sadness, joy

Kristina 2022-04-20 09:01:23

Coraline instead of Caroline.
Perhaps the transposition of a and o in the name is just a hint of the chaos of the two worlds. This animation really can't be called an animation for children, but it reminds me of many Wilde's fairy tales. How can the sadness in the works be understood by children?
In an unreal world, there is a beautiful garden, a fun mantis car, delicious food, and parents who "love" us. It can be considered perfect, but in the end, it is like the mantis rushing towards us with its teeth and claws. Like the car, it lost the most gentle, evil face. Come to think of it, it should be regarded as a mockery of Gaiman to our world.
Since childhood, we have read those fairy tales, where there are the best, eternal love, great friendship that a child yearns for, and justice will triumph over evil... But when we grow up, love, friendship, and the so-called The justice of the mantis is like the mantis car, rushing over with claws and claws, have you ever been as happy as when you first dreamed of them? Reality ripped that beautiful world to shreds with its disdain, just like a large blank that suddenly swept the small world. It turns out that everything we saw when we were young was nothing but empty joy and sorrow.
Writing here, I should be regarded as pessimistic and negative.
Fortunately, there is still warmth in that gray house that we sometimes don't expect. Did Real mother really not listen to what Coraline said? Then why did she hang the key on the high wall? She knew that behind the door was a wall. I know that when real dad and mom were rescued into the house, they knew about the snow on their bodies, but they still stubbornly let Coraline clean up the pile of broken glass by herself, but then, Coraline received her most They liked the gloves, and they finally began to plant red tulips in the garden. Looking at these, my heart is still overflowing with a little emotion.
In fact, there is no need to expect those so-called perfections. More often, when we are in that gray room, we still have to experience those different colors with our hearts. Perhaps, Gaiman did not want us to really despair.
However, at the end, a scene suddenly appeared: the black cat yawned, turned around, and disappeared. So, is this world real? Could it be that the world where mom and dad are trying to grow tulips is just a witch trick?
I don't know. Maybe I'm overthinking. It's just an animation after all.
I remember the sentence of Di Shi, who was beaten to death with a stick because of the translation problem of the Chinese: "I think, therefore I am." The so-called "I think, therefore I am." In fact, Deshi wanted to say, how can you be sure that this world is a real existence, not created by the magic of a living body as in the animation? Then, in fact, all I can believe is that I, this separate mind, really exist.
However, it doesn't matter what happens to Coraline, since there is no mother who has been chasing her to sew button eyes for her, since she has a warm family and neighbors, since she can still wear a yellow raincoat and colorful gloves, whatever It doesn't matter, really.

PS: This is the first time I write a film review, mainly because the impact of this cartoon on my soul is quite big, the colorful world that collapses in an instant, those we can call the inherent kindness in human beings and the one that ends at the end The disappearance of the black cat. Hehe, but a definite conclusion that can be drawn is that I am still not suitable for watching any supernatural and horror-related movies, such a cartoon should not be regarded as scary, but I still let me watch it in Guanghua Building tight, tight...

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Extended Reading
  • Dayton 2022-03-22 09:01:26

    Although I thought it was caroline.... The production level is quite high~

  • Charlene 2022-03-21 09:01:29

    The opening very much like Tim Burton may be the reason why I don't like happy endings myself. I love that boy who can't talk and that cat

Coraline quotes

  • Coraline Jones: I already know where you've hidden them.

    Other Mother: Hmm... Well, then produce them.

    Coraline Jones: They're behind that door.

    Other Mother: Oh they are, are they?

    Cat: There!

    Coraline Jones: Mom... Dad!... Go on! Open it. They'll be there alright.

    Other Mother: You're wrong, Coraline... they aren't there. Now, you're going to stay here forever.

    Coraline Jones: NO, I'M, NOT!

  • Coraline Jones: [Coraline and the imaginary friend version of Wybie are at the exit to the door, escaping the Other Mother] Come ON!... She'll just hurt you again!

    [Imaginary Wybie looks up at Coraline forlornly, takes off one of his gloves, revealing that he is just made of sawdust and that he won't survive in Coraline's world]