[sreyaNotfilc]

My Dad and I watched 'Hidden Figures' a couple of weekends ago. Its such a great movie. To think that this one person was able to do that floored me.

I told my Dad how lucky we are to be born with various abilities that we then nurture and develop. The sky's the limit when we do the things we were "born" to do.

This lady's mind was really meant to doing such calculations. So good!

I'm not sure if she wanted that attention, but she deserved it. I'm sure, being 97 years old and now getting famous isn't that bad. I can't imagine people taking too many photographs and interviews of here.

[Rebelgecko]

It's a great movie. I read a bit about her afterwards. One cool thing is that some of the parts that I assumed were made up by Hollywood to heighten the drama (like Neil Armstrong say "I'm not launching unless she does the calculations") weren't fabricated. That actually happened

[selimthegrim]

It was John Glenn not Neil Armstrong

[dnautics]

my understanding is that pretty much the only thing that was fabricated was that these four women were friends.

[akgerber]

There aren't that many movies out there about the excitement of a technical career and that movie was a great one.

[leeoniya]

i also enjoyed the movie, but there was a bit too much creative license applied to push an agenda (for my taste). for something based on a real person and real events, bending the truth for dramatic effect does not sit well with me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures#Historical_accu...

[VikingCoder]

> The sky's the limit when we do the things we were "born" to do.

I tend to think the sky's the limit, and we all need good mentors. Check out "Stand and Deliver", another great movie, based on a real story.

[QuesnayJr]

The NYT article really emphasized her college mentor, William Claytor.