Inspirational Speeches

    This week in class, we watched a motivational speech, and it kind of reminded me of the speeches in The Legend of Bagger Vance.  This movie is really good, and even if someone doesn't golf, they can still find meaning in them.  I would have to say that this is definitely one of my favorite movies to date.
    The Legend of Bagger Vance is about Rannulph Junuh, a professional golfer played by Matt Damon, who had everything going for him and then was deployed to Europe in World War I.  When he came home, no one seen or heard from him again.  He just disappeared.  No one knew if he lived or died.  
    Years later Junuh's ex-girlfriend Adele Invergordon was hosting "the greatest golf tournament in the world" at the golf course that she and her father had built in Savannah, Georgia.  The tournament was going to be played between Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones (two of the most electrifying golfers of the time), and Savannah's own Rannulph Junuh -- the problem was, they had to find him and then convince him to play, which was no easy feet.
    After a few days and lots of yelling, Junuh had agreed to give it a try, but it was harder than he remembered.  Junuh had lost his swing -- that might not mean much to you if you're not a golfer, but to a golfer, that's everything.
    One night Bagger Vance, a traveler played by Will Smith, had walked in on Junuh practicing and offered to be his caddie.  He only requested one thing of Junuh: five dollars guaranteed.  It turned out that Bagger Vance wasn't just a caddie, he was the person that Junuh had been looking for since he came home from the war, he was the voice of reason.  

    I can honestly say that I'm not easily moved by movies, and I don't get very emotional watching them, but Bagger Vance has a way of making even us, the viewers, feel and understand what he is saying.  If you get the chance, rent this movie.  You won't regret it!