The Children of Huang Shi, 2008

I just watched “The Children of Huang Shi,” it was a good movie. I caught the movie in the middle, it rarely happen for me not to go through all the channels to get to decide what to watch, but the first phrase captured me, Gorge was talking about his parents and how pacifist they are, how all his life he believed in the same approach and now, he has doubts; “You see, my family are pacifists... My mother had Gandhi to tea. And my father, went to jail during the last War. He's the bravest man I know. And now I think they're wrong. I think there are times one must fight.” No surprise that all these reminded me of “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Fight Test”: “I thought I was smart / I thought I was right/ I thought it better not to fight / I thought there was a Virtue in always being cool/ so when it came time to fight/ I thought I'll just step aside and that time would prove you wrong/ and that you would be the fool/” For me, who had always believed in peace while living in dictated country, thinking of a new approach is scary too. I get the contradictory between, the need to choose the right path and the bitterness of thinking you’re on the wrong one. Beside this dialog, the movie was fine, it’s based on a true story and it touches you, but still the story could be told better. Some characters are unfinished for instance Ms. Wang, an important character whose gift to Hogg inspires the whole trip. We don’t know that much about her, she is just this merchant who has feelings for Hogg and help him to get through his way. I still believe it’s a good story, but you owe it to a good story to tell it good, thinking of what he did, what men can do, make me like this movie. Hogg rescue children, who are symbols of life, laughter and future, he keeps me hopeful.

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