Cinderella Man
I watched this movie yesterday. It’s definitely one of the better films this year. The casting is perfect, the performances are great and the sets are mind blowingly detailed. It is set in the 1930s in New York City, right after the Great Depression. The film exposes the dire poverty that prevailed at the time, and the various turns that different people’s lives took due to the extreme poverty.
The film is the story of a boxer who is past his prime, and now destitute. However, pride and ethics are important to him, and more than that is his family. The story follows his struggle as he embarks on the increasingly uphill task of making both ends meet and providing for his family. Grit, determination and sheer necessity are the factors that make him bounce back and become a force to reckon with in the ring. What is touching is the fact that through his steady rise to the top, he never once loses his focus. Nor does he allow the success to go to his head. Essentially, the person he was never changed.
It is interesting to note how much a human being can achieve if he really pushes himself. Also interesting is how necessity pushes one to reach heights they had never dreamed possible. I find it hard to believe that the same man would have achieved the same things, had poverty and desperation not driven him to. Maybe we shouldn’t wait for circumstances to push us and strain our boundaries. Maybe we shouldn’t wait for circumstances to lead us to success. Can you imagine the things we could be and the things we could do if we went about our tasks like our lives depended on them? The possibilities are dizzyingly endless!
The film is the story of a boxer who is past his prime, and now destitute. However, pride and ethics are important to him, and more than that is his family. The story follows his struggle as he embarks on the increasingly uphill task of making both ends meet and providing for his family. Grit, determination and sheer necessity are the factors that make him bounce back and become a force to reckon with in the ring. What is touching is the fact that through his steady rise to the top, he never once loses his focus. Nor does he allow the success to go to his head. Essentially, the person he was never changed.
It is interesting to note how much a human being can achieve if he really pushes himself. Also interesting is how necessity pushes one to reach heights they had never dreamed possible. I find it hard to believe that the same man would have achieved the same things, had poverty and desperation not driven him to. Maybe we shouldn’t wait for circumstances to push us and strain our boundaries. Maybe we shouldn’t wait for circumstances to lead us to success. Can you imagine the things we could be and the things we could do if we went about our tasks like our lives depended on them? The possibilities are dizzyingly endless!
posted by Mojo | 2:38 AM
3 Comments:
No I can't, and wont bother to as it'll make my life seem more like robotic than anything else...I like being carefree, now and then drinking for no reason what-so-ever, and lazying around...you know what I mean?
Most things in life are not meant to be pursued with conviction.
Being carefree, drinking when you want and lazing around are things that don't necessarily have to be compromised (not substantially anyway) in order to realise your true potential. Its all about keeping a balance. And maybe, just maybe...it might be worth the sacrifices.
As long as complacency doesn't lure you into believing it is one of them!
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