearby bridge, and Susan sees them disappear.
However, she gets a surprise in return.
Coming back over the hill, looking disheveled and confused is the man from the coffee shop.
It’s such a powerful force that he determines to take her from the world of the living.
It’s a little like the Greek myth of Hades taking Persephone down to the Underworld.
However, Joe fortunately learns an important rule of love: if you love something, let it go.
So that’s what Joe does.
He nearly gets away with it too.
Meet Joe Blackhas a hefty runtime of 3 hours.
However, Joe hatches a plan with the contrite Quince.
Joe reveals his “true” identity to Drew and the board, who are attending the birthday party.
He pretends to be an IRS agent investigating dirty dealings with the company and Drew.
They had the initial connection.
Joe and the coffee shop man give the same answer, “It will come to us”.
That answer is something that touched Susan.
He shares a dance with Susan.
He says goodbye to those he knew and loved and wishes them all well.
It’s a life well-lived.
That’s why he walks off so calmly to his death, he’s lived a fulfilled life.
If we lived forever, it would all be meaningless.
That’s what Joe Black comes to understand.
Even death comes to learn that it’s the very finite aspects of death that make life worth living.
That’s why it’s so hard for Joe to leave in the end.
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