"How to Train Your Dragon": Please let the final battle happen next to the throne

Camryn 2022-01-23 08:03:39

This film evoked a feeling when I visited Windsor Castle in the UK in 2012. There is a hall in Windsor Castle, and the side walls and roof inside are covered with knight's shield emblems. Although these badges are not as magnificent as the furnishings in the royal hall, you can feel the glory they carry.

Unlike the kings that they take for granted, many knights are aristocrats who have earned their status through their own efforts. At that time, Europe gave the civilian class the opportunity to become an elite. To some extent, like China's imperial examination system, it was a path for the promotion of the mass class in an elite-mass dual social structure. The difference is that promotion in China examines virtue, while promotion in the West examines spirit.

This spirit is chivalry. In addition to having superhuman physical skills, the content of chivalry is very rich, such as bravery, loyalty, justice, demeanor and so on. The knights of Western Europe, like the warriors of Eastern Japan, are the guardians of the privileged class, the armed forces, and the system of feudal society. The spirit of chivalry has penetrated into the bones of two regions and two nations, just like Bushido.

Therefore, I can particularly appreciate the sense of awe that Justin had when he entered the majestic knight's palace in the castle on the distant mountain, and especially the sense of selflessness that seemed to freeze when he accepted the promotion of the queen, and even was particularly able to Experience the struggle between the spirit of chivalry specially arranged in the film, the spirit of pseudo-knight and law, and finally win the meaning that you want to express.

The film has created a dreamer who completes the dream of a knight. Although the whole process of completing his dream is full of simplification and walkthrough, although all the motives of his dream come from descent from the beginning to the end (he never clearly knows what he wants to protect ), but if I were a child, I would still be infected by his actions, and I would still aspire to be a glorious knight with peerless skills and being conferred by the king in front of the world. My self-esteem, self-love and The little self-expansion desire is still mobilized, which is enough.

But at the same time, I feel that this kind of enough may become stronger. In fact, the film did not allow the ultimate war to take place in the ultimate location where it should be, that is, in the queen's palace. It chose to let Justin complete the final battle before the villain started to launch a general offensive. The queen actually did not pay any real price for her "wrong" decision back then-her throne was not overthrown by the villain, her palace was not destroyed at all, and she had not even fallen into a real crisis. Can the lawyer group protect the queen from the powerful villains? This question should have been clarified, because otherwise, how can the importance of Justin and the knights he represents be reflected?

In addition, I also feel that the film lacks some important things foreshadowing and supporting. For example, if Justin can use the blindfolded archery skills he learned in training and the ability to pass hundreds of battles in the final battle, it would be a good answer. For another example, if the film can give real value to the unfinished game in Far Mountain Castle, instead of simply destroying it, it will make people applaud.

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Justin and the Knights of Valour quotes

  • [Justin reveals he wants to be a knight]

    Reginald: Knights are outlawed. You would be breaking the law, and I will not let my son do that.

    Justin: Maybe the law's wrong.

    Reginald: What? Now listen. Knights no longer exist because we don't need them. You will be twice the hero when you learn the letter of the law rather than the inarticulate ravings of the sword.

  • Gran: You'll make a terrible lawyer. You're honest and not a very good liar.