Movies are one of the tools that I normally use to inspire and motivate myself. I’m always selective as to what movies I watch, and most of the time I don’t just watch to be entertained. I want to learn something from a movie that I can really apply to my life. It can be a word, a phrase or the example of an underdog overcoming odds stacked against them. In this way I truly get my money’s worth. The movies I have selected are more than pure entertainment. They are in fact an investment into myself.
As you take the time to enjoy these small portions, you can be inspired and motivated through the marvelous vehicle of film.
Blindside
The Blind Side is a year 2009 American semi-biographical sports drama film. It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The story is about Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL and became an All American football player. The film follows Oher from his impoverished upbringing, through his years at Wingate Christian School, his adoption by a caring woman and her family and on to his position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football.
Castaway
Cast Away is a year 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts how his attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his eventual escape and return to society finally.
The Pursuit Of Happyness
In year 1981, in San Francisco, story started with Chris Gardner invests his family's savings in portable bone-density scanners which financially breaks the family and as a result, his wife Linda leaves him and their son Christopher. As a result, he becomes homeless and is forced to stay in a bathroom at a station. Regardless of his challenges, he never reveals his circumstances to his co-workers and Chris is called into a meet with his managers concluding his internship. His struggle has paid off and he is offered the position. Fighting back tears he rushes to his son's daycare, hugging him. They walk down the street, joking with each other and are passed by a man in a business suit. The epilogue reveals that Chris went on to form his own multi-million dollar brokerage firm.
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