Hayao Miyazaki is a person who loves nature and yearns for simplicity, which is reflected in many of his works, and "Heisei Tanuki War" is even more prominent. In the film, civet cats face the encroachment of human civilization on their homeland, choose to defend their homeland, and conduct tragic resistance. After failure, they have to become human and integrate into human society, but they still retain a part of the nature of civet cats. It can be seen from this. Hayao Miyazaki's vision of the unstoppable pace of human civilization's destruction of nature, and the desperation of this vision. "Beyond the Hedge" is different. The same home was invaded by humans, but the animals chose to steal and enjoy human food, that is, they chose to accept human civilization. For example, imagine the human civilization in the two films as a strong Western civilization. The civet cats are those who are weak but want to keep their own culture. The animals in "Beyond the Hedge" are those who identify with Western culture and hope to integrate into it. Among them are even people who immigrated from the past. That is to say, the contradiction between civet cats and humans is principled and related to the survival of culture; the contradiction between animals and humans is superficial and related to the distribution of interests.
Shanggang has been online so much, let’s go back to the film itself. The story of "Beyond the Hedge" is a typical Hollywood-style family carnival model, deceived, misunderstood, moved, rescued, and finally reunited. The rhythm is smooth, but without suspense. Not to mention the technical aspects, some small details of the plot are interesting enough. As a summer animated film, it is qualified.
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