Great Film: A Beautiful Mind
A movie with a difference - It's realistic.
I went along to the movies not really wanting to see this movie, thinking it
was a 'girly' movie, one which had more technical skill rather than a
storyline. I was surprised more than anything I could imagine.
I have seen a lot of movies in my time, but this movie just took me by
storm. Its uniqueness, ironically enough because it was based on a real life
situation was a refreshing change from the usual Hollywood blockbuster. This
movie provided a brilliant (pardon the pun) insight into many aspects of a
genius at work.
This movie touched me on many levels. The psychology of the movie was
intriguing, the mathematical philosophies was actually realistic from my own
experience, and the icing on the cake making the movie stand out was
surprisingly the humanistic side of Love. While love is a common basis in
most movies, the interaction of this theme with other aspects of the plot
was planned phenomenlly.
As for the cast, I have never noticed the actual difference in skill
between many actors/actresses before. I like Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise etc, but
I wouldn't be able to pinpoint a classic actor's performance. But Russell
Crowe in this film showed me what it was like to act in a way where I was in
awe of his skill in playing this character, especially when considering the
extreme difference from characters in his other movies such as the Gladiator
and The Insider. Russell Crowe was one of the big reasons this movie was so
brilliant. Added to that the stellar performances of Jennifer Connelly, Ed
Harris and Adam Goldberg, and this made for the 'perfect' movie.
A Beautiful Mind was by far the most original, intelligent and entertaining
movie I have ever seen. And this from a movie I didn't expect big things
from. Kudos to Ron Howard, the cast and the crew of this movie. It was truly
worthy of the Oscar, and Russell Crowe was definately the most deserving of
this production team to miss out on the highest accolade. Perhaps politics
played a bigger part than I previously would have thought.
Cast
- John Nash played by Russell Crowe
- Parcher played by Ed Harris
- Alicia Nash played by Jennifer Connelly
- Dr. Rosen played by Christopher Plummer
- Charles played by Paul Bettany
- Sol played by Adam Goldberg
- Hansen played by Josh Lucas
