Audiences who like Xin Haicheng will appreciate Xin Haicheng's unique realistic and exquisite painting style, as well as the brave love that is boldly declared in the story, the beautiful and moving movie songs and so on.
So if you are a fan of Xin Haicheng, his new work "Children of the Weather" will not let you down. The film is still the original Xin Haicheng style.
Something to watch
"Children of the Weather" named after the weather, the magnificence of nature is described by Xin Haicheng with his style and language very beautiful, especially the film has a lot of sky, light and shadow combined with the big empty mirror picture of the city, every frame can be Used as wallpaper.
The depiction of water in the film has already been praised in the previous work "The Garden of Words". By the time of "Children of the Weather", the depiction of water that has always appeared throughout the film has reached its peak. The water splashes splashed by light rain falling on the ground, the shape of each splash is different. As for the depiction of the city of Tokyo, Makoto Shinkai has made a brand new Tokyo travel promotional film, which still has the visual effect of AAAAA+.
This is also due to the popularity of "Your Name", so that Xin Haicheng has more abundant funds to enrich and refine this "Weather Child". Of course, there are many reports that it is precisely because of the popularity of "Your Name" that Xin Haicheng and the team are in disguised form to produce this spiritual sequel to "The Child of the Weather".
So "Children of the Weather" has to be compared with "Your Name" in all aspects.
Let’s just say it. After watching "Weathering Sons", I think "Weathering Sons" is indeed inferior to the previous work, no matter in the rhythm of the story or the character creation, compared to the last word-of-mouth hit "Your Name". Something is lacking. However, these problems are actually reflected in "Your Name", but because "Your Name" originated from the story and drama conflicts more directly, these problems are hidden.
This time, "The Weather Sons", in fact, only exposed Xin Haicheng's consistent narrative "shortcomings" more primitively, but strictly speaking, it should not be Xin Haicheng's "shortcomings", but his characteristics. All of Xin Haicheng’s works deliberately avoid genre attribution, to break up the main story, to achieve a sense of chaos and order. After reading Xin Haicheng’s work, you can’t explain what it is. Theme videos.
"Children of the Weather" is a very typical work. The film is related to love, growth, friendship, environmental protection, mythology, etc., but it is not exactly what you think.
Slightly addicted spoiler analysis (does not affect viewing)
The story of "The Weather Child" tells the story of a 16-year-old boy named Fan Gao who ran away from home to Tokyo.
Just like the hazy rainy days in the movie, Fan Gao's job search in Tokyo was not smooth at the beginning, but at the end he had to go to McDonald’s to eat the cheapest corn soup at every meal. At this time, the female lead who worked in the store, Yang Nai, gave Fan Gao one. Hamburg has become the best meal Fan Gao has ever eaten. Because he couldn't find a job and had no money, he could only rely on Mr. Suga who he met on the road, and worked in a so-called urban legend writing studio in Suga.
As a result, Fan Gao's days in Tokyo are getting better every day. One day, Fan Gao meets Yang Na again. At this time, Yang Na is about to do a special adult job, and Fan Gao stops her. After that, the two really knew each other. Fan Gao also discovered that Yang Nai is a sunny girl. As long as Yang Nai prays for the sky to be sunny, the rainy days within her range will be clear for a while.
So they use this "superpower" as a means of making money and pay to serve those who want to relax. But this kind of operation kept raining in Tokyo and even in Japan, and the atmosphere was not harmonious. Yangna’s super powers of clearing the sky actually came at a price, and this price allowed the film to enter the third act of accelerating the rhythm, and finally Hougao and Yangna. The love and ending of the two had to face cruel choices.
I don’t know if you have noticed it. In the outline of the "Weathering Sons" I summarized, Hougao and Yang Nai’s heroes and heroines met a bit late, Yang Nai’s ability to see the sky appeared a bit late, and the main story started a bit late. Moreover, even after Fan Gao and Yang Cai met, the film is still in a state of dissociation from the main line, and does not want to explain Yang Cai's superpowers and solutions too much.
There are many fragments in the film, which focus on Fan Gao's mental state. Just like Fan Gao's re-introduction of his inner monologue, "Children of the Weather" seems to be about Fan Gao's mental journey, many of which are life-oriented and purposeless. But...just as the film begins with the miracle-obtaining ability of Harina, it defines the film as a very strong plot type of drama, making the audience preconceived that this is a fantasy action blockbuster.
