Over The Hedge

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This is a great animation. It has been so long that I haven't seen any animation that good story line, good moral, good meaning and so much fun.

There is so much thing to think about inside the movie.
1. Human live to eat. We drain ourselves and our pocket just to eat more. And yet we still have to pay for the consequences of eating too much!! Isn't this contradict? Do we really need to eat so much? Is it because of the desire to eat or is it because of the desire to buy things, to swallow something, to keep our stomach full to have a false sense of satisfaction?

2. RJ, the family of one. This guy was suffering from lost. He lost his family, and because of that he close himself up and be a lone ranger. He taught that he has his emotion under control. Little did he know that the genuine love of others animals has soften his heart and touches the hungry of love in his heart. Everyone need love, a genuine love, a sacrificial love, an unconditional love. And only this love can break the most harden heart of this world. At the end, RJ found the love that he longed for.

3. Verna (Turtle): He took care of everyone in the family, led them, guide dthem, adviced them. He knew what is right and what is wrong for the family. He loved everyone in the family eventhough they didn't agree with him. He took the responsibility to protect every single one in the family. He would do just anything to protect his family member. He's like a father in the family. Have we ever question our father's decision? Have we ever fight against "the hedge" that our father put around us in order to protect us? They might be over cautious, or too protective but their intention is for our good, not his.

4. The Hedge. What? Hedge? Yes, The hedge. The hedge is there to isolate the animal, in another way it also protect them. God's commandment is like the hedge around us. We are save as long as didn't cross over the hedge, as long as we are under His wing. Then where's the freedom then. Freedom exist in obedience. Within the protection of the 'hedge', there is freedom. Do you think there is freedom over the other side of the hedge? See what those animals got. They enjoyed at the beginning. They thought they were free to do anything other there. But what happen at the end? The freedom isn't that free anymore when the truth was revealed.

A lot more to say. Each animal has a special character .... but... got to stop now. May be continue next time.