A Beautiful Mind

     The other night I watched the movie “A Beautiful Mind” for the seventh time and it was just as good as the first time I had watched it. It is one of my favorite movies for a lot of reasons and one that I highly recommend to anybody that hasn't seen it. While it can be a little slow at times, the story line is well developed and the slowness doesn't really detract from the movie. The movie centers on John Nash who is played by Russell Crowe. In the film Nash is a genius but also suffers from schizophrenia causing him to also be extremely asocial. While the movie is centered around Nash’s life and the obstacles he has to overcome to succeed, it is the message to humanity that truly makes this film so unique and wonderful.

     This movie challenges the very logic and reason that run John Nash’s life by causing him to believe in something he can’t see, love. It is through the relationship he has with his friend and then wife that he learns not everything can be reasonably explained or figured out. It is through this relationship that he is able to come to terms that the schizophrenic images he sees aren't real and that what is real is the love he has for his wife and his job as a professor. This film really does a good job of doing this more in depth and with passion and it is definitely worth checking out.