Gulliver's Travels Movie Review

Another movie in a week, it was a movie day (Wednesday) and the ticket only costed RM8, so decided to go for another show. hehe...

I watched "Gulliver's Travels" by Rob Letterman, starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Jason Segel. It was a very funny comedy (with Jack Black in the show, it is expected. ahha)

In the movie, Jack Black acted as Gulliver, the guy from the mail room. Although he liked to talk big and joke like he was the big boss, he was afraid of coming out of the mail room and pursue anything else bigger, such as the girl he liked (Darcy).

During one occasion, he took up a challenge from Darcy and explored Permuda Triangle Islands. And he ended up in Lilliput, the small size human beings island. Being a giant among the small beings made Gulliver feel proud of himself and all the funny adventures began.

Things turned sour and challenging when the rival country of Lilliput, Blesfuscu attacked and took over Lilliput after defeating Gulliver, the giant. From there, the real adventure for Gulliver began. :)

Food for Thought

Even though the story was funny and good for laughter, I think there was a meaning behind it.

Let me share another story that I heard from the bible study group. There was this king from a kingdom and he had a younger brother who was superbly fat and unhygienic. In several occasions this younger brother humiliated his brother, who was the king, in the banquet, meetings and so on.

So one day, the king built walls around his younger brother forming a special prison around the brother. The different things about this prison was there was a open door for the prison, but it was of the smaller size than the brother. So the king told the brother, "One day when you slim down and able to pass through the door, you are a freeman.". The brother never made it and he died in the prison. It was the attitude that caused the brother's death.

Same with the Gulliver's Travels, it was the attitude of a person that decided the path that the person could take. If you dream big and trust that you can do it, you can do it and vice versa. So, trust in yourself and God has made you for a great purpose! :)