Review of The Pursuit of Happyness
Filed Under (Daily Posts) by Cynthia on Jul 16, 2008 8:38 pm
Tagged Under : Chatter, Movies
Well, I got The Pursuit of Happyness today from Netflix, stuck it in the DVD player this afternoon and watched it. I haven’t watched it until now because I figured it would be a tear jerker and I really, really hate to cry.
Well, it did make me cry, but not as much as I had thought. What an amazing movie. A heart wrenching tale for sure. Will Smith does an fantastic job. Not only is he an amazing action hero, it’s amazing at drama, too. A very talented man, Will Smith, and so hot, too! I loved him in Hancock as well. It got pretty bad reviews, but I enjoyed it a great deal!
It breaks my heart that so many people are homeless. No one should be homeless. It’s a tragedy in our society, in our country, in this day and age. It shouldn’t be… and yet it is. There are very serious things wrong with our country.
It makes me thankful and utterly grateful that my parents gave me the skills I need to support myself and my fur family. I can’t imagine how awful it would be to be homeless. To have no place to go, no friends to help me, no family to give me a hand. I’m so lucky I have a wonderful family and a great support network of friends who would not only take me in, but my husband and my dogs and cats as well, if needed. 
Thank you friends and family. I love you all. And I wish with all my heart this country, this world, will change and people, someday, will never be homeless.
So no diet pills for me… just a happy healthy life. Though every day I worry that my life will crumble. I worry that I’ll lose my job and my house. That is why I want to retire from the State and have a pension. That would be security. That is what I dream and pray and hope for every day of my life.
On this day..
- OOTP - 2007
- Levi Tattoo - 2007
- Got the Tattoo! - 2007
I have seen the movie and read the book.
The book is MUCH better. In fact, the movie does not follow the book well at all.
At the end of the movie, though, Will Smith and the real life Chris Gardner cross paths, nod, and say “Hello.” That was kinda neat.
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Hi Paul thanks for your comment. Books are usually better… though they are tear jerkers more than the movies.
I wonder if the book is on CD, maybe I’ll rent it from the library.
That movie was an amazing one and yes quite the tear jerker. It just goes to show that belief in yourself and perseverance pays off.
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Heya BenSpark. Yup, we need to believe in ourselves. I still feel bad for all the homeless people out there.