I finally got to see MY movie of the year.
MY best picture...the darn oscars just don't get what it takes for a movie to outshine the rest. If they did, they would have recognised Pursuit of Happyness as a winner.
Before I delve into the actual movie.
I want you to consider this...and perhaps I may be stretching my imagination a bit.
But why is it that Haile Barry (having acted in so many movies) won best actress for a movie portraying a black woman in a negative light.
Why is it that Denzel Washington (having acted in so many movies) won for best actor in a movie that portrayed a black man in a negative light.
Why is it that Forrest Whitaker (having never been noticed) won best actor in a movie that portrayed a black man in a negative light.
These aren't sour worms about Will Smith not winning. Will will win an oscar in the future - and watch what character he would have been portraying when he wins that oscar.
And ask yourself why not Ali, and why not Pursuit of Happyness.
Everybody knows Muhammad Ali. Few will know Chris Gardner, whose life story The Pursuit of Happyness is based on.
His life story is remarkable, of how at one stage he was homeless and living at a shelter with his young son and later triumphed to become chief executive of his own brokerage company.
I won't delve into the story too much because I don't want to spoilt it for you. But the movie makes you think about your own passion, your own resilience, your own drive...or lack thereof.
For me it was the lack thereof. It made me think about whether I've ever pursued something with all my might and gotten it. Something substantial, something that changed my life. And I couldn't think of any such thing.
I want to feel what Gardner felt having put all his soul into something that he believed in. Having lost everything in the process. And then getting that thing that he wanted. That he worked his ass off to get. That he deserved. I want to feel what that's like.
It wasn't the acting so much that moved me, the story was just amazing.
Apparently this Gardner dude is making some big investment in SA. But that's herese for now.
4 comments:
So so true! The other Oscar Denzel won was for playing a slave in Glory!!!
Hey, Even Jamie Foxx as Ray - the blind, drug addict, womanising singer.
Haven't seen Dreamgirls so not sure why that girl won.
What did Whoopy win in?
Ghost.
I hate Cavendish Square, I had to go there to go watch Pursuit of Hapiness with a Y. Was the only Ster Kinekor playing it at a convineint time.
Maybe if I had seen it at The Labia where there weren't any snot nosed kids running amock I would have had a better experience. Really, parents should keep their children under control.
Have to say, I did not like te movie much but I can understand the hype.
I don't like Chris. I did not connect.
Should driving a Fararri be a motivation, I am being simplistic but that is what it boils down to for me in the end.
He could have made it work with his wife and have had an even 'happier' life. She was not a bad person?!
I just did not like it.
I often say that the trailer is often the best thins about a bovie, show the good parts and show what the movie was suppose to be about and bang, you get a few million poeple to watch it.
It was a good idea but the carry through was just not there for me.
what I got about the movie was tha Hapiness is fleeting, it is about that moment and then that moment goes away and you have to go bback to living. It is about that moment when you get what you want and realise, I got it, but what now? that moment is what we live for but the rest of the time it is just about going through life and its work and its dissapointments and its reality.
I wrote another response to this but it did not take so I had to start over and get another take on the movie. My previous enrty was much more viscious about the movie. The universe is telling me to take another look.
I will therefore take from the movie what I can. Which is, go after what ever it is you think you want. Maybe Bonga Bangani should watch this movie? Not to diminish his and my plight in the workplace, but...
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