Throw That Lasso...We Need Some Reality

Monte on Slumdog

Apologies for the visual that inspires...

My point is that hope is good, but hope without the right action is quite hopeless. If this wonderful movie demonstrates anything it is that the future belongs to those who understand that the greatest power on earth isn't government decree, or a stimulus package, it is our own power to make choices.
In the wonder, mayhem and mystery that is India two boys make different choices and come to different ends. They both valiantly reject the thumb-sucking helplessness that some people cultivate, even in the name of hope.
In fact I know that some moviegoers will be so despairing of the poverty on the screen that they will miss both the movie's central premise and humanity's stunning promise.
They will sit through the rest of the movie wondering why the government doesn't do something. They will fail to see the point which is that two boys refuse to accept their situation and fly furiously at life, and it is life that yields. They fail to see that the choices we make matter much more than brilliant government plans.

Wonder Woman on March 03, 2009