Basically a historical movie of the running lives of Eric Liddell and Harold Abraham.
Who are they?
Harold Maurice Abrahams - A Gold medal winner for the 100 metres run.
- A Jewish Englishmen who had been discriminated by other Englishmen.
To avoid all these, he decided to win in an aspect he is confident and good
at which is running.
Eric Liddell - In the film, he was emphasized only as the Gold winner of the Olympic's 400 metres run.
- A Scottish missionary who was born and died in China.
- He quit rugby to run in the Olympics before going back to China as a missionary.
How the film portrayed them?
A 'normal' Scottish Christian and a 'normal' Englishmen (Jewish) as any other who lived their passion and broke the record of running in the Olympics. It was said that the way Eric Liddell ran was as portrayed in the film. I watched some clips from youtube and think the one in the film ran with more hand movements. There was also a part where Eric chose not to run on a Sunday, Sabbath day, and missed one of the categories that was the 100 metres. His determination proved that he still remembers and honors God even if he is running on the track.
All of those running scenes made me think of how the director behind the scenes shouted at the runners. I would imagine that in the race the director would shout out "slow down", "don't run too fast", "let him win", or even "put your head back", and "swing your arms harder", "you are Eric, smile". It makes me realize how funny it would be if we can hear these voices on screen or as bloopers..... (Appreciate the job of the backstage crew)
Other than that, I won the bet of guessing Eric will win Harold of their first encounter. Muahahahahaha..... (KIASU.... (-_-)|||...... To me, it was kind off predictable as Harold was getting a little high up the air and to win the Gold medal he needs to be hit back down to the ground plus realize there are other high mountains. I also think that even though it is a movie, the storyline was from a real life individual. As the Chinese saying goes "戏如人生，人生如戏", which means life is like a movie and vice versa. Things portrayed in the movie could come from real experiences or the interaction between people along with how successful life in movies could be accomplished.
Motivation
To me, I think that both Eric and Harold are experiencing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. But according to the film, Harold was somewhat an intrinsic then unconsciously developed an extrinsic motivation. Harold wanted to show people how he could "run them off their feet" being a Jewish as well as the want to be accepted as an Englishman. After losing to Eric Liddell, Harold wanted to win against him and have a more stronger desire to be the fastest of them all.
Eric, however, ran because he loved it, he intrinsically was motivated by it. He also believed that running is like running with/for God and when he ran, he could feel God is beside him, running with him. He would rather delay his missionary duty for running. As God is within, Eric is obliged and happy to do what he can do for his passion and God.
In a sum, as always never give up and try harder. It is never too late. To be good at something, we must have our own drive and motivation to pick us up and going. Without the motivation, people would experience burnout even faster and frequent than a person who love doing their job. Good luck to sports people in training and Enjoy the Movie!!!
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