Disney's 2010 animated film Rapunzel (formerly known as Tangled, also translated as "Tangled" and "Rapunzel") is currently in theaters around the world. It seems that the mainland has not yet entered the schedule for the time being, and maybe it will be released during the winter vacation.
The reason why I was moved is the first major "surgery" performed by the screenwriter on the original work.
In Grimm's fairy tale "Lettuce Girl", the girl Rapunzel imprisoned by a witch is just a child of an ordinary family, and is the victim of her parents trading with an evil witch out of selfish desire. Rapunzel had never really loved the witch who kept her in the tower when she was twelve years old, and even more secretly had a tryst between the witch and the passing prince, and secretly planned to escape the witch's control. But she accidentally said that the leakage made the witch aware of her behavior. After that, the poor girl lettuce was punished by the witch. Not only was her hair cut off, she was also banished to the wilderness to raise herself and the prince's children alone. The poor prince wandered into the wilderness, blinded, until he met Rapunzel and his children in the wilderness, he was reborn. To be honest, this original book is really not very good. Rapunzel is just an ignorant girl who cheats on others. The prince is just a man who doesn’t care. The witch in the story can’t be said to be evil or not. After all, Rapunzel intends to betray the witch. First.
But in Disney's Rapunzel script, a lot of changes have been made to all kinds of people in the play.
First, lettuce girl identity, she is no longer an "item" exchanged by selfish parents and witches, but the daughter of a pair of good kings and queens. The reason why she was imprisoned by the witch was not the punishment that the witch gave to her parents, but the witch’s innate healing ability to her—a flower transformed by the sun’s rays combined with her in the queen’s womb, making her Has the ability to heal and restore youth-the exclusive. However, the identity of the witch has been replaced by the role of "mother" who seems to take care of Rapunzel everywhere, which increases the possibility of contradictions created in the plot-obedience and betrayal. This contradiction better reflects Rapunzel's kindness and love. Rapunzel has believed that the witch is her own mother for many years, so she obeyed the "mother" everywhere. In order to prevent the "mother" from becoming aging, she took the initiative to use her magical hair to restore her youth to the "mother". She was satisfied with the "mother". For the hazelnut nut soup that I occasionally stewed for myself, the only request from the "mother" was white paint made from white shells. In order to get a glimpse of the magnificence of the sky lantern, although she left the tower without telling her "mother", she was always worried about rushing back to continue to accompany her "mother". From these adaptations, the poor girl who was wronged but half-hearted in the original book was transformed into a hardworking, capable, kind-hearted, passionate, compassionate, considerate and considerate girl without the pampering style of a princess at all. Such a kind girl can be ready to help and save others at any time, and this also reflects the essence of the sun that fell on the world in the opening film-kindness and love. Although from a certain point of view, it has completely got rid of the main line of "lettuce", but has adopted the framework of "lettuce". Maybe this is why Disney named it Tangled instead of using the original name "lettuce", but it was changed back to the original name Rapunzel when it was released in other countries. In the script of the film, the role of the prince is replaced and replaced by a thief who fled into the forest in order to get rid of his accomplices. This also adds another contradiction in the story—the thief’s orientation of good and evil. This "fresh blood" makes The meaning of the story has been improved again. After that, Disney’s screenwriters adopted their usual style-each character has an exquisite role, and explained to the other characters in the play, including the pet chameleon and Yuma, so that their personalities are also alive. vivid.
Disney's substantial revision of the original work gave the script a deeper connotation and visibility. It completely broke away from the original fairy tale with little depth and evolved into an excellent film with profound educational significance.
I remember that for many years, people criticized Disney for being good at "fried rice", and constantly adapted some fairy tales and classic classics, such as the early "Snow White", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Pinocchio", "The Little Mermaid", " "Peter Pan", "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp", "Beauty and the Beast", etc., and even later "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Notre Dame", "Tarzan", "Mulan", etc. . But it is undeniable that Disney has indeed adapted these original works very well. In the past few years, Disney has also produced many original excellent films such as "Monster Company", "Finding Nemo (Finding Nemo)", "The Incredibles", "Ratuitou" and so on. So, the script is not really about whether it is adapted from any work, the most important thing is how to adapt it to be more beautiful and meaningful.
Regarding Rapunzel's experience, she had always had a low self-esteem towards herself before she met the thief Eugene who was aliased as Flynn Raider. Due to the teachings of her "mother", she mistakenly thought she was very weak. When she left the tower where she had lived for eighteen years with the help of Eugene, she vented her feelings for sunshine, flowers, animals, and even strangers over the years-enthusiasm and love.
