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Marcelina 2022-04-20 09:02:20

This black-and-white value concept and the fast-paced and gorgeous handling of the pictures are wrapped in an oriental surface culture, which made me think when I was watching: this director has a very western background at all. Sure enough, it's an animation-themed film made by a Westerner.
I think there is this intuitive way. First, I feel that the routine of the storyline is too Hollywood. First, a little monster mouse appears, and then a pseudo-boss snake appears. Finally, the big boss Itachi appears. In a binary opposition of the protagonist self In the climax of the routine of redemption, the light overcomes the darkness, and our little friends live happily together.
Most of the Japanese cartoons I have seen have very loose plots. This cartoon is full of dynamic, definitely "moving", not "static" in Japanese culture, whether it is the moving shots and internal characters in the animation. The action and the use of two-stage shots in the editing speed up the film.
What moved me about this movie is, I really want to have a black friend, or I become a black friend who protects me. The subtext in this context is whether the male and the male sympathize with each other, this is not Is it just love! ! !
The story background of this movie is well chosen, whether it is from the composition and shape of the picture, and the story statement, the essence of the fire in the opening scene: the essence of energy, some things are gorgeous on the outside, but different on the inside, the subtext is to want To gain energy, you have to pay more, and the price you pay is to devour others. Then there is the context of Bai: Protect the Earth / Punish the Darkness, what a good start, light overcomes evil. The location of the story is chosen in an old city that is about to be swallowed up by modern civilization. From this perspective, the location of the story is also very complicated in terms of the thematic background.
If I insist on a flaw, it is: there could have been a larger theme, but the theme has been weakened. Love has become the running action of the entire plot, and the simple (pure) dream of the sea in paradise has become the inner action of the character. highest desire. The characters walk in an infernal society, but they cannot escape, either they tend to become dark, or they are destroyed. In this context, the two buddies who broke out in character have completed redemption and self-redemption. But with such a good background/such a good story/, can you list some more complicated things that are not black and white? It points out that the energy of the snake is in God, but it does not sublimate the plot here. Of course, I'm nitpicking again, this is a commercial cartoon itself. Simple themes are also a must.
The interrupted part is a little tired. In the war between the snake and the black, it is formulaic and formalized. In the most important development stage of the story, the contradiction is only limited to the stronger opponent, but the contradiction is not complicated.

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Tekkonkinkreet quotes

  • The Minotaur: Free the darkness.

  • [final lines]

    Shiro: This is Planet Earth, Agent White. Do you read me, over? Today I kept the peace on this planet. Over? This planet's very peaceful. Over and out.