I already commented, but I've been thinking more...
As far as I'm concerned, true hope is knowing the truth and knowing that things can get better. What I saw the father offering his child in this movie was not hope, but denial and delusion.
It might work for small things, like "Aw, how cute, that rabbit fell asleep on the shoulder of the road". But this was ridiculous to me.
And the lie was even too lame to make sense... like even a little kid would believe that all those people were being starved and beaten and worse, all because they wanted to win a tank???
OH, yeah, I forgot - we didn't see anyone getting starved or beaten. But that's a whole other argument.
As far as I'm concerned, true hope is knowing the truth and knowing that things can get better. What I saw the father offering his child in this movie was not hope, but denial and delusion.
It might work for small things, like "Aw, how cute, that rabbit fell asleep on the shoulder of the road". But this was ridiculous to me.
And the lie was even too lame to make sense... like even a little kid would believe that all those people were being starved and beaten and worse, all because they wanted to win a tank???
OH, yeah, I forgot - we didn't see anyone getting starved or beaten. But that's a whole other argument.