Storks -- The Gift of Life

While everyone knows that storks deliver babies, at least according to the myths and tales, what people don't know about storks is that stopped delivering babies. In the recent animated film, Storks manages to depict a few general themes about life that are really neat. At the beginning of the film, the main character, Junior, explains that storks no longer deliver babies but now pursue business through the company known as Cornerstore.com. While this just seems like the producers are taking a twist to the general mythos on storks, it actually is part of a theme that is rather enforced later on when we meet another character, known as Nate Gardner. His family hardly has time to spend with them because they're always working, not even able to have more than five minutes to spend with their son. Because of the fact that his parents don't have any time to spend with him, he obviously feels quite lonely and longs for any form of companion, so he comes across a book on storks, the ones who did deliver babies. He writes and sends a letter to Stork Mountain, where all the storks in the movie reside, and requests a baby brother be delivered to him so he can have someone to spend time with.

 This goes bad for Junior and an orphan human named Tulip, as she accidentally turns on the baby factory that's been offline for years. Hoping to avoid being seen with the baby that was made, the two of them set off to deliver the baby without being caught. While we see the two respective points of view of the Gardners and Junior and Tulip, we find a general theme coming to light as Nate's parents finally decide to spend time with him, saying "Well, if we put the headphones back in, who knows how much time we'll lose with him? Maybe by the time we take them off again, he'll be ready to leave the house." Further bringing the theme to light, Junior and Tulip (Junior, mainly) start warming up to the baby and Junior starts to realize that he likes this child and being a family (albeit a weird one) with Tulip and the baby. The theme of life meaning more than just a company, and the experiences of life meaning more than money rang deeply with me. It was a movie I didn't expect, but I loved it as well as the point it made.