This is where "Weather Children" is somewhat divided. I thought about it for a long time. The narrative structure of the film is more like the narrative atmosphere of a TV series. The people and things in the film have their own branches, whether it is sailing or yang. Nai, or Suga, Yangna's younger brother, etc., we can vaguely feel the trajectory of each person's story, but it is not clear and complete. Although "Children of the Weather" has a lot of minor problems (or Xinhaicheng features), the stamina of the film is quite sufficient.
After watching the movie, I am still immersed in the emotions in the movie. This sense of substitution is very strange, especially in the ending part of Harina and Fangao to solve the crisis of clearing up, and the trivial life descriptions of doing nothing in the front of the movie seem to start to appear. After the destiny, it finally turns into a pain that must be borne for growth and transformation, which is unforgettable for a long time.
In-depth analysis of the ending
In the film, as Haruna continues to use 100% sunny super powers, it comes at the price that Haruna must pay. Haruna must be sacrificed to the sky in exchange for the sunny days in Tokyo or even most of Japan, otherwise The pouring rain will continue.
So Yang Cai chose to sacrifice herself and sacrifice herself to the sky in exchange for the sunny world, but Fan Gao made the opposite choice to Yang Cai. With Fan Gao's willful efforts, he rescued Yang Cai and brought her back to the human world. But in exchange for the flood of rain in Tokyo, in just three years, more than half of Tokyo was flooded by rain. I believe that many people will be very surprised and surprised after watching this ending. At the end of the film, Hooko and Yangna choose to be somewhat selfish and selfish, using Tokyo's overwhelming majority in exchange for their love.
Perhaps it is because we are used to seeing the theme of the superhero movie She Xiaojia as everyone, and occasionally come to the end of the values of "Children of the Weather", it seems a little uncomfortable.
As Xin Haicheng also said in the interview, the ending of the film may cause disagreements or even disagreements, but the purpose of the film is not to be a mainstream movie that makes people think. The ending of "Children of the Weather" appears to be an ethical dilemma about trams, that is, to save the public or the individual, but the core is not the case. It is not my intention to wash the ground for the film.
Think about it carefully, is there any mistake in Fan Gao’s choice? As Suga said in the film, the world has already fallen into madness, so who made the world fall into madness first, I am afraid it is not Yang Na’s super power, or Fan Gao's decision. The source of Yang Nai’s prayers was to go out for a walk with her dying mother on sunny days. It was because of this that Yang Na became a Tianqing girl, but Yang did not frequently use Tianqing’s superpowers before she met Hosaka.
Because of the pressure of life, the two marginalized minors were excluded from the society. Under the stressful working environment in Tokyo, they thought of using Tianqing's superpowers as a way to make money.
From this perspective, it seems that this society has the price of original sin for people at the bottom of life such as Yangcai and Fangao, so in the end, why should Yangcai sacrifice for this social system of vested interests?
After analyzing this, we won't be too surprised by Fangao's final decision.
Fan Gao ran away from home. The film chose to leave a large area of his home and the reason for the departure, but we can also snoop on it. When Fan Gao went to Tokyo by boat, his face was wounded, which is easily reminiscent of home. Violent.
In the original story, Fan Gao ran away from home because his father killed his father because of domestic violence, but this seems to be too violent for the role orientation and therefore removed. After Fan Gao came to Tokyo, Makoto Shinkai chose Shinjuku, Tokyo as the main venue. Shinjuku is the most prosperous and densely populated area in Tokyo. The perspective is placed in the dirty corners of Shinjuku, around the dusty adult hotels, and the time is Most of them choose to be at night, plus the constant rain in the film, which reflects Fan Gao's plight and anxiety in Tokyo's wanderings.
Tokyo's indifference and rejection gave the 16-year-old Fan Gao's initial impression. Coupled with Fan Gao's family background, this growing up boy didn't have much favor for the world.
With the appearance of Yang Cai, Fan Gao really found his own sunshine. Just as there is a memory in the film that Fan Gao stepped on a bicycle, chasing a ray of sunshine crazily in the hazy weather, and finally the sun fell on the sea, which made Fan Gao make the decision to leave home.
The sunshine that Fan Gao chased at that time also represented freedom and the future, while the surrounding haze weather represented the oppressive life before Fan Gao.
And every time Yang Cai is cleared, it also means that Fan Gao's depressed mood is cleared up a little bit.
But when the ending Haruna disappears beside Hougao, even if the whole Tokyo is clear at this time, it will not help, because for Hoangao, the whole inner world is again pouring rain and gloomy.
