Me Before You, the movie, is every bit as good as the book – a real rarity. I reviewed the book in my post for June 28, 2015. Check out the imdb link for the movie. It is surprising and gratifying to see the male and female actors play such tender leading roles after their demeanors in Game of Thrones (Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen) and The Hunger Games (Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair). They both exhibit a great range of acting skills. Mesh those talents with a story that is both thought-provoking and discussion-instigating and you have a winner. I interpreted the title as one person (un)selfishly placing themselves before another and debated who was the "me" and who was the "you" in the relationship. But Frank interpreted it as what a person was like before they met the other person. Both are intriguing viewpoints. The movie omits some side stories that were in the book but their omission in no way hampered the integrity of the story. Read the book. See the movie. Decide for yourself.
Now You See Me 2 is every bit as good as Now You See Me, also a rare phenomenon in the movie arena. The card scene is absolutely awesome. Do not miss it. I think I need to see this one again to figure out all the duplicity going on. Check out its trailer at imdb. You do not need to have seen Now You See Me to follow this sequel, but it does lend itself to the enjoyment and perplexing puzzle of cross and double-cross if you have. Most of the cast is the same. Mark Ruffalo and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from the first movie as competing magicians. Michael Caine returns with his suave, unruffled mannerisms, but the female magician is different with amusingly laudable quirks of behavior. Daniel Radcliffe is cast very convincingly as the villain and I could easily get beyond him having been Harry Potter.
These two movies were very different in tone and genre and I loved them both.
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