Guess how I spent my afternoon today? I went to Cineplex Coquitlam to watch The Odd Life of Timothy Green. It was definitely worth watching, and I recommend everyone especially families to watch this breathtaking film. The young boy, Timothy Green was indeed a special kid to Jim and Cindy Green. Both parents were working for pencils. Simple wooden pencils made from trees. They were struggling to have a child of their own, until one night when they wrote down traits of their dream child on pieces of paper and put them into a box before buried it into earth, they found themselves raising Timothy who was born from their garden. At first when I saw the leaves on his legs, I thought that it was just a common thing that he was born from the green. But actually, the leaves symbolized the traits from the box. Timothy first tried to impress a girl named Joni. He was bullied in school, hardly had any friends. At a pool party, Timothy had to wear socks due to the leaves on his legs as a secret. Joni spotted him diving into the pool and joined him. But it turned out that Joni pulled down one of his socks and noticed the leaves. Without hesitation, Timothy kicked Joni's face hard with his foot, leaving her face bleeding. (I know! Harsh..but it's his reaction when someone found out his secret) Well, it wasn't that bad. Joni chased him down a forest. But instead of sabotage him in return, Joni shown him a birthmark on the right side of her chest. Not only he had a secret, but Joni had a secret too.
Anyway, to me, Joni and Timothy were sweet together. They had a bike ride which surprised Jim and Cindy, weaved leaves into huge curtains to create a mini world of autumn, and liked each other's company. Meeting Joni caused one leaf to wither and drop from Timothy's leg. Moment by moment, one leaf turned brown and drop down due to a trait being done. Like making Uncle Bub laughed for the last time, being honest to his mother's boss about her appearance while drawing her portrait, knowing how to rock at a classic music concert, able to kick a soccer ball to win a goal, and gave one last love to her parents before disappear away from life. It was miserable to see Timothy just vanish like that after his last leaf dropped and a thunderstorm approached. But in the end, Timothy left a short letter in the box which was buried in the garden. While the couple presented the letter to an adoption office, Timothy told us that he gave his withered leaves to a few people he cared. One for a snorty mother who finally learnt how to rock, one for Uncle Bub before he was sent to heaven, one for a friendly botanist/gardener who first helped him to tried to cut his fresh leaves (earlier in the movie), one for Cindy's boss, one for his grandfather who learned not give up faith on him, and two for Joni for being a good and only friend. The film ended with the couple adopted an Asian girl named Lily to replace Timothy.
One scene that took my breath away was when Timothy gave suggestion to his parents about creating a new pencil. Since Jim lost his job at the pencil factory, Timothy suggested that they should draw a whole new design and make a new pencil (environment-friendly type). Within days of hard work, the couple worked hard to create a unique green pencil made of leaves. This blows me away! A pencil made of leaves! That's out of this world! The pencil also saved Jim to get his job back. As the factory was about to close due to bankruptcy, the leaf pencil was introduced to the entire staff but was credited to the owner of the factory. Timothy stood up for what was right, telling everyone that it was his family's idea to create the pencil. He also had no choice but to show his legs of leaves to everyone so that he could proof that leaves were a big part of the Greens' life. Now his secret had been revealed to other people, the pencil became a whole new product.
This Disney film had pulled my heartstrings, and I cried when Timothy was gone after having only a few days of lifespan. Why can't Timothy just become a permanent child???? He's so special! He taught me to smile no matte what situation I face, like when he smile to get better during his first trial of soccer practice. He also taught me never to give up and soak in nature to clear stress or something (like when he raised his arms high under the sunlight like as if he was breathing in nature. Twice!).
Jim and Cindy also influenced me to learn how to become a good parent in the future. You know, thinking of having a dream kid is kind of new to me. If I were given the chance of having a dream child...
~ Honest to fault (like Timothy)
~ Never give up to achieve goals
~ Finding a talent/ hobby to express ideas and feelings, and to be creative to influence people's life.
~A seeking heart to be with God.
~ A worthy friend
hmm..that's all I got.
Timothy Green, you're a star among the people you met and cared.
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