Many of Pixar's animated films have created two completely different worlds for the audience-such as the living environment of mice and humans in "Food Story", the monster world and the human world in "Monsters Electric Company", which also give us Confidence to design a completely fictional sea monster world. "Luca" not only constructs a vivid underwater world, but also constructs a brand-new fairy tale. It also contributes to us the wonderful scenes of Luca and Alberto riding bicycles to the sky and soaring in the air, which once again broadens people's imagination. Borders. The audience in front of the screen may also feel the same feeling when watching this movie, recalling the unrestrained play time of their childhood, as well as the indomitable enthusiasm and enthusiasm.
Of course this is more a story about friendship. Abeto is like a certain type of friends that many people have encountered in childhood. They may not have good grades, but they are particularly good at doing things that are "cool" in the eyes of their peers. At the same time, they are also in the minds of teachers and parents. "Problem Child" in. In fact, behind these children, there is usually an unhappy native family. At the end of the film, Luca and Julia go to school by train, while Abeto chooses to stay in the small town. Many people will also involuntarily think of their little friends who stayed in their hometown-although it is inevitable that they will drift away in the end. , But we have had the best summer together.
It can be said that "Luca" tells a qualified story, A story (Luca and Alberto's adventures in a small town, the goal is to win the race and buy a Vespa) and B story (the growth of Luca and Alberto) Change, the formation of individual subjectivity) interspersed properly, complete and orderly. But unfortunately, the turning point of the storyline is relatively blunt. The protagonist Luca faces two crises, one is the loss of his friend Alberto, and the other is the killing caused by revealing the identity of the water monster to save his friend. The resolution of these two crises was too simple and straightforward, lacking plot and emotional piling up, which also weakened the intensity of the emotional impact on the audience. What is more debatable is the ideological writing implicit in the story of the film. For the world of water monsters and humans, the film uses light and color to give different depictions. The underwater darkness is suppressed/the water surface is bright and bright. It can easily be read as a metaphor of marginal/mainstream, pre-modern/modern, backward/advanced.
The plot of the film comes from the director’s own childhood experience. Strictly speaking, the story takes place in a fishing village in northwestern Italy in the 1950s. Details such as the Vespa motorcycle and the "Roman Holiday" poster in the alley reveal the background of the period drama deliberately or unintentionally. However, the picture and context of the film emphasize the common childhood experience that overrides the times, the limited perspective of children and the full and rich feelings of children, creating a childlike enchantment, eliminating the narrative sense of time, and also bringing the bitter adult The topic becomes pure and becomes a fairy tale of courage and kindness. There is no villain in this fairy tale—parents control out of love and protection, not to mention that they are ultimately perfecting the child; the elders who live in a closed environment are not so sad as they are funny; children The pain of being imprisoned at the intellectual level has been modified and softened.
Bravery and liberating the mind are the most common themes in Hollywood cartoons, and "Luca" is no exception. The Vespa motorcycle symbolizes the outside world and symbolizes "poem and distance". Although Luca and Abetto both hope to travel the world on a motorcycle one day, their dreams are quite different. Abeto is free and unrestrained, daring to think and do, but he has no more plans for the future. But Luca is different. He is sensitive and delicate, eager to acquire more new knowledge, especially after Julia gave him several astronomy books, he developed a keen interest in outer space. Although "Luca" does not have a stunning theme, the color of the film is still good. The characters' physical movements and language style are very in line with the age of the characters in the film. The three friends teamed up to participate in the "Triathlon" competition against the "Villager" "The action scene is also very thrilling. Watching this film makes it easy to feel melancholy, thinking of the little friends who used to play together when they were young, but in the end they were all lost.
This movie is like a summer breeze, giving people a sense of invigoration, and at the same time the film is also unique."Luca" is a film about how difficult and exciting it is to live your true self. At the same time, the film also tells the audience that the three treasures of friendship, kindness and decency can help people fight violence and ignorance.
Pixar's films are accustomed to finding simple truths and creating stories to make them moving, and "Luca" is clever enough to achieve some of them before it ends.
