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Just like Ghibli's dreamy and beautiful painting style, "Mary and the Witch's Flower" based on the Western magical fairy tales presented does not allow people to see what kind of soul really belongs to oneself. The movie seems to be similar in scenes. In the scene, the characters constructed are particularly pale, and the long and empty plot makes this beautiful animation become tasteless, and it is a pity that it is tasteless and discarded.
As Miyazaki Hiroshi, who once relayed Hayao Miyazaki and directed two full-length Ghibli animations, whether it is the escort of Hayao Miyazaki as the screenwriter in "Arietty Who Borrows Things", or whether he is escorted by Hayao Miyazaki as a screenwriter in "The Villain Arrietty Who Borrows Things" The innovations that boldly subvert the tradition in "Marnie in Memory" are actually very pertinent, and as his first animated feature after leaving Ghibli, "Mary and the Witch's Flower" is actually completely adhering to the style of Ghibli. The powerful film aesthetics, the impeccable production and use of color, and the familiar style of painting have indeed created a magical world full of fantasy from the beginning of the film.
However, it is such a well-made animation that in the end it seems that it has only become a mere appearance. It is hard to believe that Milin Hongchang would choose such a bad story and make no thoughtful changes. The film Ji Xi Yuming is based on the main line of Mary's growth after accidentally acquiring magical abilities, and the dark is the foundation of dystopia, but on the one hand, the movie portrays Mary as the heroine very casually, and there is almost no sense in this hero. The existence that people like, and at the same time the movie's logic setting of dystopia is even more far-fetched. The villain hopes that everyone can have magic, while as the heroine, it is against the existence of magic. There is neither one of the two opposing settings. Reasonable enough "justice" pivot.
In this situation with no character support and lack of reasonable dramatic conflict, even if it is presented beautifully, it cannot hide its paleness, and the core deficiency of "Mary and the Witch's Flower" also appears.——Movie There isn't a character that can really be remembered, which is unimaginable in Hayao Miyazaki's film, and it's more like an imitation of "Witch's Delivery Service" in form, whether it's the protagonist's broom or cat, Both are the same as the former at first glance, but they are far from the former in terms of narrative connotation.
Ghibli needs to be inherited, but this inheritance should not be so cautious and disciplined. Rare to see surprises, the mediocre "Mary and the Witch's Flower" is just decorated with gorgeous flowers for the rags.
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