The Reflections on The Rainbow Soldiers

          Hands up to the movie 'Laskar Pelangi'. The movie was great and quite hilarious at times. Bunch of thanks to Teech for introducing us to it. Basically, the movie is about how a group of children and teachers fight for their right to give and receive education. It revolves around a community with poor standard of living, in which to get an education seems to be a waste of time as they believe, each and every one of them will just end up as a 'coolie'. Laskar Pelangi sure has a lot of lessons to learn from. My favourite would be that, 'Life is a journey of knowledge'. Sometimes, the nature provides more knowledge for us than a classroom session. Secondly, the movie highlighted that, 'Every child has their own talent that has to be nurtured'. These days, we tend to focus only on academic achievements thus, ignoring the abundance of talent in every child. Every child should be given the best opportunity for them to expand and grow their talents as everyone is special in their own way. For example, Mahar whom is talented in music is given the responsibility to lead their school team in the cultural performance. Thirdly, the movie potrays a very special credo which is, 'We are our our own obstacles'. Poverty, family issues and community perception is always used as excuses in not trying our best to achieve our dreams. Fret not, way is where the will is. All in all, the movie is a great piece. It has lots of hilarious moments and some beautiful ones which i enjoy very much, thank you. And not to forget, the beauty of relationships are clearly potrayed in the movie. I hope, Malaysia will make this movie an example and create more meaningful movies with 'substance'. To the journey of a better future of Malaysia. Amin~