The Pursuit of Happyness
Happyness with a 'y' not 'i'. Saw it. See it only for the 2 protagonists - Will Smith and Jaden Christopher Syre Smith - one a seasoned entertainer and the other a natural.
Just go to www.rottentomatoes.com for the umpteen reviews there, for the movie. Mixed bag just like my mixed emotions, when I came out of the movie hall after having sat through 2 hrs and 05 minutes of the saga of the pursuit of happyness.
Honestly, I found it a bit tedious. I agree with one of the reviewers at the website mentioned herein, that the director hasn't adopted a 'touch the emotional chord and make the suckers cry' route. It's not hard-hitting, it's not very emotional, it's got some message about pursuing your dream and how money makes the world go round baby, and all that. But you don't come away with any single moment etched in your memory which is that one celluloid moment that converts you from an agnostic to a believer.
So we all face problems in life. And have roadblocks and sharp corners every time we turn. It's just that when you watch it on celluloid, you are predictably waiting for that rah rah moment, the end of the pursuit, where you can expend your tears of joy and strike that 'It's so much like my life' or 'I identify with that moment, that dialogue, that scene completely' or 'Yes man, this is truly inspirational' mushy, heart-wrenching note. No siree, it doesn't leave you emotionally drained.
And somehow throughout the film poor Will Smith seems to be running. It's almost as if the movie is really about some 'Marathon Man' who's training for the NY Marathon. Running to catch the bus, running for and with that darned bone-density machine that he carries almost throughout the film, running from, running for, running to. Holy Trninity, gimme a break I say!
Anyway, won't get cheesy and write no more. See it like I said for the 2 protagonists - with this movie Will Smith has graduated from being a good looking entertainer to an actor and his son is adorable - and come away saying, hey not bad, could've been better.
Actually, dunno. You may luuuuuurv it.
Time for me to go in pursuit of my happy-ness.
Posts
2 comments:
Hmm, nicely done.
The first time someone wrote to me about the movie, I had to resist this very strong urge to tell her that she had misspelled happiness. Glad I was able to overcome that urge :-)
Will Smith, a actor? That doesn't go down easily, does it?
Mmm...yup, Will Smith as an actor. He's retrained, he's believable, he's Chris Gardner. He rises above being Will Smith the rapper, the cool, handsome hunk of MIB I or II.
And hey, thanks for stopping by. I didn't think anyone reads my blogs. Am always amazed when someone drops a comment.
So 'the highway is alive tonight and nobody is kiddin'nobody bout where it goes'...:)
Post a Comment