| A Beautiful Mind is a truly beautiful movie, and it | | | | right, feel right, or act right. He stops taking the |
| should not be missed by anyone of proper age to | | | | medication, and loses another battle with his |
| appreciate its beauty. It is about a schizophrenic | | | | schizophrenia. Instead of going back to the |
| mathematician named "John Nash", who spends all | | | | hospital, he tries to battle the hallucinations on his |
| of his days trying to find a revolutionary | | | | own. This is the turning point of the movie, where |
| discovery/formula that will change life. The irony, | | | | Nash learns how to really live his life. |
| is that life doesn't work out if we try to solve it | | | | Nash learns that life is more than making a |
| like an equation. It is only when we let go and let | | | | discovery, or solving an equation. There is love |
| life happen to us, that we will find our true | | | | and emotion involved; A wife, taking care of your |
| happiness. The Beautiful Mind is an exaggerated | | | | baby, and the everyday joys of life. Instead of |
| tale of this law, and how terrible life can get if you | | | | focusing his time on himself, John decides to go |
| try to solve its nonexistent formula. | | | | back to teaching classes, and shares his amazing |
| John Nash is an awkward man, not good in social | | | | knowledge with his students. All this, while ignoring |
| situations, but an amazingly talented | | | | the characters that took over his mind. This is |
| mathematician. He is so good, in fact, that he | | | | where an amazing inspirational quote is mentioned |
| spends most of his time trying to find a | | | | by John Nash, which I will mention here: |
| revolutionary discovery in mathematics. I like to | | | | "Are the hallucinations...gone?" |
| think of it as a "Life formula", or a discovery that | | | | "No, but I've gotten used to ignoring them, and as |
| will never happen. The twist of the movie, which | | | | a result, they've kind of given up on me. I think |
| happens about halfway through, is that Nash is | | | | that's sorta what it's like with dreams and |
| suffering from a severe form of schizophrenia, | | | | nightmares. We've gotta keep feeding them for |
| and half of the situations/places that exist in his | | | | them to stay alive" |
| life, are only part of his "beautiful" mind. | | | | That is one of the most true and inspirational |
| One imaginary character that he creates is his | | | | quotes I have ever heard. Dreams will gradually |
| roommate, Charles. Nash gets along very well | | | | disappear, if we do not focus on them, and take |
| with Charles, which makes the audience suspicious | | | | constant action towards them. Nightmares will |
| from the start, seeing that John Nash doesn't | | | | continue, as long as we feed them our attention. |
| really get along well with anyone else. The other | | | | John Nash wins a Nobel Peace Prize at the end of |
| character that Nash creates is named Parcher, | | | | the movie, for his contributions to society. A |
| who is working to solve a conspiracy case of an | | | | Beautiful Mind is a movie about the importance of |
| atomic bomb threat towards the U.S. When the | | | | enjoying every day of life, and not getting caught |
| conspiracy situation goes wrong in Nash's head, | | | | up in ridiculous theories or fantasies for a future |
| that is when he is in need of mental help. He is | | | | that may never be. If we don't focus on the |
| taken into a psychiatric hospital, and receives | | | | present moment, it may be the biggest regret in |
| intense treatment. Upon returning home, the | | | | our life. Embrace life each day, don't embrace a |
| visions are suppressed, but so is every aspect of | | | | fantasy world. |
| John Nash's beautiful mind. He no longer can think | | | | |