From the moment I heard the title of the movie, I never can understand why it's called "Invictus." I couldn't figure out the meaning of it, until just 5min ago, after I finished watching the movie. Now I know.
It's unlike other sports/motivational movie I've seen. In a way, it's a slower pace. On the other hand, it also has a deeper meaning. I found lots of quotes I like to put up on the walls for inspiration. I did enjoyed the meaning of unity, and the way a sport can unite a nation. I can truly feel the care Nelson Mandela has for his people, Morgan Freeman did a phenomenal job portraying him. At the end, I finally found those quotes he whispered during the trailer, and it's in fact a poem. A powerful one I may add, and I especially like the last two lines:
"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."
Invictus
William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud,
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud,
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
