It is said that the biggest feature of this animation is the use of the villain as the protagonist of the movie, but for those who have watched marginalized movies born out of "film noir" and "B-grade films", this is not a new gimmick. The endings of "antihero" movies are almost all haunted by the kind of fatalism that originated in ancient Greek tragedy, but their misfortunes are different. And this "anti-hero" "Big Bad" didn't escape the Hollywood-style happy ending, which was determined by their traditions before the film started. In Tolstoy's words, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, but all happy families are alike.
Look back at the big-budget movies in America, Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Avatar, and more. Like these movies, it's no accident that Big Bad is almost named after its protagonist. The narrative structure of these films is similar, which is to create a strong personal image in a disastrous scene, because America needs such a god so much. Think of it as a religious cult in disguise, if you will, worshiping these modern heroes born in the postmodern crucible just like worshipping Jesus. The realization of the American Dream completely requires these heroes. This is why in Germany after World War II, the Soviets were busy pulling cannons to make money, while the Americans were wholeheartedly pulling for university professors. This is how Einstein was pulled away by the United States. This "catastrophic" movie in the United States never emphasizes disaster, but always emphasizes "heroes." In fact, this is the same reason that our country regularly selects several model workers.
American audiences have never needed to use "disaster movie"-style scenes to inspire that so-called sense of crisis, because they know that at the end of the story, there will always be a hero to "save" them. Ironically, when one day you find out that it is the "villain" you once despised who saved you, how will you feel?
Digression: This text is actually an extracurricular homework, and the marketing psychology teacher made it a hindrance to write it. After college, I didn't do much homework. But because the psychology teacher is pretty good looking, I wrote my homework under the domination of my "subconscious mind"! Writing this is not a nonsense movie review. Ha ha! I feel like I'm playing a hooligan by coding.
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