***SEE A BEAUTIFUL MIND BEFORE READING***
I don't know anything about scizophrinia. I can't even spell it properly. But what I do know is that it is a very serious mental illness. And I can't believe that such a serious affliction could be as simple as it was portrayed in A Beautiful Mind.
In A Beautiful Mind, John Nash (Russell Crowe) is a scizophrinic. But all we see is that he has 3 imaginary friends. And he overcomes his disease with the help of his wife, by ignoring these friends. Give me a break. Are audiences, and Academy members, that stupid that they have to be fed this watered down version of a frightening mental condition?
Drop Dead Fred, starring Rik Mayall and Phoebe Cates, was critically panned upon its release. It didn't receive one Oscar Nomination. And yet, it is pretty much the same story, except the scizophrinic is female and it's played for laughs. Phoebe Cates has an imaginary friend since childhood. She, with the help of her mother, tries to ignore this friend but Fred, the imaginary friend, ends up winning and they live happily ever after.
Drop Dead Fred might not have the professionalism or the studio backing, but it's not as sentimental and doesn't even try to be serious about a disease it obviously knows nothing about.
A Beautiful Mind was panned by critics outside America. We don't get it. Explain to me please, why it has affected America. I refuse to believe the country can be manipulated so easily.
I don't know anything about scizophrinia. I can't even spell it properly. But what I do know is that it is a very serious mental illness. And I can't believe that such a serious affliction could be as simple as it was portrayed in A Beautiful Mind.
In A Beautiful Mind, John Nash (Russell Crowe) is a scizophrinic. But all we see is that he has 3 imaginary friends. And he overcomes his disease with the help of his wife, by ignoring these friends. Give me a break. Are audiences, and Academy members, that stupid that they have to be fed this watered down version of a frightening mental condition?
Drop Dead Fred, starring Rik Mayall and Phoebe Cates, was critically panned upon its release. It didn't receive one Oscar Nomination. And yet, it is pretty much the same story, except the scizophrinic is female and it's played for laughs. Phoebe Cates has an imaginary friend since childhood. She, with the help of her mother, tries to ignore this friend but Fred, the imaginary friend, ends up winning and they live happily ever after.
Drop Dead Fred might not have the professionalism or the studio backing, but it's not as sentimental and doesn't even try to be serious about a disease it obviously knows nothing about.
A Beautiful Mind was panned by critics outside America. We don't get it. Explain to me please, why it has affected America. I refuse to believe the country can be manipulated so easily.
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I couldn't believe that she knew my name. Some of my best friends didn't know my name.
I couldn't believe that she knew my name. Some of my best friends didn't know my name.
Last edited by bigvalbowski; 03-25-02 at 03:44 PM.