Although "Weathering With You" has been criticized a lot, the audience's main complaint is that the dramatic conflict in the work and the emotional brewing of the hero and heroine are not as sufficient as "Your Name". In the name of the king, Taki Taki and Mitsuha Miyamizu first exchanged bodies for a month, and they became curious about each other and had a good impression of each other. When Taki found out that Itomoru had long since been destroyed, he spent another semester investigating the whole incident and making a plan. When Taki successfully rewrote history and saved Mitsuha, their relationship reached its peak. What came with it was that Taki returned to the ordinary life of the past. After several years, he finally met Mitsuha again, and there were still two people who tested the audience. Whether people who have been separated for a long time can meet again and become married. Therefore, there are at least three dramatic conflicts about the hero and heroine in the whole film, and there are at least two turning points, and the emotional journey of the two people is generally divided into three stages. It is this long ups and downs experience that not only affects the hearts of the audience, but also makes the two people's feelings continue to ferment, giving the audience an excellent sense of substitution. When the two finally recognize each other on the steps, the film is considered a climax. One after another ushered in the end. On the other hand, "Weathering With You", including the fact that the police suspected that Keisuke was an abductor, led him to no longer provide Hodaka with a place to live, there were only two major dramatic conflicts in the hero and heroine. One is that Hina suddenly disappeared after overusing her powers, the other is that Hodaka was investigated by the police and suddenly lost her residence, and the latter was the trigger for the former, so to be precise, the dramatic conflict between the male and female protagonists is only the female protagonist. disappear this. And this is based on the relationship between the two people who have known each other for only 1 month, and after Yang Cai disappeared at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Hodaka brought Yang Cai back the next morning... The difference between the two before and after. It's only 12 hours. In reality, couples are dying within 12 hours of each other? Not to mention that the emotional bond between the two was originally based on only 1 month of entrepreneurial experience. What's more deadly is that Xin Haicheng did not give them time to let this relationship settle and ferment. The ups and downs of life, the big part of the relationship happened in In less than 12 hours, do you think this is the filming of "12 Hours of Dangerous Love"? I would say, in fact, the script only needs to be slightly revised in the second half to achieve a good level, which not only increases the sense of reality, but also lays the groundwork for the sublimation of the relationship between the two, such as this:
"After escaping from the police station, Morishima Hodaka ran all the way (the specific scene can be used in the original film) and ran towards the dangerous building where Haruna was praying for the first time, but on the other hand, the old detective had already learned from Keisuke Hodaka's purpose When Fan Gao finally arrived with all his strength, the police were waiting for him. Fan Gao struggled in helplessness and despair, but in the end he was thrown down by the police and handcuffed, and he cried in despair Shouting Hina's name, he was still staring at the rooftop of the building just before he was escorted into the police car. Keisuke, who came with the detective, witnessed all this happening, and when he saw Hodaka's regretful and lost eyes, Suddenly understood something, he desperately ran to Hodaka to rescue him before he was escorted, but was immediately knocked to the ground by the police from behind, Keisuke was pinned to the ground by the police, unable to move, he cried to the ground. Fan Gao said sorry, please forgive me. As soon as the camera turned to three years later, Fan Gao was forced to return to his hometown to study high school after being interrogated. For three years, he lived a peaceful life and successfully completed high school, but he always He regretted not being able to go to the top of the building to look for Haruna. Finally, after graduating from high school, Hodaka embarked on a journey to Tokyo again. At this time, Tokyo had not rained for three years, but people were already surprised by this strange weather. No wonder, only Hodaka understands that Yangcai has never come back. This time, Hodaka went to the dangerous building, which was being demolished due to long-term repairs. Hodaka ignored the warning and dissuaded and bypassed the inspection for blasting preparations. The workers of the 2nd place sneaked in. After experiencing many hardships (scratched limbs), he finally climbed to the top of the building. Hodaka held the ring that he gave to Yangcai tightly in his hand, and he finally called to the cloud through his heart. Yang Cai, who had been waiting for three years, successfully brought her back to reality and brought her back to her side (the specific scene can follow the plot of the original film). I was about to blow up the building. Just when the foreman was about to press the button, she communicated with Hodaka on the phone in advance and learned that Ms. Xia Mei, who was coming to Tokyo, appeared on a motorcycle. She stopped the foreman and told him There might be someone on the roof. So the foreman, Xia Mei and the construction team hurried upstairs and saw, hey, there are really two young people! Xia Mei finally felt relieved when she saw the two of them, and smiled with relief, They even wanted to cry, so everyone hurriedly gathered around the two of them and carried them down after confirming that they were all right. When the two woke up in the hospital, the director could arrange to meet with the Keisuke family and other characters back then. The scene is good." How about it, does it increase the dramatic conflict and at the same time add a lot of space to the emotional brewing of the two, making the whole story more real and moving? And I used this script change of mine, You don't even need Yangcai to lie about her age, so you can directly set Yangcai to be 18 years old, and at the same time to satisfy Xinhai Chengnian's control (laughs), Yangcai waited three years in the sky and still 18 years old, and Hodaka is just right Grow up to 19 years old, still one year older than Yang Cai, a perfect match! And this change also improved the plot of Keisuke's sudden backstab in the building in the original work, so that Keisuke's repeated horizontal jumps would not only be used as a foreshadowing of the plot. The original work had the previous tearful plot, but Keisuke suddenly appeared alone to stop Hodaka. It was too abrupt. It would be more reasonable for him to appear with the police officers, otherwise the character creation would be too negative in the final stage.
