did you watch the movie" the pursuit of happiness"?

is this the movie with will smith and his son (in real life)? i thought it was very moving and so realistic. the story is simple that showed the struggle to survive and overcome trials in life. i remember how father and son will fight their way to a shelter just to have a bed for the night. it was a shocker for me to see that kind of living for first world countries. but i guess that happens. i admire people who persisted and came through bad phases of their lives. i admire their belief and hope that tomorrow brings a new day and a better one than before.

Hello friend. I have not watched this movie, nor have I heard about it as there are too many movies, old and new, but I am very happy to know what this movie talks about through your brief explanation about it.

Yes I watched theat movie I like the story how the Will Smith struggle to be successful in life. Even if he don't have money and no house to live in he never abandoned his child. I think it is a true to life story he work hard to be able to achieve his status right now. I remembered when Will Smith and his child has no house to sleep over so they need to find a temporary shelter for his child.

i watched the movie when it was just on cinema. i was moved by the words in the movie too. his performance was fantastic, so his son's performance too. By the way do you know the little boy is his son in life. it's fun to see the father and son performing on one stage. I think the theme of the film is to encourage people to hold hope in your mind, never give up. although life is too practical,but we should not give up. he became a stock dealer, the process was amazing. in our real life it is not so easy for us to change life so rapidly, especially when you don't have a particular certificate. of course the movie is worthy watching. i'm his fan too.

I really didn't like it. I was bored and almost fell asleep a few times. I don't think it was the movie itself, but I don't enjoy those kind of movies really. Will Smith is awesome though.

Hi gongchhua, As I created a new discussion based on The Pursuit of Happiness-Chris Gardner, it hits me hard when life of poverty makes every man hunt for happiness in life. Yes, I have watched this movie a couple of times, and each time, I watched this movie, it hitted me hard that life could be tough and yet we have to find happiness along it. My life have been similar in the movie few years ago, at least, I managed to withstand the challenge so far, eventhough I'm still not pleased with it. It's a happy tears anyway. :)

I haven't watched this movie yet but I have it recorded on my DVR. Thanks to your recommendation, I think I'll watch it very soon, maybe tonight. I really like Will Smith and have enjoyed all of his movies that I've seen but for some reason I just haven't gotten around to seeing this one. I'll get back to you and let you know what I think. Annie

My insight on the film. How can we be happy? In Pursuit of Happiness, Will Smith plays Chris Gardner, a motivated man living on the last of his means. Chris is constantly looking for a consistent quality of life, but seems to get beaten down at every road. A few times throughout the movie, Gardner expresses his thoughts on happiness, and whether or not it is actually attainable. Happiness can be looked at in many ways, but I will outline two of them: Short-Term and Long-Term happiness. Short-Term happiness is achievable by anyone. Regardless of your age, gender, social status, economic status, etc. It can be experienced everyday. The exciting feeling of getting that paycheck, the excitement of watching your favorite movie, the internal joy of expressing gratitude, or it can be the motivational nudge received when you complete an activity/goal. We may not notice, but feelings of happiness occur often throughout our lives, we just need to know how to look for it. It can strike us when we need it most: In Pursuit of Happiness, Chris gains short-term happiness when he sells each bone density scanner for $250. It is the happiness that he will be able to sustain his family for another month. And it also provides him with enough happiness to accomplish his long term goal of becoming a stock broker. Long-Term happiness is much more difficult to notice in our everyday lives. 60% of our long-term happiness is predetermined at birth (genes, heredity), and the the other 40% is determined by what we do in our lives. Some people are genetically inclined to be more happy than others. But regardless, we all have our long-term goals, set with the intention of making us happier. We tell ourselves, "I am going to finally be happy when I achieve this goal". But when the goal is achieved, the happiness soon goes away, and we are looking for more things to make us happy. Long-Term happiness is very difficult to notice; and is a gift of living. Try to monitor your happiness levels for a day, and try to notice how happy you are. We are all different in virtually unlimited ways, but we are all looking for happiness. Happiness can be experienced in life everyday, in both the short and long term. Look for both, and be twice as happy. The Pursuit of Happiness inspired me to write about the different types of happiness in our lives. Whether short-term or long-term, we all have something to be happy about. :D