Secondhand Lions By Director Tim Mccanlies - 971 Words

Happiness can come in many different ways, but this type of happiness is the one where all could experience, and that is true love. The film that will be analyzed is called Secondhand Lions by director Tim McCanlies, it is based on a boy named Walter is dropped off by his mother, who lies to him frequently, so Walter doesn’t know whether to believe her or not, but she drops him off with his two uncles named Hub and Garth, out in Texas. These two men have lots of adventures and lived life to the fullest. Walter has a lot to learn from the two uncles. Throughout the film it seems to show that happiness is not something that you gain from money, but it is what you gain when you learn the true lessons of life, and the true love that comes with it. In the film the two uncles are rich with money, but they have a lot of story that goes with it. Everyone including family members begs or wishes for the uncles to do something with their money, or they just want them to give it to them. However, in the film it conveys that with money comes greed and wants, but with love comes happiness with every day life. The film seems to show this type of happiness by having the two uncles enjoying their everyday life in the beginning of the film. As the film goes on we notice that the two uncles show the brotherly love they have for each other, and they notice that Walter hasn’t experience a true happiness like they have. When Uncle Garth is telling the stories about the love Uncle Hub had for