"The Theory of Everything" is adapted from the memoir "To Infinity: My Life with Hawking" by Jane Wilde, Hawking's first wife. In fact, after Jane divorced Hawking, she wrote a memoir "Music Moves Stars: The Biography of Hawking" based on her life with Hawking. Due to reasons such as nurse Elaine Mason and divorce, Jane and Hawking were very unhappy at that time. It was not until Hawking divorced his second wife (the then nurse Elaine Mason) that the relationship between Jane and Hawking began to ease. Be friends again. Therefore, Jane revised the original memoir, polished her writing style, deleted many unfavorable remarks, and named it "Flying to Infinity: Days with Hawking".
The main content of "The Theory of Everything" is about Hawking and Jane meeting, getting to know each other, falling in love and getting married. However, as time goes by, the marriage gradually comes to an end.
One of Hawking and Jane is a man in science and the other is a woman in liberal arts. One believes in science and the other believes in God. The two seemingly unrelated people sparked sparks after meeting at a dance. After several dates, the two fell in love, which seemed to be a very ordinary campus love. On the other hand, Hawking showed his high IQ academically and overwhelmed many of his classmates.
Hawking's originally happy life was destroyed by a sudden illness. Not only did his muscles begin to atrophy, but he was also told that he could live for two years at most. He had also been decadent and unwilling to see anyone, let alone his girlfriend. But his girlfriend comforted him, gave him hope, and said she would marry him.
In the following life, Hawking had three children. Needless to say, academically, his health became worse and worse. What seems to be an ordinary move for many normal people is impossible for Hawking. He also slowly became unable to speak clearly, and sometimes had to ask someone around him to translate. In order to allow him to better adapt to life, his equipment has also changed from crutches to a wheelchair, and an electric wheelchair at the back.
Moreover, his wife Jane was tired of her life of taking care of Hawking, the children, and going to work to write papers. A long life slowly turned into a disaster for her. After she joined the church choir, Jonathan, a single man who served as conductor, began to slowly enter the family. In the family activities shown in the film thereafter, you will find that Hawking has become a redundant person. He can only sit in a wheelchair or be held somewhere, while Jonathan seems to have become the husband and father of the family.
Hawking accepted all this helplessly. He also knew that his wife was mentally cheating, but what could he do? His wife sacrificed so much for him.
After Hawking got severe pneumonia, he had a tracheotomy and could no longer make a sound. He can only type and make sounds through the computer with the three fingers he can move. To take care of her, Jane hired three caregivers. This is how Hawking's second wife, Elaine Mason, entered Hawking's life.
Elaine Mason appears relatively affable in the film, and often makes little jokes with Hawking. As time went by, Hawking chose to have Elaine Mason accompany him when he went to the United States. Everything is self-evident.
After Jane learned the news, she was angry at first and questioned Hawking; then she felt sad and helpless. "They said two years, but you lived for so long" - this is Jane's truest expression. True love finally lost to disease and time. Finally, Jane expressed her apology. She knew that she had done something wrong.
Finally, Hawking went to the United States, and Jane also went to the choir conductor Jonathan.
Does Hawking hate Jane for her mental derailment? I think there should be.
(Gossip: Hawking’s married life with his second wife was very unhappy. During this period, Hawking was found to have injuries on his body, and everyone suspected that his second wife, Elaine Mason, had committed domestic violence against him. . But after the media and police intervened, Hawking completely denied all accusations of domestic violence and said that the injuries were caused by falling from his wheelchair. Fortunately, Hawking finally divorced his second wife. Hawking has been single since then)
2. "Hawking's Story"
"Hawking's Story" is divided into two parts. One part tells the story of Hawking's experience in studying for a doctorate in Cambridge when he was troubled by illness. , the other part tells the story of two scientists who are about to receive the Nobel Prize and how they won the Nobel Prize. The two parts are interspersed.
Although the film begins with Jane being invited to a dance at Hawking's house, the focus of the film is on Hawking's academic career at Cambridge and his academic achievements during this period. Therefore, the film seems relatively dull, with a lot of discussions about science. No comparison means no harm, and "Freckles" does a much better job of shaping Hawking's character than Curly Fu.
However, this film can be seen as a complement to "The Theory of Everything", allowing us to see Hawking's academic research and scientific exploration during his doctoral studies.
Moreover, the seemingly redundant part actually merges with the part where Hawking is studying at the end of the film. Hawking supports the "Big Bang cosmology", and those two nagging scientists won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the waste heat released by the Big Bang.