Definitely worth watching

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2007)

Before i started to watch the movie i couldn't help my self not to look at the ratings. i found out that it was and i guess still is on the box office best list in the current month. Mind you that i had no idea about he nature of the movie when i started to watch it. i thought it was going to be one of those blockbuster hits with no sentimental and educative meaning. Boy was i wrong. the movie is a great example of what a man can do with faith, persistence and guts. the great men of this world weren't always great. they too had to climb there way out of the gutter and into the starlight. the whole movie is about telling man not to give up no matter how hard things seem. and there will be times in your life when you will say to yourself: i can't do this anymore, it's too hard. well take a look at this movie and you will see what hard is. and mind you, this is a true story. this man lives today on this earth.
i have a couple of remarks though. for me the movie was too sad at times. just when you think things are going forward things just stop and shift into reverse. the man can't get a break in life. it's just one problem after another.
to conclude i would just like to say that i didn't comment on the technical side of the movie because that's not the way i look at movies. "Oh man, who shot this movie. the cameraman sucks. and what about the sound editing..." That's not me. i look at the story. The idea behind all the technical stuff. that is what makes a great movie. the production, sound, cast... they're all secondary(not to diminish the quality of the cast or anything). This is a movie about life as we know it. some know it more than others, some less. The main message the movie wants to give is that wherever you are and in whatever position you may find yourself no matter how hard it might seem, Keep fighting for your dream with all your might and don't let anyone tell you different.