Why give up?

Christiana 2022-04-22 07:01:42

This movie has a beautiful style, and the hand-painted pictures make the whole movie more natural. The plot is also very engaging. But the heroine's character is really unbearable. And this concept has completely changed what the whole film wants to express.
I understand that sometimes people can't help themselves, but if she doesn't even dare to try, then what reason does she have to pursue her own happiness? At first, I did feel that the ending was done too hastily, but if you think about it, it might be the best ending for Kaguya. She doesn't have the courage to enjoy life, enjoy herself, the only thing she can have is a dream. She can't be happy in this world, maybe returning to the moon is the best ending for her.
While watching the movie, I asked myself countless times in my heart, why did she give up? Obviously, the opportunity is in front of her. She can pursue the life she likes, the person she likes, but she doesn't have it. She chose to wait silently for the day when she was taken away from this world. I can't understand the idea, and probably never will. If she came to the world as an atonement, would she not be able to enjoy herself and life?

People live for happiness, dare to dream, why dare not to do? You can be happy, but why give up?

Happiness is not given by others. Kaguya's life in the woods at the beginning of the movie is happy—because the old man and the old lady took her to live there. Kaguya's noble life was unhappy - because the old man took her out of the mountains and gave her a life she didn't want. Kaguya's life on earth is not comfortable because her happiness is in the hands of others.

I think this movie is using Kaguya's life to tell us how we shouldn't live.

From beginning to end, it turns out that we have no reason to give up.

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Extended Reading
  • Eleanora 2022-01-06 08:02:35

    Thinking of how I felt when I watched the [Heisei Tanuki War], I didn’t like the film’s narration at first, and felt that it made the story straightforward, but the film directed by Takahata Hoon was very imaginative every time. In the end, the princess and you The scene of the elopement and flying of the woman's husband in the fantasy sounds strange, but in fact it is very beautiful and released. They could have been like this, but they have to be forced to become others after walking in the world. It is too hard to live by themselves! ★★★★

  • Chance 2022-03-30 09:01:06

    Oh my god, it's so beautiful. It seems to have the beauty and pure soul of domestic cartoons in the 1980s. Isao Takahata, who is almost 80 years old, can still make such a romantic story. I admire it closely. This is better than Hayao Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises". Well, what is the general style and artistic conception of ink painting, not feelings? Every detail is handled so skillfully that the little maid is so cute that she can make dolls. No amount of money given by Chinese animators can make such works! Top Ten Candidates of the Year.

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya quotes

  • The Princess Kaguya: [singing] Go round, come round, come round... come round, oh distant time. Come round, call back my heart. Come round, call back my heart. Birds, bugs, beasts, grass, trees, flowers. Teach me how to feel. If i hear that you pine for me, i will return to you.