Jeremy Sumpter Soul Surfer

In 2003, teenager Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb) lives in Kauai, Hawaii with her p atomic number 18nts Tom (Dennis Quaid) and Cheri (Helen Hunt), and two brothers, Noah (Ross Thomas) and Timmy (Chris Brochu). All are surfers, tho she and her best friend Alana Blanchard (Lorraine Nicholson) have big(p) up with a passion for the sport and enter a competition. Her church youth ministry leader, Sarah Hill (Carrie Underwood), is cross when she has to withdraw from a planned missions trip becaexercising of the contest.Bethany and Alana place first and third, respectively, era the second place winner, Malina trounce (Sonya Balmores), proves to be resentful. Bethany invites both girls up on the winners box with her, but Malina ungraciously refuses. The Rip Curl surfwear association offers to sponsor her and Alana in competition.The night before Hal minusculeeen, Alana and Bethany sneak off with many friends to go surfboard. Later while Tom goes to the hospital for knee surgery, both girls go surfing with Alanas father Holt (Kevin Sorbo) and Brother Byron (Jeremy Sumpter). As Bethany dangles her remaining arm in the water, a tiger shark appears out of nowhere and sinks its teeth into it, biting it off near the shoulder. Holt braces Bethany out of the water and puts a tourniquet on her while Byron c in alls 911. An ambulance meets them on the way to the hospital. skillful before starting Toms knee surgery, Dr. David Rovinsky (Craig T. Nelson) is called to the emergency room to treat Bethany. Besides losing her left over(p) arm, Bethany also alienated 60% of her blood and David calls hersurvival a miracle.Bethanys injury prevents her participating in the Rip Curl impression shoots, but she wishes Alana well. Inside Edition, a television program, offers to provide a prosthetic arm that is cosmetically holy and has bendable joints, in exchange for an interview. Bethany angrily rejects it when she learns it will not supporter her surf as it is not weight bearing, due to the size of the stump of her arm. The onslaught of paparazzi also proves to be a great stretch out on her family and their privacy. The Hamiltons are grateful to Holt for his quick thinking and decisive action that saved her life.Bethany perseveres and, after a recuperation period, gets back in the water and learns to surf with champion arm, eventually re-entering the competition. She tells her rival Malina not to unsay it easy on her, and rejects a five-minute head start offered by the judges. She does not perform well because she cannot put up on the board long enough to go out and catch a competitive riffle and Malina wins. Disheartened, she decides to give up competitive surfing. Bethany sees the effects of the 2004 tsunami on television, which places her own problems in perspective.She decides to surprise Sarah by connector the youth group on another mission trip to help the devastated muckle of Phuket, Thailand. They are distinctly afraid of the water, including a little boy. Bethany decides to go into it with a channel-surf, hoping this will coax him into it. It works, and the realization that she can use her gift to inspire people motivates her to take up surfing again.Tom rigs a handle on her surfboard which she can use to prevent falling off while paddling out to the waves, which is not prohibited by the competitions rules. He also voices the tactual sensation that she possesses a great surfers instinct for sensing when the best waves will form. She enters the study championship, thanks Malina for treating her as a serious competitor, and performs respectably, though she is still chasing third place.Suddenly, with only minutes left on the clock, the waves die down and all the surfers can only loiter, waiting for the waves to start back up. Toms belief in his daughters instinct is proven when she is the only one to sense a big wave forming, and she but paddles out. When it forms, the others cannot get out in time and she ca tches it just as the horn sounds. Ifit is in time, she will win, but the judges rule that the time has expired. Malina is the winner, but she has finally gotten over her differences with her, inviting her up on the platform to lot first place.Subsequently, Bethany lets the reporters interview her. One asks her what she would do if given the chance to undo the loss of her arm. She says that she would still retire it because she can embrace more people now than she ever could with both. The film ends with real video of Bethany surfing after the attack.II. ReactionMy problem with Soul Surfer is that it makes it look too simple. Bethany (AnnaSophia Robb) has a loving family of professional surfers and a big, friendly dog. She lives in walking distance of the beach. She was and is a committed churchgoer and got great support from her ghostly leaders. She was an indomitable optimist with a fierce competitive spirit. barely there had to be more to it than that. I spat her faith and sp irit. I give her full credit for her determination. I realize she is a great athlete. notwithstanding I feel something is missing. There had to be dark nights of the soul. Times of grief and rage. The temptation of nihilism. The lure of despair. endure a 13-year-old girl lose an arm and keep right on smiling? The flaw in the storytelling strategy of Soul Surfer is that it doesnt make Bethany easy to identify with. Shes almost eerie in her optimism. Her religious faith is so unshaken, it feels taken for granted.The film feels more like an inspirational parable than a harrow story of personal tragedy. Even its portrait of her reco rattling and rehabilitation is perfunctory. Theres a particularly unconvincing shot where shes fitted with a prosthetic arm and refuses to wear it. Theyre making remarkable progress in the field of prosthetics. But the arm that shes offered looks no more useful than the arm that she rips off her Barbie doll the same night (in one of the movies rare momen ts of depression). Although I can understand a good prosthetic might not help her balance on a surfboard, I believe one might be of use in other situations and I dont mean cosmetically. Maybe Im mistaken. Soul Surfer is a wholesome movie, intended as inspirational. Whether it will cheer viewers who are not as capable as Bethany is an excellent question. AnnaSophia Robb is a convincing, cheerful heroine.Dennis Quaid and HelenHunt, as Bethanys parents, are stalwart and supportive, although the script indeed leaves them with no other choice. SOUL surfer has very poignant moments that will bring tears to your eyes. It has one of those endings that make the movie work, despite some light weight scenes. AnnaSophia Robb as Bethany gives a wonderful performance. A cast of veterans provides great support. The good word of honor is that real courage comes from deep faith in Jesus Christ, not just willpower. There are powerful church scenes, but they shouldnt alienate secular viewers becaus e they are extremely real. applaudIII. Psychological DisorderThe Psychological disorder in this movie was Major depression disorder is an (also known as clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder or recurrent depression in the geek of repeated episodes) is a mental disorder characterized by episodes of all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. The intelligence of the nature and causes of depression has evolved over the centuries, though this understanding is incomplete and has left many aspects of depression as the subject of discussion and research. Major depression significantly affects a persons family and personal relationships, work or civilise life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health.Its impact on functioning and well-being has been compared to that of chronic medical conditions such as diabetes. A person having a major depressive episode usuall y exhibits a very low mood, which pervades all aspects of life, and an inability to experience pleasure in activities that were formerly enjoyed. Depressed people may be preoccupied with, or ruminate over, thoughts and feelings of worthlessness, inappropriate guilt or regret, helplessness, hopelessness, and self-hatred.6 In severe cases, depressed people may have symptoms of psychosis. The diagnosis of major depressive disorder is ground on the patients self-reported experiences, behavior reported by relatives or friends, and a mental status examination. There is no laboratory test for major depression, although physicians loosely request tests for physical conditions that may cause similar symptomsIV. RecommendationSoul Surfer is a great movie to crack with your family and I would recommend this movie to anyone. This film was very well done and whats better is its all based on a true story and from the looks of the credits where they show real footage they certainly stayed true t o it Robb does a great job as young Bethany who loses her arm to a shark attack, and we follow her struggle to get back in the water and compete as a surfer once again. Its a very emotional film but thanks to some great acting and beautiful scenery it all comes together nicely.