When Rapunzel and Eugene were besieged by other bandits in the thieves’ base camp, she touched everyone with her pure kindness and love, and at the same time conveyed a message to the audience: those who seem to be evil can also have beautiful dreams. , You can also have a happy life and be worthy of salvation. This just points out the essence of Rapunzel-true love from true light. Only this kind of love can change all people. This is another typical American thinking, the kind of thinking based on the Christian faith-light must be accompanied by love, and when there is light, there must be love, and when there is love, there must be light. Therefore, in the thieves' base camp, Rapunzel is light and love, and her love has infected everyone present, helping them find their long-lost goodness. This is exactly in line with the saying in the Bible that "love can cover many sins." Under the infection of Rapunzel, the thieves finally chose the right direction and no longer lost in the evil road. Eugene also saw pure kindness and love in Rapunzel, because Rapunzel was the first person who was willing to accept the hurt and despised Eugene instead of the "famous thief" Flynn Raider. He was shining and shining. The caring girl was deeply moved. Eugene was influenced by Rapunzel and was willing to give up his long path of stealing. These plots also show the essence of light and love-to illuminate those who are in the dark, warm their hearts, change their path, and make them move on the right path.
Rapunzel was tricked by the witch to say that Eugene would abandon her. She believed it to be true and obediently returned to the tower with the witch. After experiencing this series of twists and turns, she was smart not only realized that her true identity was the princess who had been missing for eighteen years, but also realized that the "mother" had "taught" herself for many years to keep herself under control. In order to use her magic power at any time, she decided to spend the rest of her life fighting against this person who pretended to be her own mother, highlighting her submissive but upright personality. But when the witch designed to kill Eugene and then took Rapunzel away, Rapunzel begged the witch to let him heal Eugene and was willing to give up fighting in exchange for Eugene’s survival. This is the new climax of the film. Rapunzel can completely ignore Eugene’s life and death. She must also be free from the control of the witch, but her principle of kindness and love made her give up fighting and just save others. This is really touching. But Eugene, who had been reformed, was unwilling to let Rapunzel continue to live a life without freedom. He would rather give up his life to get Rapunzel free, so he cut Rapunzel's long hair with a knife. This is again based on the Christian belief concept of "giving your life for the one you love". Rapunzel and Eugene made sacrifices for each other and put on their most precious things-freedom and life. When the witch rushed in angrily, the little chameleon Pascal pulled up the hair on the ground to stop her. The witch was tripped and fell out of the window, but the kind-hearted Rapunzel quickly wanted to rush forward to hold her. This shows that Rapunzel is completely kind. , Even for a person who has deceived and used himself for many years, still has love. The death of a witch is also a consistent pattern of American thinking-self-defeating. She uses Rapunzel's magic to maintain her youth, but she is actually a dead old woman. When Rapunzel loses her magic, she ages rapidly. He fell from the tower he built and turned to ashes before he fell to the ground. This kind of thinking is also a typical concept in Christian thought that "the wicked must fall into their own snare". Eugene’s death and resurrection continues the characteristics of fairy tales, but it also conveys another idea-real light and real love can give life to people. Although Rapunzel has his long hair cut off, the sunshine becomes a flower. Has long been one with her and became her inner strength, the power of true light and true love.
At the end of the film, one by one, the thieves’ new lives are explained-happiness, happiness, abandoning the path of sin, and living a life coexisting with light and love. The princess also returned to her parents. Not only did she bring her parents a new life, healed their heartaches over the years, but also brought bright hope and love to the whole country. The film uses a very metaphorical means to compose an ode to true light and true love. Especially in the small details at the end, when Maximus reviewed the Royal Guard, the pan raised by the soldiers did not only echo Rapunzel's use of the pan as a weapon, and drove the thieves to become a member of the "Pan Legion". It also explains the characteristics of the ideal township in the Bible: "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into sickles. This country does not raise a sword to attack another country, and they no longer learn about warfare." (Isaiah Chapter 2 Section 4, Joel chapter 3 verse 10, Micah chapter 4 verse 3 have statements) The pan is the same kind of production and living utensils as the "plowshare" and "scythe", and then briefly stated that there is no more crime in the kingdom. Although it is the happy ending of a fairy tale, it embodies the spirit of Christian faith everywhere. The screenwriter may have considered that the film may be released in a non-Christian country, so he uses this metaphor to describe the point of view he wants to express in the film.
When you understand it, you will sincerely admire the skill of these screenwriters and directors, admire them for the complex and profound but unpretentious truth, in this fairy tale way, coupled with almost perfect character settings, let I was very moved.
Yes, when a person has the light from the sky, he has the love from the sky. Then in this world, what else is enough to make him afraid? Even life can be abandoned! But true love and true light should never and cannot be discarded.
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