Wasn't sure who she was, so I Googled. I can confirm this. On a similar note, Olivia Wilde has the same thing going on. At least she looks good.
So I recently saw Shutter Island. I was pretty disappointed, actually. Especially by the ending. I was loving the first three quarters, but then the ended just felt like a lackluster, generic, "twist" ending.
Same here. It's way too easy to cop out with something like that. It could have been saved if there had been a bunch more clues strewn throughout the movie so that it all clicks into place when it's revealed but as it stands it's about as effective as something like "...and it turned out to be another dimension!".
It changes everything; it shows that A Beautiful Mind was an original story long before Fight Club. So much for "inspiration".
Unless it was originally a book or something, then no, not really. And once again I find myself in an argument with JBRUU over a movie he has never seen.
You have no clue what you're talking about. Fight Club is based on the 1966 novel of the same name. A Beautiful Mind is based on the life of John Nash, and generally follows the events in the late 40s, 50s and 60s, then skipping ahead to end the movie in 1994 when he Spoiler finally receives recognition for his work . If either of them would be based on the other (solely based on your bizarre reasoning that "one came first so the other must be 'inspired' by it") then Fight Club would be "inspired" by John Nash's life story.
Watch both movies, read the Fight Club book, read Nash's biography, and then come back and tell me I didn't know what I was talking about. Exactly. You kind of just contradicted yourself and proved me right. Except that Nash's life story is literally nothing like that of Nash's in the movie. (If you don't want a minor potential Fight Club spoiler --I think it has already been spoiled to you-- then go watch it before reading) Basically, the movie made up the part where he Spoiler hallucinated Paul, saw hidden messages in newspapers, got recruited by Harris to break codes for the government, all while running from Russian spies. The part where it all happened in his head. The part where his loving wife stood by him. And the part where he learns to ignore his hallucinations just in time to win the Nobel Prize in Economics and Crazy in 1994. (I didn't write the following -- I copied, pasted and abridged it -- it explains it better than I) In Reality... Nash heard some voices, but THAT'S IT--his hallucinations were entirely auditory. The movie completely ignores the fact that his loving wife divorced him in 1963, six years after being married, and never got remarried until 2001 (in addition to the whole insanity thing, the fact that the real Nash dabbled in boning dudes probably didn't help their marriage either). The film also manages to not mention his anti-Semitism, which the real Nash says must have been a side effect of his illness. At the end of the movie, Nash mentions to a friend that he is taking new medication, and he makes a heartfelt speech dedicated to his wife when he accepts his Nobel Prize. The truth, however, is that both of those things were complete fabrications. Nash stopped taking all medication in 1970, and his continued instability--probably in large part due to that refusal to take medication--led to his not being allowed to make an acceptance speech for fear that he might whip out his dick and start screaming racial slurs at imaginary Jews. ---End paste, continue my post--- So basically, everything similar to Fight Club.. Namely the Paul part, which is basically what makes Mind good... was made up. Inspired by the 1996 book/1998 movie, FIGHT CLUB.
