paralysis

I noticed that, much to my dismay, alot of people on this board seem to dislike this film. They seem to think that just because the main character was reprehensible for some of his actions that it means they cannot or will not have any compassion or love for the film whatsoever. Personally, i found myself profoundly effected by the film and actually cried at the end, which isnt something as a grown man that i do very often lol I think the thing that got me most was the recurring theme of paralysis, in his tsotsi's mother, his dog and up to inflicting it upon his friend, the mother of the baby he stole, the man who wheels himself around all day and even the man that they killed on the train who was told not to move or say a word. Ive seen that some people on this board see the introduction of the baby as unneccessary, but if they understood it at all, they would realise that the introduction of the baby makes tsotsi realise for the first time of the paralysis and helplessness of us all, and that at one stage or another we were all like that and people didnt just leave us to die. Also people seem to think the end was abrupt and badly done, but this was the moment that effected me most, because he puts his hands up in the air and he accepts his own helplessness and paralysis. He sees all the other moments in his life for what they were and what they are. Maybe im saying nothing that a whole bunch of people have said before, but i really think this film is something special and although it doesnt have a hollywood hero in it who we can all want to be like, it still has an amazing story to tell.