Pixar has so many classics that there is no way to come up with a masterpiece, because every one of his movies is a masterpiece.
It is even said that the golden sign of Pixar itself is a classic . As long as you hear that Pixar has new works, you don't need to think about it and enter the cinema (but match 3...).
Perhaps in order to wash away the mediocrity of Race 3, Pixar launched a Mexican-style dish on Thanksgiving, called "Dream of Dreams and Travels" . Of course, it is not in the same series as "Flying Houses and Travels"...
Watching the cartoon, for people who don't know Mexico at all, it can instantly resonate with this nation and country. This is precisely the magic of Pixar that can make the nation into the world.
"Looking for Dreams" is like peeling an onion . With each layer peeled, you can see fresher ingredients and more amazing secrets.
When you finish peeling this onion, you will finally find that you have been crying into tears without knowing it.
Today, Dah Cong will peel this Mexican onion for everyone to see how much sadness and joy he hides on each layer.
...Spoiler! Go home to collect clothes! ...
Surface: creativity and color
"Looking for Dreams" is first and foremost a visually stunning animation work. Today, with the explosion of special effects in movies, you can still use such creative ideas and rich color schemes to impact the audience. It is very rare, and I once again play for Pixar. telephone.
What's more rare is that these colorful buildings are all based on some buildings in Guanajuato , Mexico .
A country that loves colors like Mexico must have a passion for life and a colorful mindset.
Yes, their attitude towards death is far more optimistic than many countries. Mexicans believe that after death they just go to another world, an undead world even better than the real world, and continue to live.
Then on the Day of the Dead, these dead relatives may return to the world and reunite with their living families.
Mexico's open-mindedness and courage to face death are unforgettable.
Therefore, the traditional elements of the Day of the Dead that appear in the cartoons are not creative and old designs that are mixed in all directions, but are actually present on the Day of the Dead in Mexico.
For example, the paper-cut at the beginning is the colorful landscape line that Mexico will hang along the street on the Day of the Dead.
The road to another world will pass through a bridge, but this is not the Naihe Bridge as we know it. There is also a grandmother Meng at the top of the bridge.
Their bridge is the only way to the world of the dead, and the film is cleverly constructed with marigolds, a necessary element for the Mexican Day of the Dead.
Marigold, also known as stinky hibiscus, is native to Mexico. It is an essential plant for Day of the Dead. Because of its strong vitality, its flower language symbolizes health.
In addition, bread, candles, photos, and skeletons are also essential decorations for the Day of the Dead. The films are all restored one by one, and the creativity of the skull is directly portrayed as the image of the dead person, which vividly reflects the lively scene of the Mexican party on the Day of the Dead in reality.
(The Day of the Dead party, many people wear various skull costumes to gather on the street)
In the world of the undead, from the large setting of the scene to the scrutiny of every detail, it is full of unconstrained imagination.
For example, the group of relatives and friends of the dead has to go out of the customs and enter the world . When they return, they will have to go through the security check when they return to the sacrifices of their loved ones. It's the same as everyone going abroad.
In addition, each soul in the undead world has a creature similar to a soul guide , with a strange shape. The colors are also full of fantasy beauty.
There are many things in the film like this with many details of creativity.
For other movies or cartoons, if you catch an idea, you just want to make it directly into a movie.
And "Looking for a Dream" puts all the Ai Dier together in one animation, bombing you once every ten minutes.
The first half an hour of the film was full of creativity.
Of course, if you really want to compare, a movie with a similar concept is the 2014 "Book of Life" , which is also based on the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and also came to the world of the dead. Although the visual styles are different between the two, the direction is the same.
Even the protagonist’s settings are somewhat similar. The protagonist of "Looking for Dreams" is a cobbler's house but has a musical dream, while the protagonist of "The Book of Life" is a matador family and has a musical dream.
From this point of view, the visual impact and freshness of "Looking for Dreams" and "The Book of Life" on the audience needs to be pointed out, and the carrots and vegetables have their own love.
But why "Looking for a Dream" is a notch higher in perception and rating than "The Book of Life", probably because "Looking for a Dream" handles the story and details more delicately, and the transition is more natural.
Middle level: family and dreams
Pixar’s animations are always not rushed or slow, just like the soup we boiled for half an hour, and the taste of the soup cooked on a low fire for a whole day is completely different.
"Looking for a Dream" is like an old soup that is slowly prepared with a small fire. The color, fragrance, and fragrance permeate from your tongue to your stomach to your heart , making you have to admire Pixar's skill.
