Happyness is Yours Finally

 

Will Smith played the role of Christopher Gardner based on a true story film, The Pursuit of Happyness. In the film, Gardner was then a homeless salesman who suffered from the life pressure. He was a salesman who invested his family saving just in order to try demonstrating and selling portable bone-density scanners to doctors. But unfortunately his plan just turned such burdensome to him and turned his life upside down. Not just that, his wife also left him because she thought that they have no future anymore. Luckily Gardner still has his only son, Christopher Jr. played by Smith’s off-screen son, Jaden.

Based on my opinion, this movie has such a strong value for example we can see Smith’s character have gone through from ups and downs from the start until the end. He’s such a strong man physically and mentally just to reach one goal, happiness. Not just for his happiness, also for his son’s. Especially can be seen when his wife left him with nothing and after his plan for the scanners were turned down, that forced him to be homeless. At that moment, it honestly left me almost teary-eyed to see Gardner and his son unwillingly to spend their night at the subway’s bathroom.

Honestly saying, I hardly bear to see this kind of struggle ones need to face. But this is the reality we as a human need to humbly endure in our life. With such a strong and heartfelt performance by Will Smith, the movie has no doubt and proven to be a great movie with a precious value. His character never simply gave up in anything that he does.  Because in life, giving up is never be the answer to solve our problems. Because life is never unfair, the thing is we just need to wait for it to come. Sooner or later. Like in the end of the movie, it tells us that Christopher Gardner finally gets his happiness by getting a new job and later, owning a multi-million brokerage firm.

The Hell on Earth

From Hell is a movie adaptation of the popular murder case, Jack the Ripper in London, around the year of 1888. The movie was directed by Hughes Brothers and the movie was released in 2001. Even though the movie was using one of the hottest actors in America which is Johnny Depp, the fact doesn’t help much in highlighting this movie in the public eyes.

Based on my opinion, as I watched the movie, there are lots of differences with the original case.  Despite I was just doing my observation hundred per cent relying on various articles from the internet, but I strongly feel that the situations are mostly different. As a watcher, honestly I was excited when I was about to watch the movie version of the case, but halfway of the movie, lots of doubts started to kick in.

People are eager to know who is he...

Maybe the producer and the director have their own reasons why they interpreted the movie in differ ways from the movie, but I bet the public are mostly left unsatisfied. Because usually, when there were any true events happening in the past and were decided to be adapted into a movie version, people will be more eager to relate to the case because the realness of the case could be felt throughout the movie IF the movie is successful.

For an obvious example, one of the victims from the case, Mary Kelly, supposed to be killed but in the movie, it was the opposite. By using the actress Heather Graham, she played well of the character but for people who understand the actual event, would notice few differences in her characteristics.

Like I’ve said before, maybe the production team of the movie have their own reason in changing the flow of the real story.  And I have thought of one thing, that the reason might be because of “Jack the Ripper” case was still unsolved until today. Therefore, maybe that’s was their way in spicing up the movie. But for those who don’t know anything about the case or the movie, don’t make a quick assumption. Watch first. 

Maybe one of them? 

The Pianist, It’s Not All About Piano

 

Don’t misunderstand about the title I’ve made above. Honestly saying, I have nothing against Adrien Brody playing the main character as a person who plays the piano. What I’m trying to point out is that the story itself is just not all about the piano. The movie “The Pianist” is a movie directed by Roman Polanski and is an adaptation of an autobiography of the same name.

There are plenty other things that involved in the movie. For example, the main thing about the movie is war. The war seems obviously shown in the movie. The war revolves around the German against the Jews community.  What can I conclude here is, my post this time will go against my last post because right after I watched the movie, my perception changed. Not practically changed by the way, but more to confusion. Because I’m clueless on which sides should I believe? 

Which sides do you want to believe?

After I’ve read the article that has been written by Hitler himself earlier, I was just about to believe that the Jews are the actual betrayer. But after I’ve watched The Pianist, I’m dazed. The Jews have been severely treated. Until up to one point, I couldn’t bear watching how bad they were treated. And I keep asking myself until today, how bad the Jews were until they could be punished that way. 

Maybe I wasn’t born in that era to witness and to observe myself what were the real situations. Because everyone was against each other back then. Everyone wanted to survive for living. They don’t care about any other things anymore. Like the main character,, he had tried so many things and sacrificed in losing his family in order to survive. It was all different back then. People were strongly goal driven. They’d do anything to get what they want.

Fairly, this movie is such a strong movie and now I know why it earned so many notable awards at film festivals. The movie totally deserved it. If only I was there to see myself what the real situations back then, it would be easier for me to judge who’s wrong, who’s right.