Childlike yet thought provoking

Arnold 2022-04-23 07:03:43

The living environment of animals represented by the civet cats is increasingly destroyed due to the blind development of the environment by human beings. The innocent and cute civet cats use various methods to prevent humans from destroying their own homes. Faced with the difficulties of the living environment, the civet cats can only use their abilities to imagine the vitality of nature to comfort their tired and sad hearts. Fortunately, in the end, humans and civet cats have found a way of living in harmony.

In the movie, civet cats can use their superpowers to prevent humans from destroying the environment, and they can also express their requests in front of humans, but in life, how can those weak animals fight against powerful humans? Who will speak for them? Some of the ever-changing civet cats and foxes chose to integrate into human society, what a helpless choice. Finally, the illusion of the civet cats draws a beautiful blueprint for human beings to get along with nature. Humans have made changes and everyone lives in harmony. And Takahata uses this ending to tell us that in fact, we can do this in the face of the contradiction between nature and development, and we can also do it

Blind development of the environment has led to the increasing destruction of the living environment of animals represented by the civet cats. The innocent and cute civet cats use various methods to prevent humans from destroying their homes. Speaking of the difficulties of the living environment, the civet cats can only use their ability to imagine the vitality of nature to comfort their tired and sad hearts. Fortunately, in the end, humans and civet cats have found a way of living in harmony.

In the movie, civet cats can use their superpowers to prevent humans from destroying the environment, and they can also express their requests in front of humans, but in life, how can those weak animals fight against powerful humans? Who will speak for them? Some of the ever-changing civet cats and foxes chose to integrate into human society, what a helpless choice. Finally, the illusion of the civet cats draws a beautiful blueprint for human beings to get along with nature. Humans have made changes and everyone lives in harmony. And Takahata Isao used this ending to tell us that in fact, we can do this in the face of the contradiction between nature and development, and we can do it.

This animation with the theme of protecting the environment does not look at problems from the perspective of humans, and does not express the revenge of nature for human beings after destroying the environment. Naturally to exchange for a better living environment for human beings, it shows the selfishness and arrogance of human beings. What evokes is not a sense of crisis for people to destroy the environment and create problems for themselves and future generations, but a sense of guilt for depriving other creatures of the earth.

Although this film is based on the environment, it does not reduce the description of the cute and interesting image of the civet cat, the round and fluffy body, the sincere and childish language, it is very cute, and the night walk of the ghosts is very impressive.

It's a really good movie with a good combination of reasoning and storytelling.

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Pom Poko quotes

  • Narrator: A few tanuki went into real estate and got rich, selling forests to developers. They're no different from the humans.

  • Narrator: Some raccoons sold real estate, and, unable to resist the money they could make, promoted leveling even more forests.

    [Seizaemon, in human form, is shown on the phone]

    Seizaemon: I've got a prime piece of forest just waiting to be developed!