It should be said that "Legend of the Earth Sea" is not easy to adapt. That's why everyone is rushing for the right to adapt, and they haven't made a name for it. The author narrates his thoughts in large sections, and the characters often fall into idleness. Except for the fulfillment of Jed’s life in the first story (constantly evading the pursuit of the dark), in the second story, Taina spent a long, dull, and boring life. The life of the priestess. The third part, supposedly also the main body of the cartoon, is even more so that Jed leads Ahren to pursue aimlessly all over the world. Ahren doesn’t know what Jade is looking for. Jade said I’m following you... At the end of the trip, I didn't quite understand why they had to go to the end of the world and still go in the wrong direction. However, in the last part of Jade's prevention of the loss of light in the realm of life and death, and the transformation of Aren, it still shows a lot of the author's skill. The fourth part is a large part of the description of Tanner’s improper priestess, and did not learn magic, he changed to be a farmer’s wife, and lived as a widow. I especially like this paragraph because it falls into the old age set by the author. In the agricultural social life of China, this is the fascinating part of fantasy novels, which will make people truly feel that this is the world of Earth Sea. But I still admit that this paragraph is also not suitable for adaptation, because it is seriously lacking in visual appeal.
Probably for this reason, Miyazaki Goro chose four spells and one, cutting, transforming, transplanting, combining all the plots... Then the result. Of course, there are four differences.
It's neither Ursula's "Earth Sea", nor even a Ghibli animation.
If it is Ursula's "Earth Sea", then it is definitely not just a simple and vulgar story about defeating an evil wizard. It can be said that all the thoughts in "Earth Sea" are taken from the fur, and there is no essence.
If it is Ghibli's animation, it should be more refined. Just look at the nice "Song of Terru", when he appeared, the sound was beautiful and the picture was good, but he couldn't blend together at all, and Thru's mouth and movements were completely out of line. Therefore, it is hard to feel that Thru is singing. It is Thru who sings. Compared with the previous works of "Listen to the Ear" and "Brother Cellist", the fingers and bow movements of the characters when playing the violin are completely realistic, so they fit seamlessly with the ups and downs of the music. Has this skill been lost?
Nor can it be said that "The Battle of the Earth and the Sea" does not have any advantages, at least that song is indeed very beautiful, and it is the most reminiscent of the world of the Earth and the Sea in the film. In terms of painting, the characteristics of Ghibli animation are generally maintained, although there is no breakthrough. However, against the two great fame of Ghibli and Ursula, Miyazaki Goro's performance is indeed disappointing.
It is inevitable that I will miss the departed Kondo Yoshifumi even more. It is said that he was also an ideal successor.
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