Indeed, the heroines of fairy tales usually have soft and gentle personalities, waiting only for a strong and handsome prince to rescue them. And they hardly have too many negative emotions, you will not see the princess get out of control and lose her temper. What's more, in the fairy tale animated films drawn by Disney, the hero and heroine will sing happily from time to time, and dance lightly with small animals in the forest, or lifeless pots and pans. Therefore, "fairy tale world" has become the opposite of "real world": it is full of joy and happiness, it will not be too busy with work, or have a big fight over a trivial matter, and it is impossible to imagine what "dating" and "breaking up" are. "or "divorce", because both the prince and the princess "lived happily ever after" after "love at first sight".
In the movie "Manhattan Romance", Disney merged the classic fairy tale world of the past with the busy modern New York, and re-deconstructed the fairy tale to combine it with the real world, causing ripples between the two, and successfully created a romantic and interesting Modern fairy tale. It can not only attract young children with pure fantasy, but also let adults who have long been devastated by real life's dreams in their hearts can regain the innocent feeling of childhood, and re-understand the beauty brought by fairy tales to people. imagine.
Prince Edward (James Marsden) in the kingdom of Andalasia has been looking forward to meeting a woman who can be with him forever, but his stepmother, the Queen (Susan Sarandon), resists in every way, for fear that his crown will be taken away. Since then, she has lost her place in the kingdom; Giselle (Amy Adams) is a woman who lives in a forest cabin, befriends small animals, and dreams of falling in love with a handsome prince. One day, the two were finally attracted to each other's singing, and decided to hold a wedding the next day. However, the Queen certainly did not allow such a thing to happen. The queen disguised herself as an old woman and tricked Giselle into a spring, pushing her down a bottomless cave while she made a wish on the spring. In this way, Gisele came to this terrifying real world from the beautiful fairy tale world. In busy New York City, Gisele meets Rob (Patrick Dempsey), a divorce attorney. The two represent the two extremes of fairy tales and reality, and how to get along and even strike a balance has become the interesting point of this movie.
In addition to dealing with divorce proceedings, Rob's own marital status is not ideal, which makes him sneer at the possibility of "love" staying together for a long time. In fact, isn't this the common aspiration of all modern men and women? Whether it's celebrity marriages reported on TV news, or the unfortunate examples of relatives and friends around us, we all think that this is an era of "fast love", and that "a hundred years of love" or "eternal love" is completely nonsense. talk. In Wong Kar-wai's work "2046" (2046, 2004), Tony Leung played the role of Zhou Muyun once said: "How come there are so many lifetimes." In addition to distrust of love, it also revealed a cruelty Fact: This is an "impermanent" world. Even if it is easy for two people to look at each other like a prince and a princess, they cannot live a happy life forever, because there will inevitably be friction between two different individuals, not to mention that human emotions cannot be limited by "permanence". .
To this end, Gisele from the fairy tale world woke us up. She said to her wife who was in the process of divorce: "Your beautiful hair, your shining eyes, the person you love is lucky." It may sound ironic between a couple facing a tough relationship. But think about it, do we only focus on each other's shortcomings and forget the obvious advantages? After some time, the couple reunited with Gisele's remarks. In fact, the beginning of "love" is not because of this crazy irrationality, but the relationship between the two is built on the common memories of large and small. Whether it is joy or sorrow, it is a beautiful memory. It turns out that "fairy tale love" does not teach us how to live a happy life forever, but pulls us out of our murky life and re-understands the simplicity and emotion in love.
The opening of the movie uses a fairy tale book. After opening the cover, it enters the traditional 2D animation, and then it is brought into the real world as described in the fourth paragraph of this article; the end also uses the same pattern to echo from end to end, returning from the real world In the fairy tale world, it finally turned into a three-dimensional folding page on the page. I like this arrangement very much. It blurs the boundaries between fairy tales and reality, and it also conveys the central idea of "Manhattan": "Even if you live in the real world, you can still enjoy the beauty and simplicity of the fairy tale world." Sing loudly, step up and dance lightly, spend a little time running a romantic life, and don’t have to be too cautious about details, so that life can return to simplicity and purity, and everyone can live a happy and happy life like a prince and a princess. .
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