The Pursuit of Happyness: Am I the only person who...

... thought that as a father, Will Smith sucked.

The general population is raving about this film, about how he (and the real person it's based on) struck rock-bottom and then made it big as a stock-broker.

And how he took it to the limit in sacrificing everything in order to grab the unpaid internship he did for 6 months before qualifying as a broke.

About how he was courageous, faithful to his dreams, determined, a devoted father, etc.

I find that last bit odd, because in order to achieve his dream, he:

• Dragged his kid away from his mother, for no valid reason that I can think of.
• Slept rough on the streets with the kid (in a subway toilet, if I remember correctly).
• Slept in hostels ... with the kid.

And so on.

Anyone else think he'd have been a better father (albeit a poorer one) if he'd just got a fucking job to keep a roof over his kid's head?

But it's all OK, as he went on to make more money than most of us can dream about. That's all right then.

I can see a new film coming: about how a father sacrifices everything to achieve his dream, including sleeping rough in hostels etc, and the kid catches TB and dies from lack of medical care because Medicaid didn't cover it.

Don't think they'll be praising the father's determination and faith in this movie, will they?

Three little words: "Ends", "Means", and "Justification".

Labels: movies

posted by Blakey UK @ 12:56 am