Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1999 film produced by Oprah Winfrey, adapted from the book of the same name written by Mitch Albom, which tells the story of Morrie, a university teacher, and the moments Morrie experiences in his old age. (The book was published in 1997).

As for the plot of the movie, Mitch Albom graduated from university a long time ago, but he never visited his teacher, Professor Morrie, even though he promised. One day, when he finds out that Morrie is about to die, he goes to see him and that's when the real lessons begin.

Morrie Schwartz is a person who is always positive about life, loves dancing and eating, and enjoys life very much, and one day he learns that he has ALS. Although Morrie continues his life knowing that he will die, he becomes very sad at each stage of his illness, but he does not change his perspective on life and gives his last lessons to Mitch, who is a complete workaholic and attaches more importance to material things in life. Mitch, who makes the most of every second, works all the time. He cares about money, career, and fame, and has a lot of fears (such as fear of commitment, death, fear of crying) and that's why he doesn't marry his beloved girlfriend, these lessons are held at Morrie's house on Tuesday are very important in his life. He creates a big change and turns into a person who values ​​happiness and love and learns the true meaning of life.

The main idea of ​​the movie is that a person learns about life by thinking about death. In a scene in the movie, Morrie says, "If we thought we could die at any moment, we would have different lives." He thinks that since sudden events such as illness can happen to anyone people should live life in the best way possible while they can. The professor, who attaches importance to abstract and spiritual things such as happiness, affection, and love, instead of material things such as money and career, which are seen as very important by people, believes that a person can establish a family and love his family very much, make close friends, forgive, cry when necessary, laugh when necessary, and express all emotions. It emphasizes the importance of living to the fullest.

Finally, if we look at the movie from my perspective, I have to say that I liked the movie so much and I'm even considering reading the book. If we look at this movie from a lifespan perspective, I think “Tuesdays with Morrie” is one of the movies that best explains the themes of old age and preparation for death. I think that Morrie's perspective on death and the value and beauty of life are reflected very well, thanks to the conversations he had on Tuesdays with his former student Mitch, who has a very different character and gives more importance to material things. I can't say that it was a very shocking movie, but it was very impressive in terms of the messages it gives. Although it is very difficult for everyone to accept death and continue life from where they left off, Morrie emphasizes in this movie that death is inevitable and that we should not continue our lives in despair for this reason. As a result, we should be aware that death will come at any moment and live our lives more focused on the moment and giving importance to spirituality, happiness, family, and so on.