The other day, I had the privilege of
watching one of the most heartwarming movies I have seen in quite
sometime. I still find myself confused as to why a few days ago was
the first time that I had ever seen, A Beautiful Mind.
A Beautiful Mind is the story
of a man named John Nash, who genius intellect and exquisite mind is
clouded by what we call schizophrenia.
The film begins as the audience is
introduced to cast of characters attending Princeton University.
Among the many smart cookies we meet, we meet John Nash who appears
to be awkward,lacks common social skills and has a hard time with
regular interaction with people. We meet John's roommate Charles who
also learns about Nash's social awkwardness when John informs him
that he isn't too much of a people person. Through John's journey to
achieve the unthinkable at Princeton he makes friends, and realizes
there is an art form to hitting on women. That includes NOT telling
them you want to have intercourse with them within the first sentence
of meeting them.
After graduating from Princeton, John
soon meets his future wife, Alicia. Alicia and John click instantly
and before we know it, the audience is watching the two get married
and have a baby. Not long after marriage, John's obsession with
breaking codes becomes more intense,and he fears the government is
after him. The viewers watch as John becomes increasingly more
paranoid, and even begins to push the love of his life away. Soon
John is admitted to the hospital and is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
From this point on the movie then focuses on John and Alicia's
struggle to cope with his diseases as well as remain a happily
married couple. Eventually John learns that in order to over come his
problem he must ignore the imaginary faces he's become a custom to,
such as his good friend Charles and the imaginary government that
finds him a threat. At the end of the movie, the audience sees that
John finally learns to control his problem and becomes one of the
most successful men in history. To make things even better, Alicia
remains with John through everything, making this a perfect love
story.
With an amazing cast of characters,
beautiful script and cinematography this movie is a true masterpiece
that keeps me believing that the impossible is nothing.
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