In addition to achieving the ultimate visual effect on the surface, "Dream Searching" also reflects and explores the deep conflict between reality and dream.
The film’s young hero Miguel was born into a shoe-making family, and this family hates music, but Miguel has loved music since childhood. One is his own musical dream and the other is the inheritance of the family shoemaker. What should Miguel do? From where.
After that, Miguel traveled to the world of the undead, in fact, it was also the process of searching for his music dreams and himself.
After he enters the world of the undead, he needs the blessing of his deceased family members before he can return to the world.
But Miguel refused at first because his grandmother Zeng Zengzeng gave him a musical curse.
For his music dream, he avoided his family and blessings, and ran to his music dream desperately. This is exactly the same as his grandfather Zeng Zeng Zeng abandoned his wife and daughter and ran toward his music dream.
But after Miguel's surroundings in the world of the undead, he finally had to make a Sophie choice between family and music. He said "family first".
This is not simply an understanding that family and ideals are opposites, but when you are pursuing your dreams, have you forgotten your family members who have grown and aged over time?
In the movie, there is a scene of memory killing, in which Coco's father played the guitar when he was young and sang "remember me" to Coco's little daughter, playing only for her and singing only for her.
But afterwards, Coco's father went away and abandoned his wife and daughter. He wanted to go back and reunite with his family halfway through, but found it was too late.
This is exactly the profile that reflects those who are busy with their dream career, go further and further on their own path, ignoring their relatives and ignoring the family.
Finally, looking back, I found that my children have grown up and their relatives have passed away. The time you should spend with them has been devoted to your dreams. Is this result really what you want?
In addition to proposing the trade-off between adult family and dreams, the film also gives a lot of discussions and thoughts on parent education and supporting children’s interest in dreams.
Miguel’s family did not allow him to touch music. After he came to the world of the undead, Zeng Zeng’s grandma did not allow him to touch music, which caused Miguel to risk never going back instead of cursing with this music. Back to the world.
Putting this in reality, it is so similar to many of our families now. Children’s education and interests from childhood to adulthood have clear plans and regulations, and they are not allowed to do this or that.
Dah Cong does not want to take this opportunity to start a big discussion on education issues, but under the dictatorship education that "adults think is good", is it really what children will like and need in the future?
The inner core: death and forgetting
" Remember me" (remember me), this song almost runs through the whole movie, and it is also the core part of the whole movie.
In the world of the undead, people who have died are not lonely. People who have just died can still find their loved ones in the world of the undead, and then reunite to live together.
However, if no one is cherishing you, sacrificing you, remembering you, and you are gradually forgotten, then you will enter the final death, that is, disappear forever.
This is where the film is truly brilliant, using forgetting to mean real death. So as to highlight the connection between the dead and the living relatives.
When Miguel was looking for relatives in the world of the undead, he did not know that the closest person was always by his side during the search.
This also implies that perhaps in this noisy world, the safe haven we can really rely on is the family who has been secretly supporting your progress.
There is a section in the film that moved Dah Cong very much. When coco mother and coco father met, coco mother still could not forgive him for leaving, but the family next to him said the core of the whole film: "You don’t need to forgive, but no Should be forgotten."
Because forgetting means real death.
At this time, they decided to retrieve the photo of coco's father and put it back in the family members.
The famous Mexican writer and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz’s interpretation of death is: "Death is actually the reflection of life. It is the opposite of life, and it is also a supplement to life."
Yes, people are mortal after all, and the only way for the dead to exist in the world is to pass on from generation to generation through the misses and memories of their loved ones.
"Looking for a Dream" uses the adventures of a young boy, never believing in the Day of the Dead, until finally kneeling in front of Grandma Zeng Zengzeng and bouncing "remember me", making Grandma Zeng Zengzeng try hard to remember her former relatives and her father.
And Miguel's mental journey began to change, and he realized the importance of his family, which is the best sublimation of the whole film.
Finally, Dah Cong came to Amway to have a look at the original soundtrack of "Looking for a Dream" .
"Dream" is the first time Pixar has made a music film. It has also spent a lot of effort on the soundtrack of the original soundtrack. There are only three original soundtracks.
In terms of the language of the movie songs, the English version and Spanish ( Spanish spoken in Mexico) were included .
The full 53 songs add up to be longer than the movie time, allowing you to fully enjoy the passionate music of the Mexican style.
There are many interpretations of remember me in it, and there is always one you like.
All in all, bring your family, bring your love, and go to the cinema. There are not many movies with love like this.
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