So I was persuaded to watch this cartoon on Monday, though I didn't had much hope that it will turn out to be something irresistible - how interesting can a movie be when its whole plot can be summarised succinctly as 'sewer rat wanna be gourmet chef'...
Anyway, it was entertaining in some ways, though many things didn't make much sense at all. I didn't end up being convinced that 'Anyone can cook' in the sense of gourmet cooking and not just merely making raw ingredients palatable. Most people I know can hardly go beyond maggi mee and boiled eggs, which is not a fault onto them however; who have time for such things in this modern society of haste and waste?
But I do agree with the movie that it is much nobler to create than take. Animals can only take, and almost everything that they do create is for functional purposes. Only man can create (and apppreciate) 'useless' things such as art and cultural artifacts, and it is these things that elevates man to a higher level above the beasts, in certain aspects.
So when's the last time you created anything for purely aesthetic/altruistic reasons?
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