Live like a civet cat

Dorthy 2022-01-11 08:03:05

I love this film so much that I finally cried and lost my eyes.
In fact, each of the Studio Ghibli animations can be viewed as a classic. The reason why this film is so touching is probably because the theme is so hopeless.
If people live a human life and never disturb the civet cat;
if the civet cat lives the life of a civet cat and never come to disturb people,
there will be no such story.
But the problem is that the fact is that nature is the predator of the weak, but humans. Getting stronger and stronger, the civet cat is getting weaker and weaker.
This is a truth that everyone understands. From the beginning, I didn't think that civet cats could regain their good life, but there was always a little hope in my heart. After all, this is a cartoon. Can you give me some warmth?
But you find that the harder the civet cats work, the farther they deviate from the goal they want, because they are out of date.
This is the word, out of place.
Just like a commercial society, if you don't have an economic foundation, you can't build an ivory tower.
The civet cats are so much like ourselves, we throw away our dreams one by one, and then follow the ideals of most of the society, and blend into a self that we don't dare to know.

At the end, when the civet cats tried their best to imagine their former hometown, forests, wilderness, streams, and the good life of the past, I actually knew in my heart how to reconcile myself when I missed the past when I look back occasionally. The person most people are willing to accept is more important than dreams.

Just crying, you have to live in the crowd like a civet cat after all.

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  • Edmund 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Remember I commented? Why do you have to comment again? The super long animated movie, the raccoons have to live and the foxes have to live so imaginatively~

  • Jimmie 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The ending of Miyazaki's story is somewhat hopeful, and Takahata is a forced smile after being powerless. I thought of "Wolf Walker" more than once, of course, it is a pure fairy tale, so it can have a very happy ending (plus the number of ethnic groups... birth, what is born...) The civet cat is still pure animal form and looks good

Pom Poko quotes

  • Gonta: What good did it do? You idiots. You think that will stop the developers? Don't just frighten them. We need to hurt them. Inflict some serious pain!

    [He makes an emphatic gesture with his arm. He stops and winces, then doubles over in pain]

  • Tanuki: [singing and carrying Gonta] Moon, moon, moon shine bright, moon shine bright, so bright and long/ Shine, shine, shine on Gonta, pom poko pom pom, pom pom pom/

    OshoOroku: [singing] You showed the world what we can do, now

    Front crowd of Tanuki: [chanting] We have the greatness of Oroku, too!

    Tanuki: [singing] All our friends are cheering for you/ That's the truth, we adore you/ Hail to Gonta, he's our god!/ Pom poko, pom pom, pom pom pom!

    Newsreader: [as the Tanuki chant Gonta's name in the background] ... Nevertheless, a government spokesman stressed that the people of Tokyo are in such desperate need of living accomodations, that the new Tama development project will not be delayed, despite today's tragic accidents.

    [the tanuki stop celebrating and drop Gonta in surprise. They rush towards the TV, trampling Gonta in the process]

    Newsreader: I repeat...

    Narrator: It was, needless to say, an unfortunate accident. Gonta, the mastermind behind the dangerous attacks against the humans, now suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries, that would take nearly a year to heal.