Star rating: ★★★★★
For the animation technology more than ten years ago, I deeply admire, the production team has shown a milestone in the form of animation. No less than a live-action movie, this animation is deeply reflective and entertaining. Let's start with the poster, roses, space suits, children and turrets. People who haven't seen it will think it's a story, but this is three stories put together, and when you watch this animation, you will find that the poster contains In terms of meaning, my understanding is that the rose represents the human brain, the astronaut is like a ruler, the tube below is connected to the turret, and a child represents the people in it, so the whole is that the ruler manages the country by manipulating the military, and Indoctrination begins with children. This is typical militarism, shifting the hatred of citizens from the inside to the outside and treating their citizens as part of the military force.
Then it starts with each chapter, such as the first chapter, and the time point is in the future. The two entered the source of a distress signal, and from the moment they entered the gate, they saw beautiful gardens and heard beautiful songs. Curly hair has always been fascinated by the portraits and stories of beauties, and disdainfully believes that the man in the photo is not worthy of the beauty, and he has seen the beauty appear in front of him, while the white hair is constantly seeing things about children, dolls falling After falling, the child ran away until he saw his family of three. People are immersed in their own hallucinations to escape from reality. Curly hair's attachment to beautiful women has been deeply immersed in it from the very beginning, and they want to be in it. White hair can't forget their deceased daughter, but they haven't from the beginning. Choose to face, so the artificial intelligence uses their own fetters to create the corresponding dream. The story for this background is about a novel "Life of a Butterfly", which tells the story of a man who betrayed a woman who loved him deeply, and the woman committed suicide in her arms as a show of grief and anger. So in the animation, this beauty sets up a dream-like space to comfort her heart. Because her beloved husband was murdered, she is also one of the people who is unwilling to face reality. After she died, she did not rest there. This The space is controlled by a huge computer. As long as people enter the space, they may walk into the dreamland deep in their hearts without any precaution, and immerse themselves in it. So she sent a signal to the outside world for the purpose of asking for help, tricking people into empathizing with her. But this dream is not real after all, people can't deceive themselves endlessly, so when the white hair is awake and chased by artificial intelligence, the other curly hair lives forever in the dream. This chapter is for people to face their desires and overcome their past fears.
The second chapter, the time point is in modern times. A young man caught the flu and, after being reminded by a colleague, ate something he had never seen before without a doubt, and he was still ignorant of all the unusual things happening around him, and was convinced of the instructions of the upper management and wronged himself. Be aware of the influence around you. Then he went to the top to sacrifice his own safety for the purpose of sacrificing young people. The Japanese command also regarded his troops as something to compare with the American troops, and proved the power of the Japanese army by preferring to die. The irony here is that the office workers in the society do things step by step, do not have their own thinking, and do not judge their own reasons and right or wrong, and the high-level abuse of power and contempt for human rights are just for themselves. In addition, the United States and Japan jointly develop weapons of war, but in times of crisis, the United States has no mercy for the Japanese people and only cares about its own achievements. This is one of the reasons why they choose to develop weapons in Japan, saving the country's labor force and maintaining its own national image. And if something goes wrong, the worst effect is that the disaster will start around Japan, and it is possible to use the power of others to destroy your opponent. Moreover, Japan itself has suffered its own consequences because of the development of this deadly weapon. It can be seen that it is ironic that the reason why the United States funded Japan is to use it as a war machine, not really helping Japan to recover its economy, and Japan is also used to this kind of thing. It's insensitive because it wasn't done a lot during World War II. There are also depictions of scenes during the period, animals die and flowers bloom, which is an obvious irony, like a metaphor that the earth would be better without humans. (PS: During this period, animals also died, but I think the author is to hide the contrast between the death of humans and the life of plants, so I added it.) It is more thought-provoking what kind of harm the behavior caused by the war will bring to the earth, not to mention A mere human.
Chapter 3, the time point is in the past. From the beginning of the child, his mouth and actions have continuously shown his admiration for the soldiers. People walk in the footsteps of soldiers, shout the slogans of soldiers, and carry out the orders of soldiers. It is hard to think that this is a group of living citizens. They are like machines, the only thing left is the brain that can only think about trivial matters. Children have already started to learn trigonometric functions in the classroom and use it in the military. Without exception, chemistry classes are also taught how to maximize Use cannonballs. Every day, people will use the red cannon to fire cannonballs into the distance, but there will never be a response from artillery fire. When each cannonball is fired, people will raise their hands and shout battle slogans. A man with a big belly clicked the button lightly and shouted to fire, which is very obvious in contrast to the toiled and thin citizens who are constantly loading and unloading artillery shells. When a laborer makes a mistake, he dare not pick up a mask because of discipline. Damage to oneself by the harmful gas produced by the projectile launch. When the workers were sitting on a high place to rest, there was only one piece of potholes in the distance, and no one was there. Outside, there is talk of reducing the use of noxious gas-producing shells and switching to "green" shells. A lens is pulled from the top of the country to the bottom, and each house is equipped with a cannon tower on the roof, and it is uniformly controlled without exception. When the family reunited for dinner, the TV showed today's battle report, and several missiles were fired, causing much damage. The child asked his father the name of the enemy country doubtfully, but he said helplessly, he would know it when he grew up. In the middle of the night, the reminder of the alarm, the illumination of the patrol lights, really pulled the city into crisis. This chapter delivers a punch to militarism and is ironic from start to finish. The country does not treat people as citizens, but only as labor to maintain their own status. The top management treats the lower class as only animals. The family supports the frontline, logistical work, and all the children's studies are linked to the military. And since he was a child, he was instilled with the idea of military and nationalism. From generation to generation, the top officials were round and rosy, and they could sit back and relax. This is not a country, militarism has made it a castle. By the end of the night the real alarm kept their daily formalism at bay when it really faced danger.
Next, let's talk about the quality of the animation. The delicate picture and details shocked me. The lens is not like PPT, many details do not violate the physics, and the animation behind the lens is naturally connected. There are also hints and echoes of the plot that are in place, such as the fall of the doll in the first chapter and the change of the portrait, as well as the theme of the brain opening, future space, black humor, steampunk, holographic projection inside, 3D printing technology, A combination of artificial intelligence, steam and technology. Whether it is simply watching the animation or thinking about its meaning, it is a masterpiece.
There is no doubt that I will give this film full marks, just from the details of its animation, the angle of the camera, the meaning of the metaphor, and the three very interesting stories that can make people think a lot.
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