Yeah, I felt awful.) And that “river”? It wreaked. I should tell you about the time a caused a cave in by tripping on a “stair” in a “house” in Peru. (I have broken more than one tenement in my life. And another one on top that is maybe 4 feet? I don’t know… I literally would have fallen through if I had gone up. Do you see the corrugated tin, and boxes and boards on the left above the river? That is three layers. When we finally arrived at the area where this family lived… here. And we walked in among the shanties that were hastily put up besides one of the “rivers” of Quezon that no one else wanted to live next to because they were always flooding during hurricanes. And then I was met by a few locals and accompanied in to the poorer outer edge section of Quezon. And then I drove into Quezon which is way poorer than Manila at large. And then I drove through the poor inner city of Manila, to the much poorer outskirts. This family was special in that to meet them, I flew half way around the world into one of the poorest countries in the world… the Philippines. So a couple of months ago, I got a chance to visit a family in Quezon City, Manila. (Note to readers out there, THIS! is why you go out to Godaddy and setup your own blog… it means you get to do whatever you want and don’t even have to listen to the chorus of people yelling, WHAT?!? He did WHAT?) I’m going to get to Lion, but first… I’m going to tell a story. Saroo’s writing is just totally like as if you and your best friend are hanging out at a pub and he just starts with, “Funny thing… when I was young I accidentally got lost in India…” And to think? The book is even more intense than the movie was. Actually would love to sit down and watch the movie all over again from the beginning. Not that I don’t totally dig it – but man, it’s intense. Started watching the trailer after I inserted it and just had to stop. Saroo falls a sleep on a decommissioned train, and wakes up on the way to Calcutta 1600 clicks away. One night, disaster strikes and Saroo and his older brother get separated. Always looking for his next meal (which, in his book says that it was this constant hunger that robbed him of his childhood.) and constantly hungry. The movie is about a boy that lives in north central India. If you haven’t seen the film, it’s based on the book entitled “A Long Walk Home”, which I have just read and it blew my mind as well. Had no idea they had this kind of emotional intensity capable. I didn’t even know children could such a good job as Sunny did. Young Saroo in this movie was just unbelievable. But the light of this movie? The real show stopper? Sunny Pawar. This movie though demanded he bring a very intense, very real, Acting A-game, or he would have sucked in this role. Cause, it was good.ĭev? I wasn’t aware he actually new how to act. In my Oscar’s recap, I think I may have under represented Lion. Let’s just say I did surprisingly well in the 400 class in Creative Lying. I may say I’m surprised all the time, but that’s hyperbole. It’s rare that I am surprised by a movie.
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