Reflection Journal 1: A Beautiful Mind

     Today, I will tell you about a film which is called “A Beautiful Mind” directed by Ron Howard in 2001. I wanted to talk about this movie because it is a movie which won eleven rewards. It is turned into a screenplay from a book which has the same name. John Nash is an ambitious student and he likes to create a difference. Instead of being contented with what he learns, he loves thinking in a different way from others do and adapting math to life. He is also a genius. He prepares a thesis which refuses a previous theory and he graduates from his school with a degree. Then, he starts to work as a professor but he has also another job. He is a secret agent who works for his country and solves secret codes. He leaves the solved codes to a house’s letterbox. However, he starts to worry about his life because he marries to one of his students, Alicia, and his wife expects a baby. He never tells about his job to his wife. However, one day, the truth comes out. The man finds out that he is a schizophrenic. When his wife looks into the letterbox which John puts the secret letters, she realizes that nobody touched the letters. Although John refuses he is sick, he realizes that a girl he met never grows up in years and he starts to accept the fact. He tries to fight his illness and although he never gets better, he learns living with it.

     I found this movie interesting due to several reasons. The first reason why I liked this movie is that it has a really impressive story. The film tells us the life story of a mathematician named John Nash. It is inspired by a real life story, which means it is a biographical film. Not at the beginning but as the film goes on, you realize the main point emphasized. While watching, you may laugh, cry and get shocked. This makes the movie more realistic. The second reason is that the film is well-shooted. It has a good cast and the actors are reflecting the real people’s attitude towards the problems in real life. The emotions are in the foreground. We can say that they are from our world. The final and the most important reason is that the film affected my view of life. Alicia also goes through a difficult period. Although the man she needs to look after is not the man she fell in love anymore, she tries her best to support him. It shows us how love makes a person strong. At the end of the film, she gets in return for her efforts. This influences the audience deeply. However, the only bad side of the film is that it bores audience at the beginning as nothing extraordinary happens. But I think it is the thing which makes this movie surprising. In conclusion, A Beautiful Mind is a movie which can influence you deeply and even change your attitude towards life.

     I wanted to show you the trailer of the movie because you can see John's ambition and hard-work in this video. Actually, you can also see he is really happy before he finds out his illness. This also shows us how the life can be deceptive and your life can change in a good or bad way in one second. However, I also understand that you become successful if you learn to live with your troubles. Nothing is an obstacle if you have hope that you can deal with them. Hope you enjoy the video.