{"id":7613,"date":"2020-08-10T03:59:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/?p=7613"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:26:28","slug":"movie-review-secondhand-lions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/7613","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review – Secondhand Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0\u201cSecondhand Lions\u201d is a funny and touching family film set in a remote place in America in the mid-20th<\/sup> centuries. A child, Walter, starts his new life living with his two uncles who were a bachelor throughout the summer unwillingly. This movie was written and directed by Tim McCanlies. He was obsessed with writing screenplays. He also directed famous and classical family comedy, such as Little Giant. Doubtless, his passion and talent for writing screenplays made this film become the most famous film written and directed in his life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  A boy called Walter\nis left by his irresponsible mother, Mae, to live with his two reclusive\nuncles, Hub and Garth. There is a rumor that they have a large sum of secret\nmoney. Walter is not welcomed at first, but he gets along well with the two\nuncles gradually. As Walter persuades them to spend some of their money, they\nspent some money on gardening and buying an old lion. Walter is told the\nadventurous experiences of uncle Hub and Garth in the two World Wars. He also\ngets to know the romantic stories between Hub and an Arab princess, Jasmine. However,\nJasmine dies because of childbirth, which makes Hub feel devastated. Therefore,\nWalter names the old lion Jasmine. Hub then delivers a speech to Walter,\ntelling him to learn to trust people. Close to the end, Walter\u2019s mother appears\nwith her new boyfriend, Stan, and forced Walter to tell them where the money\nwas hidden. I think that the ending is unexpected. Find it out if you are\ninterested!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0 I think that the characterization of each character is wonderful and realistic. Although Walter does not believe in people easily, he still has good personality. He shows sympathy to Hub when he hears Hub\u2019s romantic stories. The realistic acting and the precise facial expression further shapes Walter\u2019s characteristics, which is one of the reasons why I like this movie. The interaction between the two uncles and Walter is heart-warming. Although the uncles treat Walter in a lukewarm way at first, their relationship improves bit by bit. The scene in which Hub hugs Walter wholeheartedly reveals his love towards Walter. The excellent acting and characterization of the main characters makes this film a successful film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  I think that the\nthemes are meaningful and not to be missed. You can really learn a lot from\nthem. The most affecting theme is that true family relationship is not bound to\nblood relationship. There is a close bonding between Walter and his two uncles.\nThey support and love each other. Walter has an even closer relationship with\nhis uncles than with his mother, although his mother also loves him. It shows\nthat true family relationship is mutual. Another important and inspiring theme\nis growing up. Growing up means being mature enough to make decisions which is\nthe best for yourself. Walter understands that people having virtue is worth\nbelieving. Therefore, he believes in his uncles and even decides to live with\nthem. Undoubtfully, Walter has made the right decision, as he chooses to live\nwith people who really care about him. Therefore, growing up and making the\nright decision is important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  I strongly recommend\nthis film to all family film lovers. The brilliant characterization and themes\nare enchanting. The adventures of Hub and Garth are so exciting that you will glue\nyour eyes on the screen. The warm family relationship between the two uncles\nand Walter will definitely touch you. Don\u2019t hesitate to go and watch this film\nat cinema!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u201cSecondhand Lions\u201d is a funny and touching family film set in a remote place in America in the mid-2t<\/sup>centuries. A child, Walter, starts his new life living with his two uncles who were a bachelor throughout the summer unwillingly. This movie was written and directed by Tim McCanlies. He was obses.........<\/p>Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-s3","schoolyear-80"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7613"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7662,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613\/revisions\/7662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}