Posted by Noa on January 8, 2003, at 17:47:01
In reply to Re: 'A Beautiful Mind' anyone? (SPOILER!), posted by OddipusRex on January 8, 2003, at 17:32:59
I had some similar questions about the visual hallucinations(usually quite rare, as I understand it),the course of his illness, how long he was on meds, the effects of meds, etc. But I have to say, the movie was effective in one way--they had me. I knew some stuff was delusional but there was some that I didn't realize was delusional until well into the movie.
As for the Rand research--to me it was clear that he did work for Rand in some security clearance capacity. It just wasn't clear where the boundaries were (because of the delusions).
Some things that bothered me: first, for a movie that could pull that kind of effect off, there were some very sloppy details. To me, a movie of that expense should see to all the details. For example, Dr. Rosenberg was based in the Boston area, but when Nash has the later breakdown in his Princeton home, and his wife calls the doctor, the doctor appears almost instantly, as a local doctor. There were other detail problems like this, but this is the one that I remember now.
My friend thought I was being nit-picky, telling me it is just a movie, but I really think details can be important (Hitchkock or Allen would never have let those slip by).
The second thing I remember bothered me was this: after the breakdown scene, his wife gives the "love with conquer all" speech--this just seemed like Hollywood fluff to me.
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