I watched the movie “Ray” directed by
Taylor Hackford. The movie is generally about the musician Ray Charles, a blind
man who is very ambitious and become famous through his performance as the
blind country, jazz and gospel singer.
I find the movie very inspiring, but I am
most impressed of the actor Jamie Foxx role as Ray Charles. I could not believe
that it was him at first. He uses movements and sounds that must be very difficult and it must be very hard to "act" a blind person. He is doing an excellent job and I understand why he
got an Oscar for the role as Ray.
I got very touched by a Scene when Ray
refuses to play for a closed audience (only white people) in Georgia. In the
scene ray walks next to a demonstration, when a black man asks Ray if it’s right
against the black population to support the racism. Ray changes his mind and
walks back to his bus and refuses to play. This made Ray banned from the stated until
1971, however he gave them an official apologize that year. This scene touched me because it made a
big influence on the black population, and he showed that he is against
discrimination. I believe that it was an important act since he was one of the
best-known artists by that time.
I connect the movie to the theme: “Following
your dream or passion in life.” In the movie we are fallowing Ray through his tough childhood, and
how he becomes blind. Ray shows that he can be an independent and strong man even though
he is blind. He travels a cross the whole country to become a musician. Ray is also doing his own thing, he makes gospel music to something "evil" and he does not care if it is right or not. Ray shows that nothing is impossible by following his passion for music.
