Say it before: This film review is purely a personal opinion. If you don’t like it, don’t spray it. Friendly discussions are welcome. If you raise the bar, you are right.
⚠️❗? Excessive interpretation
In the post-epidemic era, "The Legend of the Dragon" is a very fitting movie. It talks a lot about trust and betrayal, peace and unity, but I feel like there are a lot of metaphors behind this film.
The plague "Dark Demon" in the film is very similar to the new crown virus. Under the influence of the epidemic, the appearance of world peace has fallen apart. The guardian of the dragon is a pretense, and its core is unity and trust. I think that the "Shenlong Crystal" symbolizes technology - as the lines in the movie say, people think that "enshrining the dragon crystal" brings prosperity, so all countries compete for it. The development of science and technology, eager to go to the forefront of the world.
Although the background of the story is set in Southeast Asia, the five main countries symbolize different ethnic groups in the world. The Dragon Heart Valley, which is responsible for the guardian dragon crystal, has the most prosperous economy and is a symbol of ?? (after all, the movie was made in ??, as a way of cultural output, there is no reason not to put yourself in the core position); the Longwei Beach from the desert is devastated. , the glory of the past is no longer, symbolizing the Middle East and the world (like the desert where no one survived in the movie, corresponding to today's war and displacement); the Dragon Claw Bay built on the water, with excellent wisdom, symbolizing the great river civilization?? Or?? (I guess, it's just that the people who set up Longclaw Bay are very smart but they are all liars, and the setting of the floating market may have a metaphor of river civilization, which feels a lot like people and Jews in the eyes of the West); the environment is harsh Longji Mountain, without the ability to fight against the plague, was annihilated, symbolizing the Third World with weak economic power (the only survivor, Lao Teng, appeared with a fierce and savage influence at first, and seemed to allude to the "savage" African continent); Dragon Heart Valley is the largest The opponent, Longya Valley, has ambitions and wants to expand, which symbolizes the old capitalist society - the whole ?? Since the perspective is a symbol of the Dragon Heart Valley, the attitude towards other countries must have certain political tendency and prejudice, so I will not evaluate it here. 【⚠️The above is purely personal opinion, please do not over-interpret it】
The film is another step up for Disney, and its metaphors vary, but many of the intentions can still be interpreted from an ecofeminist perspective. There are no deliberately gendered roles, the male (the upright Raya father, the five-year-old but careful and sensitive old Teng, the cheerful and optimistic captain Apo) and the female are quite delicately shaped (the brave and powerful Raya will never trust anyone easily; The ambitious Princess Namari; the naive and always willing to believe in the best side of people, Shenlong Xisu; the cunning Xiaonuo), broke the stereotype; in the face of the epidemic, it is not the dragon or the crystal that can save mankind in the end. It is to unite and trust, and join hands to build a community with a shared future for mankind. This is the only way out. ??? [Off topic, if it was filmed by Pixar in the past, maybe Shenlong will not be resurrected, nor will the small group of monsters.
In addition, the movie's food modeling is too strong, Tom Yum Kung soup, mango sticky rice, mangosteen, dragon fruit and longan... Sure enough, the food culture of the Asian nation is the king to solve the problem, and it's another day when I want to eat Southeast Asian food [Manual dog head
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