Last week, my friend watched "promare" and called me Amway for a long time, urging me to watch it quickly.
After watching it in the morning, my legs were shaking so badly, I even wanted to go out and do a set of radio gymnastics (if I don't have a mask, forget it). My classmates and I are regarded as the second thorny salamanders. From "FLCL", we can see that we are the kind of people who have no credit or hard work (what the hell 2333); the friends I watched with me are considered to have graduated for a long time.
My classmates and I are of the same opinion. The cowhide "promare" can be blown and exploded. Since KLK, although there are some excellent works, but I always feel a little bit of Imaishi Yangzhi less. My classmates and I feel that we need to complete "Tianyuan Breakthrough" for burning direction, and "FLCL" for experimentation. "Little Witch" is stable in the early stage, but the story line in the later stage is relatively weak, not to mention the "national team". It is considered that the works of the same period are weak, and the dwarf is a general. Although "SSS.gridman" is one of my favorite works in recent years , but the style is still popular after all.
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In fact, if I were to define exactly what is "trigger" and what is "Imaishi Yangzhi", it would be difficult for me to say one or two. But "promare" really brought me back the feeling of watching "Tianyuan Breakthrough" ten years ago:
The first is the easter egg, or the private goods part. The seiyuu is on the old man such as Xiaoxi Kexing (brother), Xingu Mayu (sister), etc.; Tianyuan breakthrough (eldest brother, Yuko), KLK (guard, On the props, the deformation of the helmet, the drill bit... such a strong sense of sight, I immediately pulled back "FLCL" and "Tianyuan Breakthrough", I think this sense of sight is not a bad thing, or It is a reflection of design style in itself.
The second is storytelling and painting, because I am not a painting chef, so I will not comment too much. Although there are three renderings this time, the color and composition are amazing (my friends call it the driving force to watch), the square halo, the diamond-shaped flame, the triangular trajectory... On the one hand, there may be a style of painting On the other hand, I think the frozen setting works well with such a visual design. But there is one thing I can't accept, especially the indoor action scene at the beginning, the overall dark tone, the bright parts are the firefighters under the flames, the sharp and fast storyboards are a bit dazzling, although I don't know if pure 2D will be able to do it. Not much better (pseudo 3D stun). In terms of action, head-to-head, fit, decomposition, direct attack, wide-angle close-up of zoom out, and neat editing are really cool.
Music again. Although I chose Sawano this time, I think Sawano played well this time? (Of course, I don't think it's particularly good, and this BGM can also be used on a giant.) It won't feel overwhelming, and at the same time, the atmosphere of the burning system is well created.
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Going back to the content, I think it is very difficult for this script to be filmed for 120 minutes.
A very familiar story structure, involving many propositions, alienation, oppression and resistance, collectivism and individual interests... When I saw 60 minutes, basically the direction of the story was completely clear. At this time, I was thinking about the next hour. How to shoot it?
At first, I wanted to do some interpretation, but I found that it was completely unnecessary. I just followed the rhythm of Imaishi Yangzhi, and it was right to burn. When the feelings continue to a certain level and cannot be suppressed, they will become raging flames, eager to burn everything. Firefighters are the rational side, cooling everything down. The boss chose to escape, "with that kung fu, why don't you choose to solve the erupting core?".
Guessing, maybe the "selected person" is the one who has too much depression in his heart and may be selected. After being stimulated, the originally suppressed emotions burst out. What choice should be made at this time? To escape to a new environment, or to face it bravely? Trying to change the new environment, but still can't escape the destruction under the willful emotions. The reconciliation method given by the movie is, "complete burning", which sounds weird, but it is just destruction, just burning everything, this is just a kind of incomplete burning, which is undoubtedly childish. Complete burning is the burning of reason. On the one hand, he spreads his enthusiasm and passion all over the world, and he is thorough; on the other hand, he is restrained and guards this land with flames. Half water and half oil, guard and pass, half passion, half rational.
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At that time, my friend was complaining about Gallo's role setting. At first glance, it was the male protagonist. He liked and hated clearly, and he was very second. absolute neutral. To protect others and protect justice, the fire brigade does not make a ruling, but only maintains the order of the city. Isn't this the real hand of God? He is not like a changer or a rebel. On the contrary, Leo is a round character with more complex emotions and richer emotions.
But such a character is needed in the anime. Although he is a bit of a fool, although from the audience's point of view, he can only make decisions on the existing situation and only protect the city, but the plot needs such a person who can listen to the opinions of the marginalized and happen for the marginalized. Character; we need such a "good man" who dares to be brave, advances bravely, and wields an iron fist of justice.
He is a defender of procedural fairness.
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Small and big.
From FLCL to now, the giant mecha of the boss group and the small robots of the protagonist group have always been in sharp contrast.
The giant mecha of the boss group is a symbol of strength, authority, and force. And often collective, consortium.
The protagonists are often individuals or small groups, slender, agile, and full of new life.
After many people have gradually matured, looking back on the fan dramas they have watched in the past, there will always be a strange feeling that they cannot accept the idealist battle. "Promare" is undoubtedly also a typical example of idealistic combat. The output is all based on roaring, and the fights are done without talking about strategy and tactics. In a sense, teenagers are happy to see him (it's more of a dualistic value of good over evil), and it's also a fighting fairy tale for adults. In the middle of the night, when the edges and corners are about to be smoothed, everyone wants to have the courage to face difficulties head on.
The villain in this work does not have too much human brilliance. On the contrary, from the brilliant character to the final jump, he has undoubtedly become a downright "evil", concealing information, suppressing the people, and using grand values to satisfy the interests of a few people, Personality cult, chaebol monopoly, "people who don't solve problems solve problems"... In this case, "promare" has become a "burning cool film" suitable for all ages from structure to content
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In fact, from "Tianyuan Breakthrough", you can feel the purity of Jin Shi Yangzhi's treatment of this type of film, the purity of the plot, the purity of the characters, the purity of emotions... Even if the characters are simple, the narrative structure is simple, the metaphor is simple, etc., etc. , he can still create the purest viewing experience. (This is pure brotherhood right!)
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