Puss in Boots

'Puss in Boots' is a 2011 animation film that bears no resemblence to the french literary fairy tale written by Charles Perrault. The movie story line is a spinoff prequel to the Shrek franchise and it focused on his earlier days.

Puss arrived at a town only to learn that Jack & Jill were around. After staging a failed burglary at the couple for their beans, he managed to escape. In the process, he befriended Kitty Softpaws and was re-united with Humpty Alexander Dumpty. The latter was Puss' long-estranged childhood friend from the orphanage where he was raised. However, Humpty has previously betrayed Puss in a youthful misadventure when Humpty tricked him into helping commit a crime.

Humpty, in his sly self, managed to once-again convince Puss to join them in finding the beans and retrieving the golden eggs. Puss was willing to turn a blind eye to Humpty's previous betrayal & character flaws. After another adventure in finding the magic beans, Puss believed Humpty has turned over a new leaf.

But the truth was that Humpty was his fiend' who remembered every grudge between them & wanted to take revenge on Puss. Humpty sought for wealth & glory through his despicable acts. Puss still continued to believe that his friend is a good person at heart.

I asked myself - how willing would I accept a friend for who he/she is, despite his flawed character? Maybe Dreamworks' characters live in a different world of fantasy.