A movie review that i just wrote

Ratatouille

When I walked out of the movie, the movie has endowed with me with a deep, transporting pleasure and allowed me to fall in love with an unlikely hero, Remy, an adorable little rodent. The story revolves around this lovable rat who desires to be a great chef like his hero, Auguste Gusteau. With an exquisite sense of smell and taste, he was not contented in eating trash like normal rats, but rather he wants to savor good food and appreciate the art of cooking. Along the way, he faces obstacles and challenges, but he eventually he fulfilled his dream to become a good cook at Gusteau's, the former home to the famous chef that Remy had idolized.


A classic lesson to learn from the movie is that no dream is impossible, if you work hard enough and never stop believing you can achieve anything. It is an old axiom that everyone knows, but sometimes we need assurance and reminder that the impossible can become possible in life. The message is clear from the movie that as long as you continue to believe in and hold on to your great dreams, we can surprise everyone with your splendid accomplishments like Remy. The most captivating and catchy words are from the most feared food critic in Paris Anton Ego ,“Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” Its ensures that not everyone is great but greatness can come from anywhere.

The story uncovers the basic moral lesson for us that there will be obstacles when pursing our dreams. The most engaging conflict occurs when Remy is reunited with his family and he has to choose between family obligation and individual ambition. We sometimes must decide whether to go our own way or do what our family tells us. We must also decide whether it's better to be respected doing things that make us miserable or to be disrespected doing things that make us feel happy. But Remy’s family’s acceptance of him being a cook in the end gives us green light that we can be true to ourselves and yet accept our family’s love in order to fulfill our dreams. We often face with difficult situations but the most important lesson learnt is do we give up pursing our dreams? The cruz is how determined are we?

Ikeda Sensei shared that determination to win is the better way of winning. The best time for its construction of our victory is in the midst of the struggle to achieve the goal we yield for. The determination to deal with challenges and overcome our self-overcoming beliefs will allow us to be undefeated in spirit in life. Our effort will ultimately become nutrients for the growth of our dreams.


In our practice, our desires, dreams are our catalysts for internal change, which will change our external environment and achieve the goals we set for. The determination we have will allow victory to build patiently, step by step that will eventually open a new road in our lives. Sensei shared that as long as we keep making efforts without allowing ourrselves to be defeated, the tree of dreams will continue to grow in our hearts.

Thus go catch the good movie and start by making a great determination, one that we will try hard to fulfill. And like Remy, let’s never give up on any of our dreams.