Movie review of “A beautiful mind”
“A beautiful mind” is an excellent film so that I have watched for a few times. It tells the story about the famous mathematician John Nash. He made a very significant contribution in game theory when he was very young. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed as schizophrenia when he was doing very well in his career. With the persistence of mathematics and the help from his wife-- Alicia, he gradually got rid of the disease. Moreover, he got the Noble Prize in economics in 1994. It showed us the life of the great mathematician. It also led me some thinking about him. What makes him be a Noble Prize winner besides his talent? Maybe there are two main aspects.
The first reason is his desire and persistence in mathematics. In the film, his inspiration came from the process in pursuing the beautiful girls. Then he spent the whole winter to make the mathematical proofs. These behaviors show that he is addicted to mathematics. He is a genius, but if he do not put his heart into mathematics, how can he make the breakthrough in the game theory? Even when he was ill, he still tried to do some mathematical work, the desire to study mathematics drove him to work continuously until making some breakthrough.
The second reason is the support from his wife. Nash was lucky as he got a bright brain.
Unfortunately, he also got the horrible disease---schizophrenia. He was tortured by this disease for almost thirty years. He struggled between the real and imagined world. In the film, the sorrow was visualized by three virtual characters. The pain cannot be described only by words. It is his wife who always accompanied him. She was dangerous because Nash might hurt her. However, she did not leave him alone; she always tried her best to help him get rid of the imagined world. After years’ effort, Nash finally kicked the schizophrenia away. Moreover, he won the Nobel Prize. The journey was really harsh, with the support from his wife, he eventually went through it. If there was no his wife, maybe Nash will never became healthy again.
In addition, the film’s title is “a beautiful mind”, whose mind it refers to? A lot of people think it refers to the Nash’s mind because he went through a harsh time, but I personally think that it refers to Alicia’s. At the end of the film, Nash made a speech on the stage. He said: “Today that I am here because of you.” Here “you” obviously refered to Alicia. Furthermore, what Alicia has done is really remarkable. She always helped him struggle with the disease. Therefore, I think the title refers to Alicia’ mind, not Nash’s.
Overall, this is a good film, for both the contents and the performance. It will bring the audiences pleasure as well as some thinking. It is worth watching.
“A beautiful mind” is an excellent film so that I have watched for a few times. It tells the story about the famous mathematician John Nash. He made a very significant contribution in game theory when he was very young. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed as schizophrenia when he was doing very well in his career. With the persistence of mathematics and the help from his wife-- Alicia, he gradually got rid of the disease. Moreover, he got the Noble Prize in economics in 1994. It showed us the life of the great mathematician. It also led me some thinking about him. What makes him be a Noble Prize winner besides his talent? Maybe there are two main aspects.
The first reason is his desire and persistence in mathematics. In the film, his inspiration came from the process in pursuing the beautiful girls. Then he spent the whole winter to make the mathematical proofs. These behaviors show that he is addicted to mathematics. He is a genius, but if he do not put his heart into mathematics, how can he make the breakthrough in the game theory? Even when he was ill, he still tried to do some mathematical work, the desire to study mathematics drove him to work continuously until making some breakthrough.
The second reason is the support from his wife. Nash was lucky as he got a bright brain.
Unfortunately, he also got the horrible disease---schizophrenia. He was tortured by this disease for almost thirty years. He struggled between the real and imagined world. In the film, the sorrow was visualized by three virtual characters. The pain cannot be described only by words. It is his wife who always accompanied him. She was dangerous because Nash might hurt her. However, she did not leave him alone; she always tried her best to help him get rid of the imagined world. After years’ effort, Nash finally kicked the schizophrenia away. Moreover, he won the Nobel Prize. The journey was really harsh, with the support from his wife, he eventually went through it. If there was no his wife, maybe Nash will never became healthy again.
In addition, the film’s title is “a beautiful mind”, whose mind it refers to? A lot of people think it refers to the Nash’s mind because he went through a harsh time, but I personally think that it refers to Alicia’s. At the end of the film, Nash made a speech on the stage. He said: “Today that I am here because of you.” Here “you” obviously refered to Alicia. Furthermore, what Alicia has done is really remarkable. She always helped him struggle with the disease. Therefore, I think the title refers to Alicia’ mind, not Nash’s.
Overall, this is a good film, for both the contents and the performance. It will bring the audiences pleasure as well as some thinking. It is worth watching.
2 comments:
Hi Jian ,
From your clear story explanation, I can feel that it must definitely be a good movie. You really can write such a long and clear movie review.
However, I feel that it would be more perfect if you can provide the name of the director, the actor and actress of this film. Another point that I would like to suggest is to pay more attention on your grammar usage.
I will try to watch it and let me see the result of “A Beautiful Mind”.
Thank you very much
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