This film describes the story of John Nash, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 and suffered from schizophrenia, from college to winning the Nobel Prize in 2002. Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress.
The plot of this film is well laid out, the twists are wonderful, and the world view of the mentally ill is also very clearly described. The shortcoming is that the important theory "Nash equilibrium" proposed by Nash is almost not covered in the film, making it difficult for people to understand. What great contribution did Nash make to mankind?
But overall, the flaws do not overshadow the flaws. Whether it is an audience who is interested in Nash, simply wants to enjoy being moved, or wants to know more about mental illness, it is very suitable.
The lonely genius
The first half of the film is from Nash's perspective. Nash is a smart but withdrawn person. He is one of the only recipients of the Carnegie Scholarship in the school, but he does not fit in with others and is often absent from classes. When his classmates had finished their academic thesis and graduated, he was still painstakingly observing the movement of pigeons on the grass, trying to find his own original theory.
But everything didn’t seem to be going so well. Nash’s classmates were not optimistic about Nash and humiliated Nash many times. At a party, his classmates encouraged him to pursue a blonde beauty. Nash suddenly had an idea and figured out what the men and women in the bar should do. How to choose to achieve the greatest benefit to yourself and the group, and to find your ideal partner, also overturned Adam Smith's economic theory that assumed that people only consider their own best interests. At this moment, he suddenly understood the game theory that he had been thinking about for a long time. .
But it wasn’t always so smooth. Nash still encountered some bottlenecks in the process of writing the thesis, and the pressure was so great that he exhibited some abnormal behaviors. Fortunately, with the help of his roommates, he successfully completed the thesis and obtained a PhD in mathematics from Princeton University.
Nash was very lucky during this period. The military recognized his ability to crack codes and invited him to help decipher the secret codes transmitted by the Soviet Union through publications.
Nash went to to teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and met the beautiful Alicia in the classroom. Although Nash was very socially awkward and behaved very strangely, Nash's several romantic moves made Alicia very happy. In the end, The two got married.
Learning to Forget
The plot takes a turn for the worse in the second half, switching between Nash's and ordinary people's perspectives. After Alicia became pregnant, everything changed too quickly. Nash's secret-breaking work was targeted by the Soviet Union and his life was in danger. In order to protect Alicia, he rushed her back to her parents' home. At this moment, Alicia became more and more... The more things went wrong, the doctor diagnosed him and discovered that Nash suffered from schizophrenia. Many people and things he was familiar with did not actually exist.
"Imagine discovering that the people, places and memories you cherish most did not die or disappear, or worse, they never existed - that would be a terrifying thing."
Use this sentence to describe Nash The situation couldn't be more suitable. The biggest pain for a schizophrenic patient is that he cannot distinguish between reality and fiction. Talking to the air, and even being regarded as a weirdo have become his daily life.
Fortunately, Alicia, who loves Nash, is always by his side and becomes his support in life, work and soul. Their relationship was indeed tense. Nash stopped taking medication because it affected his research work, and even almost killed a child because of hallucinations.
Such a life is a great torture for both patients and their families. There are several scenes in the movie where Alicia has to shoulder many tasks and has an emotional breakdown.
After many twists and turns, Ashelia put her hand on Nash's cheek, letting him feel the real temperature with his heart instead of the thoughts in his mind. Nash also gradually learned to ignore the imaginary people around him. This process continued It’s worth pondering in the movie.
The previously imaginary people in his mind turned into another voice in his heart, accompanying him through various difficulties, and he also shifted the focus of his life to real things and Alicia, and returned to normal life. The ending of the story is happy, Nash won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and both his family and career were successful.
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