finally had the chance to watch 'i not stupid too'. it has been three weeks since it started showing in the cinemas and with the movie crossing the 3mil mark, it is definitly THE show of the year.
the first view came quickly after i have announced my intention to watch the movie. HE replied: 'i am not going to support jack neo.' and wat came after that was, 'because he is saying that the parents are wrong.' therefore he did not watch the moive.
the second view came after the watching the movie. SHE said: 'not as nice as 'i not stupid', but quite touching.' and... yes.. the next line was, 'those are just special cases, not likely will happen in real life, so don't you dare think of using the movie to argue with me in the future'.
finally, my view. when i first heard that there is going to be a sequel of 'i not stupid', it was like 'ok~. will watch it cos it should be as funny as the first.' then later on, got to know more about the film through the tv and found out that the movie revolve around the theme of shang3 shi2 jiao4 yu4 ( if i'm not wrong, it's educating through appreciation and recognition of effort put in).
it came across to me as a method/direction of teaching that has a huge potential. just like in the start of the movie, two sentences were flashed on the black screen. 'when was the last you have praised someone?' and 'when was the last time you have been praised by someone?'.
and indeed, in this society where things that were done right, were supposed to be done right and where things that were done wrong, were heavily penalised, how often is one praised for doing something and how often were people not criticising wat others have done?
well, i admit that too much praised makes my head grow big, but really, there are times that i wish someone could just praise me without having to add the 'but...'. it will almost be like i struck toto if my parents ever do praise me without the 'but..'. i know that parents mean well by not praising their kids too much cos they hope that their kids to be humble BUT to the extent that it makes someone feel useless or don't live up to standard, thats cruel.
one of the character in the movie sums up the side effects of parents being stingy with praises very well. 'in your eyes, everything that i do is not right. and everything i did right was not good enough.' there was a period of time when i had really felt like that when the criticisms/naggings/comments/suggestions from my parents come my way. it seems like i am always trying very hard to be the perfect child that they hope to have.. or feel despair when i could reach their expectations. then, slowly, i came to realise that it's like an impossible dream to meet. and so, i've learn to be happy even though i may not have met others' expectations of me, cos i have met my own expectations of myself.
acknowledging people's worth is like wat the movie says 'having a key that opens people's hearts and minds'. and it is something that we all should learn to do.
ending with one of my favorite lines in the movie, 'there is no one that does not know how to learn, but only people who don't know how to teach.'
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