A Beautiful Mind STARRING: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, |
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| From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize. Comments by David Johnson Pure Ron Howard Drivel, yet for some reason, I feel compelled to place the movie at the very bottom of my top twenty. At least at this point in time. I had a very difficult time buying the plot in any way shape or from. Although I doubted Russel Crowe's ability to convince me that he was a genuis, he actually delivered the goods. However, I found all the other characters so much less real. I felt that his wife was simply a wife for the sake of a wife. Their loved seemed no less real than his want to exchange fluids with some hussy at a bar. I also felt the movie was loaded with sappy moments that reminded me of the Ron Howard in the Simpsons, who pitches a movie where a father must make a decision between his two sons and who will live and who will die. I think the direction lacked any sort of style at all, and was simply directed in the standard Oscar ready format. An emphasis on long scenes shot from a cold, but interesting stand-point. A movie built on some long emotional build-up. However, I must say that the movie wasn't all bad. I was simply so sutrned off in the first 30 minutes that I found myself unable to enjoy the rest of the movie. There were about 45 minutes of the movie that were very good. However, they were only good as an isolated portion. If I could pretend that I had seen a beginning that made the characters more believable, perhaps then I could actually have enjoyed that part as not only a separate entity but also as a part of the whole movie. I apologize to the real John Nash whose life was turned into the last minute Oscar Rush. I certainly wouldn't expect this movie to be nominated for any Oscar's at all, and would dissapointed if it did. I suggest instead of seeing this movie, you check out one of the other wonders currently playing at the theatres.
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