the man who planted trees

i would like to say since im a live action DMA student i dont like the animations we have been watching because it isnt my focus. as ive seen other students (many live action students) be moved by the animations we have watched i know that my excuse holds no ground. so the reason must be something  wrong deep in my soul. that was until we watched the man who planted trees. i dont know if it was the fact that it had a narrator to make the story move along or what, but i loved this film, this foreign film, this foreign animation film.

as the film started in its typical "artsy" style i was put off yet again, and im sorry to say the first 5 mins i watched while on my laptop not entirely focusing, and then i got caught growing to like the narrator, and the fact that we had one. soon my laptop was shut, was i really watching an artsy animation? and enjoying it? interesting.

as the story progressed i was hoping it was true, but there was a part of me that knew it wasnt. growing up in a family of loggers you learn a thing or 2 about growing trees,and sadly oak trees just dont grow in the desert. neither do birch for that matter, but this story had even me falling for its suspension of disbelief. i began to see what changes trees brought, but the message of this film wasnt "hippy Dippy" love trees and youll be happy. it was more about what power one man can have when he chooses to do something. and reguardless of if this story about a man making the world better with tress resonates or not with you, the fact that one man can change so much should.