At first glance, I
thought that this movie was surely interesting because it starred
Robin Williams, one of the most popular actors. Besides, this movie
also have the setting of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
which is among the top universities in the world. Thus, for these
reasons, my family and I decided to buy this DVD.
Will, an ordinary
cleaner in MIT was actually a genius man. Although he used to go to
the bar, spending his time with his friends for useless thing, but he
knew much about the history and mathematics. Surprisingly, he also
succeed to solve a maths problem, which had caused trouble to the
previous mathematicians for many years. Fortunately, a maths lecturer
saw him doing the calculations and that caused his life to change.
However, Will was just
caught for some criminal cases and had been sentenced to be prisoned.
The lecturer used this opportunity to meet and speak to him. Gerald,
the lecturer, promised that he could bring out Will from the prison
but for some conditions. Will should attend Maths classes with him
and also have some counseling to change his bad behaviors. At first,
Will seemed to be unhappy about the counseling which he felt that it
was nonsense, but after Gerald advised to him that it was better than
to be in the prison, he accepted the offer unwillingly.
Truly, it was hard to
counsel the young man. Many counselor met him, and many of them had
left him as they cannot withstand of him. Gerald decided to ask his
old friend to help him. Fortunately, his friend was able to accept
him although the first meeting went badly. At last, Will received the
offer to work at a prestigious company, but he decided to reject it
only because of a lady.
For my opinion,
actually I did not like the ending. A lady could not be a reason for
someone to just let go an opportunity to change his future. If I am
Will, I will just accept the work to get some money for the future.
Maybe the money can as well be used for my wedding and afford my
life. The work can also change the perceptions of people on Will that
he was actually a gifted person, not just an ordinary lad going to
the bar everyday.
There is one value
that I learned from this movie. In Malay tradition, there is a saying
that sounds like 'If the back of the knife is being sharpened, it may
be sharper.' This means that someone's history should not necessarily
show his future. Every person can change themselves, either bad to
good or the opposite. In this movie, Will changed from a guy who used
to go to the bar to a high-ambitioned man. This shows that everyone
can be a good person as long as they are determined.
Although there is some
values in the movie, I do not recommend this movie to be watched,
especially the young ones. There are too many rude words used by the
actors to express their minds, and they are not suitable for the
fresh minds to hear them. Thus, they will not speak rudely towards
other people, instead they will be more polite.
In a nutshell, I do
not like this movie because of the weird ending and the words used in
it. I hope that all of us can have better film for the benefit of
ours.
Words:
Words:
- Contentious (adjective)
Meaning: likely to cause arguments
Ex: They used the contentious issues to get the people's support. - Attorney (noun)
Meaning: lawyer
Ex: My ambition was to be an attorney but now I am a teacher. - Crony (noun)
Meaning: a friend
Ex: Her crony is one of the most popular man in the world.
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