To sum up, Fan Gao will sacrifice the sunshine in his heart for the Tokyo that has never been warm to him? Obviously Fan Gao is not so great.
Fan Gao is also a victim of this society. He has always been a person at the bottom of society. The film gives such people the right to choose to save the world. This is obviously the strongest irony given by the film.
In other words, Yangcai and Fangao do not owe the world. They have the right to choose their own happiness. Although this runs counter to mainstream values, the film also allows us to see individuals desperate for dreams and future pursuits.
Take a step back and talk in a larger direction. The last heavy rain in the film was caused by Yang Cai and Fan Gao.
From the beginning of the film, it has been raining continuously when Yangna takes care of her critically ill mother, so Yangna prays for a clear day so that she and her mother can go for a walk. So who is the original sin attributed to? Is it the punishment of the gods of heaven, or the development of mankind that breaks the balance of nature, no matter how it comes down to it, it will not be counted as the insignificant Fan Gao and Yang Cai individual? !
Moreover, at the end of the film, it shows Tokyo three years later. Rainwater irrigated half of the city. The film deliberately did not show the damage to human beings, especially the loss of life, by floods. fact. I think this is not deliberately reducing the guilt of Fan Gao's choice, but to show human development and indirectly change the natural climate. In fact, in reality, humans seem to really change the climate of the earth.
With human carbon dioxide emissions, climate warming, melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic, and rising sea levels on the earth, cities like Tokyo, Shanghai and Venice will also change with natural changes. The film submerged Tokyo, just used Exaggerated tactics warn human beings' indifference to weather changes. On the other hand, it also shows the tenacious adaptability of human beings. Three years later, Tokyo, which is full of water, already has water transportation, and the rules imposed by rising sea levels. People are still working and living as usual. The end of the world. Did not show up.
These are all further proofs that Fangao and Yangcai’s original decision did not take responsibility for the progress and retrogression of mankind. Everyone’s choice compares the development and changes of the world, the rules and order, from the perspective of the ending of the film. , To be treated romantic and idealized.
I think Xin Haicheng handles the ending like this, because he wants to enlarge the love between Fan Gao and Yang Na from the side.
If love is a kind of belief, then this kind of belief is inherently selfish and extreme. There is no room for a third person in love, and the third person in the film happens to be the world that Yang Nai and Fan Gao Yao "save".
Easter eggs
1. Your name
"Children of the Weather" was compared with "Your Name". In addition to the two works one after the other in the release time, Makoto Shinkai himself made the role of "Your Name" participate in "The Weather". "Children", such a connection, can not blame the audience for saying that these two works are sisters.
Moreover, the production team of "Weathering with You" is the original crew copying "Your Name". Even the main scene of Tokyo was chosen in Shinjuku, but "Your Name" shows the glamour of Tokyo and Shinjuku. On the one hand, "Children of the Weather" is more about showing the dark and messy side. At the end of "Your Name", Taki and Mitsuba met again in 2013. According to Makoto Shinkai, they became engaged afterwards.
The time of "The Child of the Weather" is set in 2021. When the police went to Yangna’s house to inquire about Fan Gao’s whereabouts, they showed Yang Nai the graduation photo of Fan Gao Middle School, which said Reiwa 3 years, and in 2019, Japan The name was changed to Reiwa, so Reiwa 3 is 2021. In the film, Suga holds a "MU" magazine, which is a real Japanese magazine. In September 2019, there are 466 issues of the magazine and 488 issues in the film, which also corresponds to 2021. And in that magazine, there were also articles about comets. This comet is exactly the comet event that appeared in "Your Name". In the movie, when Hougao and the others went to the grandmother's house, Taki appeared as a guest for a long time. At this time, he was a lot more mature and stable.
Sanye worked as a shopping guide at the jewelry counter. When Fangao bought Yangcai's birthday present, Fangao was still worried about whether Yangcai liked it. Sanye encouraged Fangao at this time.
The appearance of Taki and Mitsuba both contributed to the relationship between Hodaka and Yangna. Mitsuba’s younger sister, Yotsuba, also flashes at the end of the film. Although her appearance has changed when she grows up, her hairstyle is the best way to identify it.
And when Yang Cai is in the clear sky, there is a picture of a couple looking at the sunset sky on a ferris wheel. This couple is the supporting couple of "Your Name". In addition, the narrative structure of "Weather Children" is also very similar to "Your Name". The film tells about the male and female protagonist encounters inadvertently, and then meets in love. Even the movie songs that are continuously inserted in the film seem to be pinched. The time points of the two works are surprisingly consistent, and their final emotional development of the two works also had to face a choice because of their involvement in a major event.
