In Pixar's latest animation blockbuster "Spiritual Journey", the creative team has taken a unique "Ugly Appreciation Route". There is no pair of handsome men and women in the film, everyone has a fat face. If you dare to discriminate against fat guys, then make all the characters you hate. Such a setting will inevitably make people a little heady. But after the opening period of "run-in period", I believe you will soon accept these cute chubby faces. Then I sighed, in order to eliminate the stereotype, the crew also worked hard.
Similar to this "anti-routine" setting, the film did not stop at a simple taste, but used it many times. For example, the death of the male protagonist Joey, because the death was too...well, it can't be described in incredible, so I was full of emotions. Do you think that for such cute animated movies, the protagonist will not be able to toss about it alive, not to mention going to the sky, at least take a risk to open it, or die vigorously. However, the fact is that he fell into a pit in a very funny way, making the audience laugh first, and then collectively confused...what? he died?
Yeah, he is dead. He fell down like this and then died. You haven't even had time to complain, does the United States steal the covers of wells? He just died. The audience began to get serious: death is such a simple thing, and it is really close to us. Even a crazy director who has repeatedly challenged God's taboos like Kim Ki-duk, a new crown virus can easily take his life.
Then you thought you were going to follow Joey to the afterlife world? Sorry, turn left when you go out, and please go to the studio of "Dream Quest". The film played another anti-routine at this time, allowing the protagonist to enter a "world before his death", thus getting acquainted with the "heroine", a little thing similar to "elves"-22. This is a dark blue world, maintained by quantum laws. If I remember correctly, this should be an unprecedented setting.
In a bliss, 22 enters Joey's body, and Joey becomes a cat. This pair of weird CP combinations started a ridiculous journey of life. Here the main creative team has implemented an anti-routine setting: from beginning to end, there is no villain in the movie. After all, the "chaser" sent by the quantum world can't be classified as a villain anyway. Nevertheless, the film is still made ups and downs, and we seem to follow the two protagonists into an experience of wandering in the sea of other people's lives. And with the further development of the plot, this immersive sense of participation will become stronger and even begin to torture one's fragile life. Whenever there is life, there must be regrets. The reason why we feel happy or sad in the life journey of Joey and 22 is because we are just like them, mortals among all living beings. We will be implicated in desire, and we will also cheer for a trivial matter. Yes, we are humble, we are small, but no one can stop us from falling in love with this sad and happy world.
22 In the "worthless" body of Joey, I realized the unusual meaning of life. Ironically, this kind of unusualness lies hidden in the most ordinary life. The numb person turns life into a two-point line. A wise man, in a two-point-one-line life, picks up Yoshimitsu Kataba. As Paulo Coelho said, it is necessary to unearth the secrets of blindness from the commonplace of life. However, these so-called secrets are destined not to be cherished in the eyes of modern people who are entangled in desire. For example, the most important item in the film-yellow fallen leaves, how many people can appreciate its beauty?
I have to admit that leaves are an excellent prop and a symbolic thing. The ancients used "one leaf to know autumn" to perceive the changes of nature and judge the law of development of things. Sensitive people experience a kind of sentimental life that is prosperous and declining. Gao Xiaosong wrote a song "The Era of Fluttering in White" with a line that reads "When the autumn wind stops at the tip of your hair, on the shoulders of the red sunset, you watch the clear pulse of the leaves and it falls gracefully". This mood is somewhat similar to 22's mood when he picks up a fallen leaf in the sun. Coincidentally, in Kieslowski's classic film "Two Flowers", a little girl also looks at a close-up of a leaf in her hand. At this time, the voice sounded out of the picture: This is the leaf of spring. Spring is here, all trees will grow leaves. Look at the brighter side, some small veins and nice fluff...
It is not only the art creators who have the heart and soul, but the sorrows and joys of mankind will eventually be connected. If you were indulging in the lazy sunshine with her while holding up this leaf on 22, watching the shadows of the trees whirling, there seems to be a rustling sound in your ears, and your face seems to have a pair of gentle hands comforting... Then simply close your eyes and silently feel the beauty of life at this moment. Just like whether Joey becomes a well-known piano jazz player or an ordinary teacher, it is the pride of his mother. Instead of complaining about the difficulties of life, it is better to reflect on whether you ask for too much? Or, don't think about anything at all, forget those unnecessary worries, and regard yourself as an experiencer in your life journey, like 22 holding this leaf in your hand, to experience and feel the ups and downs of life. As for the answer, it doesn't matter.
No one is qualified to laugh at your mediocre life, except yourself. When 22 finally found out what the missing piece of the puzzle was, Joey finally understood that success cannot be exchanged for something called happiness. Of course there is nothing wrong with forgetting myself, and so is the pursuit of dreams, but never forget that living an ordinary life is the most unusual thing. When you are struggling in the face of desire, or you can't find the north in the gutter, please drink this bowl of chicken soup called "Spiritual Journey", maybe it can awaken your long-lost soul.
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