Friday, July 22, 2016

With Honors

ALSO CHECK OUT - How I Murdered Myself 

This is a film I saw a long time ago (more than 10 years!), yet I remember it quite clearly. That is truly the magic of a remarkable movie. It makes an indelible impression on you and you can't ever forget it.

Set completely in a cold, snowy university campus, this is a tremendously heart warming film!

Brendan Fraser is a Harvard undergraduate who is working on his thesis which when finished will help him pass with honors. All his eggs are in one thesis basket. It is critical for him, it's his entire student life's work!

Luckily his thesis is about to finish and he will be able to pass out with honors.

Unluckily his computer crashes taking along with it all his hard work, his thesis has gone to thesis heaven!

Luckily he has one print out of his thesis. The only copy in the world.

Unluckily he loses that very last copy.

Luckily it falls into the hands off a homeless man who keeps it with him.

Unluckily he uses it warm himself, no, not warming himself by reading the work, but by burning it page by page to keep the cold away.

Luckily Brendon locates him and manages to stop him from burning his entire thesis, and saves his future from going into flames.

Unluckily the homeless man isn't willing to give it back.

But luckily he is willing to make a deal for it. He'll give back the thesis page by page if Brendon lets him stay with him in his home, all he wants is food and shelter in return for returning the thesis piece by piece.

Having no other option Brendon accepts and the homeless man has found a home and the thesisless student is going to get back his thesis.

Unluckily for the student there are a few twists on the way...

Luckily for the audience, the story, script and the lovable characters all gang up to make us feel lucky to have stumbled across this inspiring movie.

If you feel the world around you is growing cold inspite of global warming, what with ISIS, and crazed truck attacks, and axe attacks in trains, and shooting of cops and by cops, and crazed religious zealots, and everything else in between, then warm your hearts with this little gem which shows that humans aren't all that bad, these is still hope that humanity may continue to exist. And some of us may graduate from this university of life 'With Honors'! 













ALSO CHECK OUT - How I Murdered Myself 

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