Thought spurt!!
Nimona Have just watched the movie Nimona and was quite moved by the out-of-league story, almost disruptive of the present disposition in animated movies around heroes. All through I, as an audience was made to wonder if at all there is anything called a hero or a villain in the story, if at all anyone was right or wrong. Every action of the characters had their own valid reasons, which sounded so real and made me empathise. Apart from the blurry lines of the character sketches, what surprised me more was a deeper message to the children. We live in a make-believe world, bound by a wall of illusion. We need to look beyond the walls to find out the realities of life, as it suits us, and not what others build for us. For a moment, I felt it was too much for a kid to understand all this. But, what if this is the world they only know. One that is free, and built to suit their aspirations and motives. Movies indeed reflect the societal ethos, if we chose to avoid those that want ...