dare to criticize or challenge Hayao Miyazaki's cartoon movies, it takes a little courage, I like 97% of "Ponyo on the Cliff", I don't like 3% of them, maybe it has something to do with my age and mentality.
The 3% are "Environmental", "Hisashi Jo" and "The Little Mermaid".
The plot of "Ponyo on the Cliff" is actually a combination of "The Little Mermaid" and "Coccon". It describes the legend of the encounter between the five-year-old boy Sousuke and the mermaid princess Ponyo. Among the three small question marks , "Environmental protection" is the least, and "The Little Mermaid" makes me frown.
"Ponyo on the Cliff" starts from the colorful underwater world, watching Ponyo float slowly under the jellyfish screen, which is really enviable, but Ponyo soon meets a trawler, which is a human "exhausted" The cruel invention of "fishing in the sea", where the fishing nets go, marine life and garbage are caught in the nets, and no one is spared, which makes people look horrified: it turns out that there is so much garbage on the bottom of the sea; it turns out that the fishermen are so cruel.
Ponyo accidentally fell into a glass bottle, she was lucky enough to escape from the net, and was rescued by a young boy Sosuke. She had the chance to fall in love at first sight, just when Sousuke put Ponyo in a bucket and rushed to the kindergarten in her mother Lisa's speeding car. , Ponyo's father also chased all the way along the coast, but the bottom and shore where his submarine flashed quickly were all terrifying scenes of the coexistence of sand and garbage. The sea was still glittering, but the bottom was filthy. , Hayao Miyazaki only used these two scenes to point out the theme of environmental protection complaints, and kept his stance low and did not make positive accusations, but let the audience exclaim through the awakening and decision not to throw garbage into the sea in the future. Chi.
It's not that I don't understand Miyazaki's painstaking efforts. Even if he has written a profile, I still think it's too plain. Later, a friend told me: "The audience set for "Ponyo on the Cliff" is not you. , is a group of five or six-year-old children, such environmental protection details are enough for teachers to discuss with children for a long time."
Yes, this also explains why Hisaishi's music works this time are full of the variation of famous classical music. It is the "Aquarium Palace of the Animal Carnival" or Schubert's "Ave Maria". Too many familiar melodies emerge from time to time, tormenting old music fans from time to time distracted by guessing, comparing, but forgetting this improved version of classical music , when it appears with the moving plot, it is also an opportunity for the new generation of fans to get in touch with classical music.
Since "environmental protection" and "Joy Hisaishi" are not big problems, what about "The Little Mermaid"?
First of all, I have to admit that Ponyo is really cute, and it is no exaggeration to say that she is an improved version of "My Neighbor Totoro". The relationship between her and Sosuke is really beautiful. The problem is that Andersen's fairy tale published in 1837 insists that the little mermaid drink the witch magic water and become a human, and once the prince changes his heart, it will become a bubble. Seventy years later, Ponyo has been able to stretch out her hands and feet by relying on her own power of thought and magic, but she still needs Sousuke's cooperation to pass the true love test, in order to break away from the fish clan and become a human being.
What's wrong with being a fish? Why do you have to be a good person? Why didn't Sousuke want to become a fish, and the two of them would swim happily on the bottom of the sea? This kind of topic is actually a bit nonsense, because there will never be a conclusion, and at most, you can only complain about being picky about fairy tales and movies, for telling stories from the standpoint of respecting people, ignoring the true feelings of the fish (because no one knows where the fish is. What are you thinking?...)
The real problem is that Sousuke is only five years old, and Ponyo is about the same. The little boy and the little girl have pure love, which is very good. They want them to do at the age of five, "This love is not more than this life. Will the life commitment of no regrets be too much? Hey, they're only five years old! Maybe they are showing their true feelings, but do they really understand love? Know what is your favorite? If Sousuke is careless, he fails the test and destroys Ponyo, and he has to bear the name of poor luck, will it be too heavy? How many adults are still going to divorce and repent after the vows, and Ponyo's parents also add their daughter's happiness to Sosuke's "performance". As far as introduction is concerned, it is really unbearable "heavy"!
Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" did not find true love in the cruel and ruthless world, but exchanged true and selfless love for the eternal life of the soul. "Ponyo on the Cliff" did not explain (and does not want to explain) Sousuke and Ponyo are It's not that I lived happily ever after. Although I sympathize with Sousuke, I also understand that Hayao Miyazaki actually has other plans. For example, Sosuke's mother Lisa is very fond of his father, Koichi, who is always on the boat and never comes home. There are many criticisms, and the old love uses the light signal to scold him for being an idiot, but he has the true practice of "if the two loves last for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening", which may have revealed Hayao Miyazaki's admonitions and blessings for love in life .
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