We just had a long weekend in Long Beach CA. After looking around the complex we stayed at, we noticed they had private theater rooms, so after shopping and dinner at an awesome Sushi place we hit the local Block Buster and rented The Great Debaters and it was wonderful! I love movies like this because they're inspirational, based on a true story and always leave you believing that anything is possible.! I particularly liked the the 14 year old and how he was able to do the last debate with Harvard and how PROUD his father must have been. You could see how his father was so strict and passionate in protecting his son because of the realities that were going on in the day. And to think that his father really had to walk from the South to Massachusetts cause he had no other way to get to school.
I also LOVED the words Denzel Washington had his students repeat louder and louder with a cork in their mouth on the lake. He kept making them say...
Who is the judge?
God is the judge.
Why is God the judge?
Because he decides what is right and wrong, not my opponent.
Who is your opponent?
My opponent does not exist.
Why does your opponent not exist?
Because my opponent is a voice that dissents from the truth.
I continue to watch movies such like this because they uplift the spirit and remind you to focus on where you want to go and give you a glimmer that you can do this too!
We're back in Denver now, but watching that movie in that private viewing area with my Husband and Sister, turning on the lights, talking about the greater meaning of it and life, and ALL the possiblity in it, was worth the flight back to LA alone.
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