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Sure, but the movie was called "Field of Dreams." I.e. he was motivated by dreams.

• edanm 16y ago
  Yes, but not by "dreams" in the abstract sense of something you wish will happen, but by actual dreams, in the fantasy sense of something talking to you in your sleep.
  • ojbyrne 16y ago
    Right, that's my point. He was motivated by a dream of bring dead baseball players back to play baseball in a cornfield. An actual dream. It's about as tenuous a motivation as a movie could actually have.
  • hugh3 16y ago
    Or maybe one as a metaphor for the other. Still, it's not a great example. I'm struggling to think of examples of movies where characters really are motivated by doing stuff just for the hell of it. The only example I've got so far is the Joker from The Dark Knight. His motivation throughout is exactly what Zuckerberg described -- doing things because he can and because it would be interesting to try. It's not exactly a positive portrayal, though.