"The Pursuit of Happyness" w/ Will and Jaden Smith

[delph998]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

I loved all the running in the movie. To me that was metaphorical that the race isn't given to the swift, but to the ones who endure the race.

Aight, CT4...you 'bouts to start somethin'!

[laylo]

Just saw the movie, it was so great. I definitely want to take my mom to see it again. Will and Jaden were fabulous. I was afraid that the sad parts would be too sad for me, but they were more tense than sad and effectively portrayed the constant anxiety of having no foundation for security. I'll have to buy this movie and watch it every time I feel llike complaining. I am curious about the wife (Thandie's character)...Talk about kicking yourself for the rest of your life. And then watching it in a feature film!

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by delph998

Aight, CT4...you 'bouts to start somethin'!

But you see it too, right?

Originally Posted by laylo

I am curious about the wife (Thandie's character)...Talk about kicking yourself for the rest of your life. And then watching it in a feature film!

I'm curious as well. That would suck to be her. Had she just stood by him just a little bit longer. Oh well, everything happens for a reason.

[delph998]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

But you see it too, right?

Plain as day.

[kiml122]

I finally got a chance to see the movie yesterday, and it was definitely good, and this will be a purchase when the DVD comes out....all I'm saying is that dude did a lot of running, and I'm sorry, but who else laughed when he was hit by the car (not that part) but famn it the shoe...how did he loose his shoe and then not be able to find it?

delph998...girl I was right there with you...when they offered him that job I wanted to SCRAM.....YEAH, that's what I'm talking bout, and then I was like dude give him back his $5.

Chris Gardner has a 21 yr old daughter. I wonder who her mother is, and if she is still in the picture. I know that his ex-wife is sitting there like ain't this about a b*tch.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

I loved all the running in the movie. To me that was metaphorical that the race isn't given to the swift, but to the ones who endure the race.

Nice

Originally Posted by laylo

...........(Thandie's character)...Talk about kicking yourself for the rest of your life. And then watching it in a feature film!

My boyfriend and I were talking about that. I chalk it up to "Fight or flight". Apparently she couldn't take it so she took off.
I liked the cameo Mr. Gardner had at the end.

[Kamryn]

^^ Me too! I loved it! It was very motivational for me at a time when I just needed a little push, a little focus, and a great example of determination. He got hit by a car and still stayed focused on his goal! LOL! Lost a shoe too!

[SummerChild]

Was Mr. Gardner's cameo when Will and Jaden were crossing the street to go down the hill at the end and an AA man came walking across the street in a brown suit?

Also, that's a very interesting observation about Thandie's role. I don't know that I could say that I would stay with a man who had lost our life savings, I'm working double shifts, we are two months late for rent and he is talking about he is about to stop what he is doing to be an intern. It may have seemed that his head was in the clouds a bit to her. It seemed like they had been going through hard times for awhile, at least since the son was born and he was five during the movie. I don't know. How long do you stick around? I guess till death do you part? I guess her book will be coming out soon.

SC

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Nice




My boyfriend and I were talking about that. I chalk it up to "Fight or flight". Apparently she couldn't take it so she took off.
I liked the cameo Mr. Gardner had at the end.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

Was Mr. Gardner's cameo when Will and Jaden were crossing the street to go down the hill at the end and an AA man came walking across the street in a brown suit?

Yes that was him

Originally Posted by SummerChild

Also, that's a very interesting observation about Thandie's role. I don't know that I could say that I would stay with a man who had lost our life savings, I'm working double shifts, we are two months late for rent and he is talking about he is about to stop what he is doing to be an intern. It may have seemed that his head was in the clouds a bit to her. It seemed like they had been going through hard times for awhile, at least since the son was born and he was five during the movie. I don't know. How long do you stick around? I guess till death do you part? I guess her book will be coming out soon.

SC

When this happened in real life, the son was 2 years old instead of 5.

[kiml122]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Yes that was him



When this happened in real life, the son was 2 years old instead of 5.

I was just about to post that the son was rally 2 years old when this happen. Chris Gardner stated that he decided to make the son older in the movie because there could be some good dialogue between the father and the son.

[SummerChild]

Ah, ok. Thanks,
SC

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Yes that was him



When this happened in real life, the son was 2 years old instead of 5.