Music can lead to Awakenings (see what I did there?)
Okay, unpopular opinion, I’m not the biggest Robin Williams fan. I know, I know everyone loves him and his movies. Maybe I need to watch more of them, maybe I haven’t given him the right opportunity. I will, alright! His movies are on my list. I think I was more interested in watching the movie Awakenings because it was about people with mental health issues, and these movies intrigue me. Also, that it was based on a true story made me even more interested. Not that we’re reviewing Robin Williams acting but I will say he did a good job and I enjoyed his acting, as well as the movie. I was expecting more music and healing to be involved in the movie, but wasn’t mad that there wasn’t more of it. The subtleness of the affects of music on these patients is something I liked about it. One of the scenes that shows the power of music was before Leonard was administered the drug L-dopa, but after Dr. Sayer figured out what each patient who was catatonic had in common. The commonality was tha...