The Secret of the Book of Kells

Marilyne 2022-04-20 09:02:38

If you don't understand the background, this movie will be very confusing, like me. After reading it, I didn't understand what I wanted to express at all. After reading the explanations of some people, I got a general understanding.
Aisling refers to a local sect of animism, called pagans by Christian monks: admirers of Krum. The monks such as Brandon believed in Christianity. Aisling refused Brandon access to her forest from the start because it represented the native Irish culture. Brandon's monastery (a small village surrounded by high walls) is a Catholic culture. The small village is composed of monks. It is probably a mission to take root in the local area. In order to resist the invasion of the Vikings, the dean casts high walls and orders. Others cannot go out. During the period, the legendary painter Yidan arrived at the monastery, and then Brandon was attracted by all kinds of materials and agreed to find materials for the scriptures. He ran to the forest outside the high wall and met Aisling. At first, Aisling refused, thinking that the other party was here to do it. Destructive, after all, Christianity is indeed a devastation to their religion. Everything Brandon saw in his search for materials shook his faith. After that, it was time to find the crystal. Aisling helped Brandon escape and found the Eye of Coolum. Aisling was afraid of Coolum, but Brandon took his eye and destroyed him, which was actually equivalent to the capture of the Christian culture he represented. He gained the right to speak in the local religion, and his beliefs became firm (probably at first he thought that Kurum was omnipotent and very powerful, but he bound him with one thing and defeated it, and that was his belief). So Aisling is no longer a human incarnation (inexplicably has a sense of introducing a wolf into the room...) Then the foreign enemy invaded, Brandon and Edan escaped, and continued to improve and spread the scriptures in the process of escaping, and finally returned home to find that the dean was not dead, Then happy ending.
I always feel that it is actually a Christian mission, and the Book of Kells is the manuscript of the Bible Gospel. After the plot is almost understood, the slot is why he was stabbed with an arrow and fell to the ground for a long time and survived for a long time. Even if he was not stabbed to death, he would bleed to death. = = And finally Aisling turned into a human and smiled at him, no I understand... I always feel that the ending is forced to HE.
Let me talk about the peculiar style of painting, with strong religious colors, non-3D, quite flat, very similar to the style of Chinese "Nine-colored Deer" and "Three Monks" at that time. The music is also Irish, the theme song is melodious, and the song sung by the child's solo is also very cute.

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  • Osbaldo 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    The picture and soundtrack are good...the plot is too young....

  • Sheila 2022-03-23 09:03:21

    "Without a firm belief, no matter how strong the wall is, it is still a pile of dead wood." The style of painting is fresh and elegant, but it is still a bit overwhelming to present the too heavy exotic style in a simple hand-painted animation. Of course, the film itself has no legend. The middle one can squeeze out "Mary and Marx" nominated Oscar so awesome. dislike. 09 The 33rd Annecy Animation Film Festival "Audience Award", 09 Edinburgh Film Festival Audience Choice Award.

The Secret of Kells quotes

  • Brendan: Aidan is my friend. I'm helping him make the most incredible book in the whole world! He says it will turn darkness into light. Wait until you see it!

    Aisling: Wait until you see the rest of my forest.

  • Aisling: [interrupting him] Is this your cat?

    [Brendan screams and falls off rock]

    Aisling: Well?

    Brendan: I've heard about... creatures like you. You're a fairy!

    [Aisling gives Pangur Ban a dubious look]

    Aisling: What are you doing in my forest? You've come to spoil it, haven't you?

    Brendan: Uh...

    Aisling: [accusingly] You were probably sent here by your family to get food, weren't you? Well. You can go right back where you came from. If you don't, I'll make the wolves get you. *Rawr!*

    Brendan: No! uh, I didn't mean to. Look, I'm sorry alright? I'm not here to get food for my family. I'm here to get things to make ink. I don't have a family, and we have food in Kells. So I wouldn't come here for it anyway. I was just... a bit lost.

    Aisling: You have no family?

    Brendan: Uh, no.

    Aisling: No mother?

    [Brendan looks down. Aisling bows her head]

    Aisling: I'm alone too.