In addition, when it comes to character building, the lack of motivation of the characters of the male and female protagonists in this film is also a problem. Why does Hodaka Morishima have a Band-Aid on his nose? This detail is explained in the novel but not mentioned in the movie. When the audience is unwilling to go home due to such a challenge, the audience will not be able to substitute into Fangao's feelings, and thus have the feeling of being in a play, thinking that Fangao is very naive and a very strange child. In fact, Hodaka's nose was injured by his abusive father. If this plot is to be shown in the movie, there are many places that can be inserted. It doesn't take more than ten seconds to describe the male protagonist's life experience. A few pictures are enough, but Xinhai Cheng did not do so. In addition, the emotional bond between the male and female protagonists is also weak and pitiful in Children of the Weather. One is the Maotou boy who just entered Tokyo, and the other is the store clerk of M Kee who gave him a hamburger. After the two experienced the "Qingqing" activity for less than a month, the relationship between the two warmed up. To this extent? It is true that young girls have little experience and are easily emotional, but the bond between the two of them desperately together is much weaker than the one in your name. In Jun Ming, the two protagonists have experienced a body swap event that is impossible in our world. This experience is not only not available to everyone, but also unique in the world. This special connection will naturally allow the two Individuals develop great curiosity about each other in a short period of time, and leave unforgettable love after the meteorite incident. So when we look at Weathering With You, under the common setting, the love of the two protagonists seems extraordinarily hard. Fortunately, the rhythm of the film was well controlled, and the burdens and jokes unfolded in a timely manner, so that we walked away with the rhythm of the appropriate sound and picture sound in the theater and didn't realize there was a problem, but after thinking about it after leaving the theater, I felt that it was not the case. .
Frankly speaking, this "Weathering With You" always makes me feel like Brother Cheng is making money (laughs). The starting point of making this film has also changed from Jun Ming's dream and cultural heritage to "I hope young people will pay more attention to the local area." history and culture"? Specifically, the most notable feature of Makoto Shinkai's animation is the "Makoto Shinkai" picture that everyone can see at a glance - high color saturation, high purity, transparent and clean pictures, and realistic scenes. These lovable and impressive features After the commercialization of "Your Name" was successful, Makoto Shinkai did not choose to temporarily hide his edge and further polish his story and characterization, but immediately devoted himself to it. The production of the next film is an attempt to elevate the already well-received graphics to new heights. In the original picture, the most prominent features of Makoto Shinkai, such as the sky and the city background, are good-looking, but they are only supporting roles in a good story. When the story is good, these picturesque scenes make the whole movie more moving. The finishing touch. But in "Weathering With You", Makoto Shinkai is like a commercial film director eager for quick success and instant success. Since the audience likes my pictures and the sky and city scenery of Makoto Shinkai, then I will focus on expressing these things, so that I simply treat these as the subject. All right. Even the basis of the entire "Weathering With You" is based on the illusory stuff without the core of the story, such as Makoto Shinkai's sky landscape background painting. They just paint! And you use it as the tone of the story. There is a feeling that this is too much. The result of doing this is that things will be reversed. Once the picture is overemphasized, the story will be weakened, and the characters will be reduced to the props of the scene, such as the "Scarlet Mountain" of the spinning top. Although Makoto Shinkai tried his best to avoid this from happening in "Weathering With You", as I analyzed earlier, this film is irretrievably inferior to "Your Name" in terms of story connotation and characterization. This is why, I feel that "Weathering With You" is like the publisher asking Xin Haicheng to immediately copy this successful money-making work after tasting the sweetness. It failed to allow Xin Haicheng to open up a new path to continue. To improve oneself, it is like setting a template, setting a "with these elements, the film will be successful" Shinkai Makoto-style universal template. Although the picture of the new work has become more refined, the painting relies on capital and technology, and its refinement has no upper limit, and only classic stories can be passed on forever.
PS: The three-year rain in Tokyo really made me look stupid. So I watched a sci-fi movie?
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