Yesterday, Cat and I brought our young friend, Christine for a sneak preview of a movie "Diary of Wimpy Kid" adapted from a popular quirky comics-style books, called the "The Wimpy Kid" series...
I must admit, initially I am a bit apprehensive ( I almost wanted to use the word "sianz" ;) ) when I heard about movie title like this. For one, I'm not a fan of comics book, neither have I read what the book is about. Anyway, I decided to just support the 2 ladies here and accompany them for an afternoon session of R&R, bearing in my mind as what was stated in the GV website that it's a "94 M I N U T E" show. Subconsciously, I was planning how I can wondered my mind during the hour and half ;)
To my very very pleasant surprise, I was not bored during the entire 94 min. In fact, I kind of enjoy this movie.
The storyline is simple. It started with a scene of a boy called Greg, first day in middle school ( I suppose the equivalent of our secondary school in Singapore), his adventure meeting his elementary school friend, Rowley, a simple-minded carefree boy and later becomes his "good" friend, amidst some adventures around the school scenes.....
A simple to understand story for even a "three decades" generation gaps people like me.... Kind of refreshing I must says. For once I had almost forgotten those "first days" in schools days and our own little adventure of making friends and learning....
I guess the one theme that stand out in this story is about friendship.
What the author of the book intelligently portrayed is how Greg, a little 13 year old boy with an adult cynical mind, and perhaps called "wimpy", aims to be successful in his school, for some undue reasons were surrounded by the not so favourable circumstances, that somehow also lead to him getting further and further away from his goal. However, one thing remains....his friendship with Rowley and for that, they entered the school book as the "funniest friends".
Interesting, lasting friendship does not necessarily equate friends with complete like-mindless in some occasions. For Greg and Rowley case, they are completely poles apart. Greg represents one with far-sighted and ambitious mind while Rowley, on the other hand, a simple down to earth, happy-go-lucky type. Somewhat, somehow, in God's providence, sometimes lasting friendship were formed this way.
Okay, so much for some "wimpy" thoughts from a "40s" years old man. If you too are feeling a bit stagnant in your own world, go catch a kid's movie :)
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