Thoughts after watching

Daphney 2022-04-20 09:02:12

I finished watching "Variety Tanuki" in the evening, and it made me feel sad, so cute, so optimist Tanuki, singing freely in spring, hugging, becoming cute tricks, eating my favorite tempura, chubby and soft , Then the humans came, shoveling the mountains a little bit, the road building civet cats were still so innocent, cute, greedy, and peaceful, but they started to fight for their homes, they liked that big battle very much, and they turned out to be ghosts walking at night, but human beings are still the same , I like to watch the fun, I like to imagine the self-righteousness of nature, and when the fun is gone, I say that this is the end, oh, this is us. The last joint battle at the end, no more attacks, no more destruction, just tears, turning the town into the original mountains, rivers, woods, nature is really beautiful, just like this. But human beings, weak and selfish, are no longer used to such nature. In the last scene, looking at Masahiro, putting on a suit, cramming in the tram, and being an ordinary office worker, he said, only humans would be used to this kind of thing. That's right, because of the endless reproduction, expansion, and occupation, human beings must live in sardine cans of their own creation, enjoying crowds, expensive housing, consumption, and transportation. Humans are not raccoons, they don't have fluff, they're not soft, they want to be healthy, they want exercise, they want beauty, they want money, they want perfection (whether they talk about it or not), and most importantly, they don't transform. I still prefer a raccoon, and I also want to roll on the grass in spring, and fill up my cheeks and stomach in winter. Occasionally change into a transformation, how happy.

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Pom Poko quotes

  • Kiyo: So, what about the hunter song?

    Shokichi: Oh. My dad used to sing it to me, when I was just a cub.

    Kiyo: Sounds like your father was kind of strange.

    Shokichi: M-hm. He'd sing, "Fried 'em up and ate 'em" really loudly. And then he'd give me a lecture.

    Kiyo: About what?

    Shokichi: He'd say, "Did you hear that, son? Even in children's nursery rhymes, humans sing about how they love to shoot us, and then fry us up. Humans are sick, cruel, heartless beasts, and don't you forget it, Shoukichi."

  • Seizaemon: All pray!

    [the tanuki put their hands together and bow]

    Osho: I'd like to say a prayer for the victims of this operation.

    [At this point, some of the tanuki start to snigger]

    Osho: We wish that we could save our forest without harming any humans. That was never our intention, but our forest is near and dear to us, and we...

    [the tanuki all burst into raucous laughter and head for the exit]