Robots

You can shine no matter what you’re made of...
(Mr. Bigweld in Robots)


From the makers of Ice Age
Robots
(Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carrey, and Robin Williams)


Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) was raised by a small family. His father is a dishwasher in a small diner in Rivet Town. Being raised by a dishwasher, Rodney didn’t really live in luxury. But he was inspired by his lifetime idol, Mr. Bigweld (whom he thinks is the greatest robot, second greatest after his father) who was a great inventor and the founder of Bigweld Corporation. He inspired him to keep on creating.
And so, even though he always had to wear hand-me-downs, he was never disappointed. Instead, he was always high spirited and he invented so many things as a teen.

Rodney decided to come to Robot City to work for Bigweld Corporation. But instead of finding what he’s been dreaming of, he found that the corporation has been turned into a money milking company by Bigweld’s successor, Ratchet. It’s highly profitable for forcing the poor robots to upgrade instead of replace the missing or broken parts, and those who cannot afford to upgrade will have to be molded. The company since then, has been nothing but robots killing machine.

In short, Rodney convinced his friends to talk Mr. Bigweld into re-joining the company, to save the robots.


I love the movie.
I love the action, and the drama.
I love how the good guys win against the bad guys.
The good guys represent the poor people. The helpless.
And the bad guys, the powerful.

That’s pretty much how life in the real world is, probably.

But somehow, sometimes real life doesn’t inspire as well as animation movies.
In the real life, the true ruler of the world will stand still. They will not budge. And people will still stand at the back of the room, not being able to answer back to the mean guy with the striped suit.

Sometimes, in the real world, the icon, someone who inspires the people, someone who really listens and cares about everyone, and puts forth everyone’s interests before theirs are simply shunned out, if not terminated (Shocking? I doubt it). Because in the real life, once the small people start to ignite, there’s no way the single ruler will stand on their throne. And they are simply afraid. They are scared. And they hide their fear well, by shutting every one up.

In the movie, even ragged piece of robots can still make a difference, and stand out. But why is it not the same in real life. Yes, there are one or two really “blessed” people who can make it. But sometimes life takes sides. And it sides with people who are born lucky. Only very few people with not so shining background who can be “somebody”.


Life is hard. Life is cruel.
Life is no animation movies.

But life is true. And the only way we can survive its cruelty is by being whatever we want to be, by giving our best yet. And then perhaps, we will get the best.

And then, probably we can shine.
We can be “somebody”, no matter what we are.