For Ged and Aaron

Kamron 2022-01-10 08:01:35

I have watched the Chinese version of Earth Sea Legend in recent days, so I have a strong urge to watch this movie. Although I know that the score is not high, it is adapted from a novel after all, I hope it will not be too far off. However, after tens of minutes, I understood why the original author was dissatisfied and why Mr. Miyazaki would leave the scene while watching the movie. This is not an emphasis on the integration of the earth and the sea. For those who have never read the original, this may be a good story, but it is not destined to become a classic like a novel.
It disappointed me at the beginning. Aaron murdered his father. This setting is completely unnecessary. In the article, Aaron is a young man who was subdued and willing to give up his status as a prince and went to wandering. Darkness also appeared in his heart, but that was the exhaustion and discomfort that was tortured by the long and hard journey. trust. Dark shadows exist, but not in this way. Aaron is not such a vulnerable person.
Next is the woman who sells cloth. She used to be a witch, and she actually said how a dignified magician would have no family members. The screenwriter is not familiar with the setting of Dihai. Rooke’s mage has set a restraint curse on himself, so there will be no desire between men and women and it is impossible to have a family.
Then Thru appeared. Inexplicably. Half of the girls with injuries on their faces were rescued by Aaron in such a mess, and then disappeared. So it can be expected that Tian Na will also be incorporated into this story next. Ged and Aaron, who were supposed to travel through the various islands, stayed at Tianna's farm to work, and the hostile wizard became a woman.
I didn't watch it anymore, and I lost the desire to watch this movie forever. The higher the expectation, the deeper the disappointment. I can only hope that a director who is familiar with the original and well-versed in the spirit of the earth and sea will faithfully restore this story, put it on the screen, and present it to the audience's beloved Ged and Aaron.

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Tales from Earthsea quotes

  • Haitaka: Listen to me, Aaren: everything you see under the sun and stars owes its very existence to the balance: the wind and seas, the powers of earth and light, all these do is well and rightly done within the equilibrium. But now, men hold the power to control the world. Men must learn to do what leaf and whale and wind do naturally. It is for us to keep the balance. Everything that exists has its true name. The power of magic is nothing more than the power to command based on the knowledge of a thing's true name. But use that power irresponsibly, and the balance of the world is easily damaged. Spells should be made only when absolutely needed.

  • Tenar: Leave her alone! She's done nothing to you!