"Chasing Dreams and Pure Hearts" is a shocking inspirational film based on the true experiences of American football player Daniel Rudy. The film tells the story of a boy who, despite his lack of athletic talent, sticks to his football dreams.
The film has won the Academy Award for Best Soundtrack, the Young Artist Of America Award for Outstanding Family Film, and the domestic Douban score is as high as 8.8 points. Many people commented that the film inspired many people to stick to their dreams, and even Kobe Bryant said that the story changed his life.
The protagonist Rudy's family is a fan of the Notre Dame University football team, and under the influence of his family, he dreamed of joining the Notre Dame University football team from an early age and becoming a rugby player. But fate played a joke on him, Rudy was thin and lacked athletic talent, which made Rudy feel very devastated, not only that, his academic performance was average, and he was still a long way from being admitted to a prestigious school.
But Rudy did not give up, no matter how others laughed at him, he insisted on his dream and worked tirelessly, not only with an all-A score to enter this prestigious school, but also successfully obtained the opportunity to play as a sparring player, creating a miracle in the history of the Notre Dame University football team.
Through the protagonist's hesitation and persistence on the road to chasing his dreams, the film shows the growth process of a boy from young and crazy to brave and resolute. The film is not about the success history of a big person, but about the struggle experience of an ordinary little person.
Not only is there no sense of distance, but it allows us to see our own shadow from the movie and follow the protagonist to experience a spiritual growth. Below I will illustrate from Several of Rudy's choices how this film interprets the meaning of growth.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, bury dreams: to pursue dreams is not only to work hard, but also to endure loneliness</h1>
Rudy has loved rugby since he was a child, likes to watch rugby games, and he can speak verbatim with all the commentaries of the games. When he excitedly told his family that he wanted to join the University of Notre Dame football team when he grew up, he was ridiculed by his brothers, and even his father did not support him.
No one in their family had ever gone to college, and the father thought that his sons could not change the fate of the family. I believe that many people have personal feelings about this scene, young Rudy is like us when we were young, with all kinds of naïve ideas, but do not know that dreams need to be realized with hard work.
Not only was he ridiculed as a child, but even Rudy, who was in high school, was still ridiculed by his teachers as a pipe dream. Once, Rudy wanted to take a car with his classmates to visit the University of Notre Dame, the teacher stopped Rudy and told him euphemistically: "Not everyone needs to go to college", Rudy understood that the teacher was implying that his grades could not be admitted to college, let alone nominate the school, after listening to this sentence he turned sadly and left.
If the young Rudy is naïve to dream, at this time he feels the huge gap between dreams and reality for the first time. Lost and remorseful, but he also knows that trying to get into the University of Notre Dame with his grades is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.
At that time, Rudy was faced with the first choice in his life: on the one hand, he dreamed of the University of Notre Dame, and on the other hand, he entered the steel mill according to his father's wishes. He struggled for a long time, and finally he had to choose to compromise and go to work in a steel mill.
I think there are two reasons for his compromise: one is that his father's subtle ideas make him feel that no one in the family can get into college, and the other reason is that he does not have the courage to fight alone.
Back when we were young, everyone had the same vision and stubbornness of dreams as Rudy, but how many people really had the courage to stick to it? Because we are afraid that we will not be rewarded for our efforts, and we are afraid of not being understood and supported.
The road to pursuing our dreams must be lonely, and we cannot bear this loneliness when we are young.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, regain the dream: out of the comfort zone, in order to take the first step to chase the dream</h1>
After four years of tempering in the steel mill, Rudy is no longer the helpless teenager he was. He never gave up on his dreams and has been working hard for them. In four years, he saved enough money for tuition at the University of Notre Dame and living expenses for the next few years.
Later, Rudy's good friend Peter, the only person who supported him in pursuing his dreams, was killed in an accident. Feeling the impermanence of the world, he thought of the dream that had been rooted in his heart for a long time, and did not want to live with regrets all his life. He couldn't wait any longer, said goodbye to his soon-to-be-married girlfriend, and boarded the train to the University of Notre Dame.
Despite his father's persuasion, regardless of the ridicule of others, and abandoning a comfortable life, Rudy took the first step towards his dream. Compared with the loss and helplessness of his dreams when his dreams were hit in his youth, we see a brave big boy who boldly rejected a life he didn't like and set out for his dream!
He firmly believed that a good start was a good start if the first step was taken; he knew that only by taking this step could the dream come to fruition.
This reminds me of how many young people today complain about their mediocre work and their inability to realize the value of life; or complain about not liking their current job. But they just complained, but they never acted on it.
If you ask them if they are not satisfied, why not change jobs? But they said, what if the job is not as good as this? This working environment is already familiar, and it is necessary to re-adapt to the new environment to change jobs.
People often stay in the comfort zone for a long time will produce dependence, psychologically obviously do not like, but still do not have the courage to go out, the fear of unknown results will also increase the difficulty of stepping out of the comfort zone. You can never change without going out.
Just like Rudy in the film, if you don't leave your hometown and go out, you will never be able to reach the place of your dreams.
Only by saying goodbye to the comfort zone and taking the first brave step can we reach the other side of the dream.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > three, stick to the dream: do not try your best, how can you give up lightly</h1>
There's a scene in the film that touched me a lot: When Rudy first came to the University of Notre Dame, he sneaked into the football field, and when he was discovered by the handyman, he pointed to the entrance and confidently said, "One day I must run through that tunnel."
But the road to chasing dreams is not smooth. After three failures, he finally seized the last chance to receive an all-A's acceptance letter from the University of Notre Dame. After entering the University of Notre Dame, he joined the football team, but could only work as a sparring partner. Thin and small, he trained with tall players, often scaly, but he always gritted his teeth and persevered.
He has been looking forward to the opportunity to play, and every time the list of participants comes out, he runs to see it with hope, and the result is disappointed. At the last game of his college career, his name was still not on the list. Thinking that his years of efforts had been in vain, he was almost desperate.
When he was about to give up, he was awakened by the words of the field handyman. He finally understood that he didn't need to prove himself to anyone, and that he was doing his best to live up to his years of faith and dedication.
Rudy's fighting spirit infected his teammates, and in the final game of his college career, his teammates collectively petitioned the coach, giving him a 27-second chance to play. Rudy also lived up to expectations and won the final victory for the team.
However, he never became a full team member, but he received a diploma from a prestigious school and the respect of his teammates; he not only proved to his family and friends that he had the ability to realize his dreams, but also made himself a more determined and courageous person in the process of chasing his dreams. His efforts infected the people around him, and later all five of his younger brothers were admitted to college, changing the fate of no one in their family who had ever gone to college.
We are usually used to predicting the outcome before doing something, and if we are not sure of success, we are likely to lose our morale and give up halfway. In fact, the results we expect will also change quietly with the efforts we pay, only by doing our best, it is possible to harvest success, if you give up halfway, you will never get the desired results.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > written at the end:</h1>
This is a touching and shocking film, which was rated as a textbook inspirational story by netizens. Rudy's story has inspired many people, and from his upbringing, we have gained the courage and strength to persevere and never give up.
When it comes to dreams, the most important thing we should do is to do our best, even if the result is not so perfect, the process itself will make people harvest and grow.
Read a sentence in a book: "You have to believe that our efforts must shine at some point, in some way." Time has passed, and when you look back, you have become your new self. ”