GOING TO THE CINEMA

When I took my two Grandsons to the cinema, I expected to be able to have a doze, especially when I saw on the screen a Hamburger walking with legs. The film was called Turbo and you got to hand it to these script writers who wrote the story, as perhaps the themes of the story, you could apply to everyday life. Especially the theme of - no dream is too big and no dream too small, for everyone should have a dream. The story was about a snail who had magic power, that was all in his shell. It seemed a ridiculous idea for a snail to be entered into a motor racing competition, but you found yourself routing for him to win.   He was entered into the race by a boy who befriended him, who had faith in the snail, telling people the snail could win the motor racing championship. We see this snail with big blue eyes, sitting on the boys shoulder, wearing a pair of goggles and  the boy even puts him to bed with a pancake as a blanket. As we watched the snail tearing along the race track with an illuminous light trailing from his tail, (that was supposedly his magic) we wanted him to win. And even though the snail was almost squashed between racing cars as they tore around the track the little snail rally`s on and the crowds cheer.  But alas when his shell got cracked he lost all his magic power and my Grandson and I sat on the edge of our seats as he tried to reach the finishing line. We see him crawling along, puffing and panting and the crowd is urging him on, but alas behind him comes the mean racing champion who runs him over with his wheel and then tries to stamp on him to stop him reaching the white line and we are sitting on the end of our seats urging him on. My Grandson kept saying - his shell is cracked, he has lost his power and  when the snail just gets over the finishing line, we raise our hands and cheer.  Afterwards I explained to them, that the snail could have easily lost, when all his power went and then he would have been a looser - but when he became a winner all the crowd applauded him.  Perhaps that was a bit adult for a six year old. Nevertheless, you could for instance, compare this theme to trying to get published.  For how many people spend so much time writing a book and no one wants to read it and they become loosers.  Yet, if one person likes it, then others may follow and they become a winner. Yes, it can be a fine line at times, between winning and loosing.