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 us to escape the realities. Nimona just stood in that line where the kids of today, while trying to construct their ideal societies will get a clue to go about it. 

After the movie ended, I had my bouts of thought about our make-believe world. While all of us want to have an opinion about right and wrong, good and bad, we are also just trying to suit ourselves. These thoughts, which generally provoke us to either toe the line or resist, are actually not ours. It is the brain-child of those who make or bend the rules so that they remain the rulers. Meanwhile, the ruled are kept occupied as they monger among themselves to sustain their opinion of right and wrong. Getting out of this loop is what will bring disruptions in society, where those ruled can get what they aspire to. 

Human civilisation has come a long way from just surviving to procreate and grow the clan, to perpetuating a thought around self-worth, by just reducing the worth of fellow humans. But are we really here to live alone, or can we live alone?