Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The Pursuit of Happyness

It was an inspiring story. The picture may be slow, but then again, we don't expect any actions, fist-fighting or ass-kicking moves when the story is about how a man struggled during his poverty days. Instead of despising himself for his inability to keep his woman and making his son go hungry, he went on strong. At one point in the picture,he said to the wifey, "You're weak."


One of the inspiring statement he said to the son, "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. Not even me. You have a dream, you have to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. YOu want something, go get it. Period."


Another scene saw him asking the car owner, "I have 2 questions for you. What do you do and how do you do it? That shed some light to how positive he was.


It was really heartwrenching to see him struggle. The family had difficulties when they had to get their son a basketball. He was chased out of his rented apartment. His friend shunned him and refused to pay him back his $14. He had to betray his conscious and cheated the cab driver by running off.


His humour saved him during the first round of interview. His persistence and positive attitude saw him through. A motivator for all salespeople.


This is one good movie.





Gerrie and I had drinks tonight at the Beavers. We love our Hoegarden. =)

Blackathy, 10:32 PM