Children, don't take things that are not yours~

Claudie 2022-04-19 09:01:32

I heard about the stop-motion animation "Ghost Mom" ​​a long time ago, and I watched the whole film patiently today.
The style of the film is what I like, the gothic style, the cold and damp town, and it is easy to create a terrifying atmosphere.

There are not many characters in the film. The main body is a little girl, her real parents, her other parents, a dirty black cat who is always wet in the rain, and a boy who likes to dress up as a hell knight.

The girl portrayed in the film is self-willed, not afraid of the sky and the earth. Such a girl will have such an adventurous spirit. She accidentally discovered a small door in her old house. When the door was opened, she found a purple tunnel. I think When I got here, I made a subconscious judgment. This film can't escape the general adventure type film, and it easily reminds me of Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away".

But slowly looking back, I found that the other world in "Spirited Away" through the tunnel is a world full of magic, but the other world in "Ghost Mother" is an extremely weird and terrifying world, that world Here are your parents, but their eyes are sewn with buttons, and I shudder to see this. What would you do if you saw that the eyes of your parents who were with you day and night were suddenly sewn with buttons? The parents in this world gave the little girl the best food, the most beautiful clothes, the best dream room, and everything appeared in front of the little girl as she wished. These are things that the parents in reality cannot give. her. Like all children, she hoped that her parents could unconditionally meet all her requirements, and she gradually fell in love with the so-called parents.

But when the parents of this world wanted her to stay in this world forever, and asked her to button up her eyes and forget her name, the little girl suddenly realized that the perfect parents also showed their true colors and changed. became a terrifying spider-like monster.

Real parents may fail to satisfy your wishes and blame you, but they really love you. If you make up a parent like in the movie, their real face may be monsters who want to eat you. Maybe what the film wants to tell us is "Children, don't take things that are not yours~" Hehe, the

horror atmosphere is good, and there are a few scenes that are slightly frightened,
Haha, when my mother nagging me in the future, I will imagine that fortunately she is not the spider spirit who can give me everything~



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Coraline quotes

  • Other Father: [robotic] All will be swell, soon as Mother's refreshed. Her strength is our strength...

    [one of the robotic hands closes his mouth forcefully]

    Other Father: Mustn't... talk when Mother's not here.

    Coraline Jones: If you won't even talk to me, I'm gonna find the other Wybie. He'll help me.

    Other Father: No point.

    [face distorts]

    Other Father: He pulled a loooong face... and Mother didn't like it.

  • Coraline Jones: [on the "Other" Mother] Why does she want me?

    Cat: She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.

    Coraline Jones: Eat? That's ridiculous, mothers don't eat... daughters.

    Cat: I don't know. How do you taste?

    [chuckles]