This film depicts real lives of many ordinary, mediocre children in china, who don't have talent in anything, slow and not smart. They always disappoint their parents, who keep pushing them all the time, register many remedial classes for them, hoping it's just that there is undiscovered potential in their children and miracle will eventually happen.
Mcdull is one of them. Despite his and his mother's efforts, he doesn't make any change at the end, unlike what many expect, that the main character will finally jump out of the mediocrity through hard working. Unlike kungfu panda, he doesn't become a kungfu master after training. The film is too realistic that it reveals the truth that the majority of the mediocre will stay mediocre eventually. It's not an inspiring story. It's just too realistic that despite the laugh, the nature of cartoon, as one of the not-smart Chinese students, I feel stung by the harsh truth within.
In my opinion, a great film is lauded because it depicts some ever-lasting things, whether they're good or bad(better if it's good). That's the reason why the Shawshank Redemption is on the top. The ever-lasting thing in this film is, although Mcdull eventually stays mediocre, he doesn't lose the quality of a good man---being kind. This is very precious in May's eyes, who earns a good place in HongKong society in which, under great pressure, many ones are too busy and annoyed to be kind to the others. That's why when May encounters Mcdull as a grown up, she thinks it's miraculous for him to stay the same. It's also the meaning of our lives, no matter how smart we are, that we always keep the best part of our humanity.
Mcdull is one of them. Despite his and his mother's efforts, he doesn't make any change at the end, unlike what many expect, that the main character will finally jump out of the mediocrity through hard working. Unlike kungfu panda, he doesn't become a kungfu master after training. The film is too realistic that it reveals the truth that the majority of the mediocre will stay mediocre eventually. It's not an inspiring story. It's just too realistic that despite the laugh, the nature of cartoon, as one of the not-smart Chinese students, I feel stung by the harsh truth within.
In my opinion, a great film is lauded because it depicts some ever-lasting things, whether they're good or bad(better if it's good). That's the reason why the Shawshank Redemption is on the top. The ever-lasting thing in this film is, although Mcdull eventually stays mediocre, he doesn't lose the quality of a good man---being kind. This is very precious in May's eyes, who earns a good place in HongKong society in which, under great pressure, many ones are too busy and annoyed to be kind to the others. That's why when May encounters Mcdull as a grown up, she thinks it's miraculous for him to stay the same. It's also the meaning of our lives, no matter how smart we are, that we always keep the best part of our humanity.