Monday, January 2, 2017

Lion

So I went to this movie without knowing much about it.  I like doing that, it is better than seeing a bunch of previews that show you the entire movie so then you are not surprised by the movie.  It is not a new experience.  All I knew was that Dev Patel's character was an orphan and looks for his family after he's adopted.  I watched the movie innocently not knowing the film makers intention.  It was near the end that it finally dawned on me the evil intent of the film was to make me cry.  The bastards.  There I am minding my own business watching this movie then bam I'm crying because this lost boy finally finds his mommy.  Egads.  It was a pretty interesting movie and they did a good job of explaining why people adopt kids.  Making a better world by easing a little suffering instead of introducing another random primate into the world, taking care of one that is already here that is lost and/or abandoned seems like a cool idea.  Also every once and a while I think India is an up and coming nation but then a movie like this reminds you why it is such a fucked country.  But I guess kids get lost in the US too, maybe just how selfish we all are and how helpless kids are.  Nicole Kidman is pretty amazing as the adopting mother.