For two hours, the picture continued to be gray and dim, and the dignity like an oil painting spread across the entire screen.
From the underground kingdom at the beginning, to the bumpy vehicles in the forest, to the army station...Of course, there are also the labyrinth, Pan Shen's labyrinth, and there is an aura of defeat.
We have seen a lot of "Harry Potter", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Lord of the Rings" and so on. We are not surprised by elves and ghosts in our minds, so when Ophelia picked up the carved piece on the ground The stone of the eye and inlay it in the statue, I thought, huh, another magical story is about to begin.
So when Ophelia talked about elves to the people around me, I believed her without any doubt.
Yes, when Lucy discovered that the wardrobe could lead to another world, everyone didn't believe that she was not, but Narnia existed after all, you can't deny it.
Pan Shen then appeared.
"Pan, God Pan, the god of peasants in ancient Greek mythology, specializes in caring for shepherds and hunters, as well as farmers and people living in the countryside. He has a human body, with long horns on his head, long ears, lower body and long feet. It's like a sheep's foot."
I trusted this ugly guy with horns and legs like a deer in Narnia.
In this kind of magical story, it should be like this, isn't it, the child meets a guide who guides the child to complete the mission, and finally, the happy ending is unsurprisingly.
I was wrong. It was a mess.
This is the intention of the director.
A child who has lost his father, the mother is weak and small and can only rely on the cruel captain. Faced with indifference and atrocities all day long. Therefore, in the eyes of all viewers, how much hope that there will be a savior that can bring some comfort and comfort to Ophelia. So we believed in the elves, believed in the stories of the underground kingdom, and believed in Pan God. Who would have thought that all of this was just Ophelia's fantasy.
The giant toad under the fig tree, the three magic stones, the golden key, the ogre with eyes on the palm of the hand...All these, with strange beauty, lead us into Ophelia's inner world.
In order to escape the hideous reality, dear Ophelia weaved a fascinating fairy tale for herself. In the fairy tale, she is a princess. As long as she completes the task, she can return to the fantasy underground kingdom without fear and anxiety.
However, reality is reality after all. Pan's mandela grass could not save her mother's life, and Ophelia, who did not follow Pan's instructions to complete the task, also lost the qualification to enter the kingdom of the underworld. In a sense, it is actually the changes in reality that have interfered with Ophelia’s fantasy. She has been unable to maintain her vision. At this time, Pan Shen has become the incarnation of the captain and discarded her in the real world. I will pay attention to it.
What kind of story does "Pan's Labyrinth" tell? When I finished watching the movie, I thought I understood it. When I wrote these things again, I found that I didn't fully understand them.
At a certain moment, I felt that the whole story was like a "beautiful mind", some beautiful imaginations about being in a difficult situation. But at the same time, the story is more cruel and direct.
At the end of the film, Ophelia drew a perfect end to her fantasy before she died. The picture suddenly brightened, changing from a gray tone to a warm golden tone. She returned to her kingdom, her parents on the throne. The pain is finally over.
However, this is the saddest part of the story.
But, well, what else can be done. May as well believe that everything is true.
Old Mr. Wang Yangming said: "When you didn't see this flower, this flower and your heart fell into solitude. When you see this flower, the color of this flower becomes clear for a while, and this flower is not outside your heart."
Ophelia's fantasy, It's just that kind of flower. If you believe it, it exists.
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