It's just that the two works ended in the end, and the values they chose were just the opposite. "Your Name" Taki and Mitsuba chose to save the people in the town. On the other hand, Fan Gao and Yang Na of "Weather Children" chose to guard each other's love. The endings of the two works are mirrors of each other, reflecting each other but the left and right are opposite. Just like the two ends of moral values, Xin Haicheng did not give an answer to who is right and who is wrong.
2. The Catcher in the Rye
During the first few days when Fan Gao could afford to eat instant noodles in Tokyo, he pressed the instant noodles with a book whose name was "The Catcher in the Rye".
The content of this book tells the story of the protagonist who was expelled from school and ran away from home and came to New York alone. The protagonist witnessed adult hypocrisy and found innocence and truth.
The mental journey of the protagonist in "The Catcher in the Rye" also indirectly alludes to Fan Gao's experience.
3. Water drop necklace and wing ring
At the beginning of the film, the water drop necklace was worn by Yang Cai's mother. After Yang Cai's mother died, Yang Cai wore the water drop jewelry.
This represents Yang Cai's longing for her mother and also implies a kind of inheritance.
I believe everyone can see that the water drop necklace represents the ubiquitous water. When Yang Cai's mother was critically ill, a beam of sunlight hit the torii shrine, and Yang Cai gained the ability to be sunny.
Although the film does not indicate the identity of Yangcai’s mother, it also makes us think about it. It seems that Yangcai’s mother is closely related to the ability of Sunny. It can even be understood that the ray of sunshine at that time was the mother of Yangcai and the one of Yangcai’s. Inheritance ceremony between.
And finally the body of Yangcai changed color, and that color was the same as the color of jewelry droplets. After that, Fan Gao rescued Yang Cai in the sky. After the two returned to the world, Yang Cai's water drop necklace broke, which also hinted that Yang Cai should no longer be a sunny girl, and Yang Cai should be herself.
The ring that Fangao gave to Yangcai is an abstract shape of wings, which can be understood as a symbol of freedom.
4. Suga
The role of Suga is more detailed in the novel. The Suga family is a well-known family. Suga's brother is very promising. After graduating from a prestigious school, he went to study abroad and returned to Japan to work as a financial officer. Suga's brother's daughter, also known as Bei Fan Gao mistakenly believed that she was Suga's niece.
Suga, on the other hand, had a more ordinary life. When he was young, he met his wife and had a daughter, but his wife died in a car accident and the family also collapsed. The custody of the daughter has always been on the side of his grandmother, and Suga has always been wearing it. One of his double rings belonged to Suka's deceased wife.
The so-called office in Suga's house, when I first entered the door, was the bar of a Japanese izakaya, which indicated that this may have been the place where the Suga family did the izakaya business, and the back is the residence.
The height scales of the children in the residence, as well as the tricycle used by the children, all show that there have been laughter and laughter here. It is worth noting that after the heavy rain, Suka opened the window and deliberately let the water pour into the house. This is the note that Suka wanted to wash away the note left by his deceased wife, and it also means that Suka wanted to wash away those painful memories with rain. restart.
5. Big husband
The songs in Xin Haicheng's works have always been a tool that perfectly corresponds to the inner world of the character.
For example, on the night when Fan Gao and Yang Cai ran away, in the KTV hotel, Fan Gao put a ring on Yang Cai. At this time, the song was "We'll be Alright", and the Japanese word was "Big Man".
The first sentence of the lyrics is: "The weight of the world is weighed on you alone."
This lyric perfectly interprets the dilemma and pressure Yang Na faces at this time. In addition, compared to the chewy ending, what touched me more was the last night they were together in KTV. They ate food, sang songs, and laughed happily, as if the noise of the world was with them. Irrelevant.
Fan Gao also said in his inner monologue at the time that he hoped that time would stay at this moment and turn this moment into eternity.
This also reminds me of the age when I was growing up in my teens. There were several moments and beautiful memories. At that time, I also hoped that time would stop here, not to grow up, not to face everything around the adult world... Finally, I Rate the film, 7.7 points.
Get used to watching Hollywood blockbusters, and then look at Xin Haicheng's unique and delicate paintings. Even if the film has no plot, as long as the picture is good, it is a kind of enjoyment.
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