Now every time I watch the city in the sky, I always have a feeling of touching warmth and sadness and helplessness intertwined in my heart.
When I was in elementary school, I watched Castle in the Sky for the first time as a teacher's homework. In the eyes of a child, this film reflects the brilliance of human nature and the ideal romance at the same time. Naturally, this kind of emotion cannot be described in a small hour, but a warm current surged in my heart, which could not be dissipated for a long time. Then every time I recall the film, I will think of the pirate mother-in-law, Baru and Shida and Laputa. The pirate mother-in-law is fierce on the surface, but she is kind-hearted and really cares about the people around her. When she was young, she felt that she knew a lot. Many bad people on the surface have a kind heart. Baru and Hida, young and casual, will think that the girl they love will one day "fall from the sky"... And Laputa, the eternal city of the sky, it should float forever In the boundless blue sky above every child's head...
Until now, Castle in the Sky is my favorite animation work. After watching Howl's Moving Castle today, I want to watch Castle in the Sky again on a whim. In fact, since I watched Castle in the Sky for the first time, I don't know how many times I've watched it, but I don't know if I've watched it completely again. So this time to see the city in the sky should be said to relive the childhood dream. The child is much older and has different feelings. But thinking about it, I always feel that some things that should be insisted on should always be persisted.
First of all, if you compare Sky City and some other works, you can still clearly see some of the shortcomings of Sky City. For example, "Howl's Moving Castle", regardless of the tension of the plot, the shaping of the characters, and the theme reflected, have to admit that it is indeed better. The images of Howl and Sophie can be seen to be more full and plump than Baloo and Hida. In terms of themes, in addition to some anti-war and environmental protection themes that Mr. Gong has always been keen on, the former also focuses on more life and other issues. (This is also related to the production time of Tianbiha a lot earlier)
But no one can take away the city in the sky in the children's hearts, except themselves. Times have changed, and the sea has changed. Ask yourself, and ask people who have experienced the washing of time and reality:
In the grand and noisy, do you still remember your childhood dream?
The society is progressing, and oneself is constantly growing up, growing up, gaining and losing, is it really worth it?
Technology dominates people, glitz attracts people, who will look up at the city in the sky that may never be seen?
After seeing the pirate mother-in-law in the past, I felt that I understood the complexity of human nature. But human nature is unpredictable, how can a child be able to see clearly. Neighbors in the film will fight against pirates for children they don't know. In reality, people's education level is getting higher and higher, science and technology are more and more developed, cosmopolitanism and universal values are more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than in any era, but Rousseau's torture also hit people's hearts directly, "such people love the Tartars so that they will not love their neighbors"...
When I saw the flowers and trees in Laputa in the past, why didn't I want to get rid of the troubles of youth, and put one fantasy paper machine after another in this spiritual habitat. The sound flickered past his ears, and in front of him, the most powerful robot was taking care of the youngest animals, and under his feet, the most dangerous technology was relying on the quietest world in the world. I want to lie down on the green lawn, forget all my childhood troubles, and watch the cotton candy-like white clouds in the sky fall down to the girl in my life. The young man did not know the taste of sorrow, but when he looked back, he said that it was a cool autumn. Half a day of leisure can be worth ten years of dust dreams. The old man fell into a dream of ten years and couldn't wake up, looking for half a day of leisure, but withered in the blink of an eye. Gong Lao hopes to inspire people to protect the environment. Just as important as protecting the environment is that after growing up, I still leave a pure land for the flowers, plants and trees on Laputa in my heart. Feasting and feasting, she is drunk with money, and she has white hair under the moon before the flowers.
In the past, when I thought of the city in the sky, I always liked to compare it to a dream in my heart. Even though there are layers of clouds blocking the line of sight, and even if there are violent rainstorms hindering the progress, Laputa is always in the sky waiting for the return of its master. As Baloo said, "One day I will find Laputa." Mr. Bei Dao once said, "The external destiny and the mission are mutually reinforcing. A person with a sense of mission will inevitably fight against the external fate and guide the external fate." But how many people have truly reached the Laputa in their hearts What? Or do you stop looking up at the sky when you look up to the things around you? Or you look up at the sky, but you can't see Laputa in the midst of the storm, so you no longer recognize its existence?
In the past, when I thought of Baloo and Hida, I was willing to believe in fate. When I was young, the white prince in the girl's heart, the princess in the boy's heart... Great Sage, save her or love her. In order to realize his ideals, to marry a beloved girl, he worked hard in reality, but at the end of his struggle, his ideals were lost, his loved ones were lost, and the "successful people" were left, who could get them but could not get them, or thought quietly. Change, or regret missed opportunities. Boys and girls, how much is going to end in marriage!?
I have always felt that what should persist should be persisted. As for the city in the sky, Balu's father insisted, but he failed to realize it, but he never gave up; Balu insisted, although he and Hida chanted the spell of "destruction", but the dream in his heart was never destroyed. Occasionally look up at the sky and think of Laputa behind the clouds. If possible, do your best to pursue it.
I don't know if I can hold on either, but writing this article for my past, present and future self.
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