"Moonrise Kingdom" (Moonrise Kingdom) can be described as a dream crafted by director Wes Anderson with the magic of light and shadow. The vivid retro tone of the film, the animation-like exaggerated and extremely simple lens control, the gorgeous and elegant scene setting and the smart and appropriate soundtrack give this dream a fairytale color, which makes people deeply immersed in it.
The film is set in 1965 on the remote island of New Panzan Island. It tells the story of the 12-year-old boy Sam and the girl Susie eloped. Although the film's storyline and performance techniques are exaggerated and absurd, they fully reveal the conflicts and contradictions between the children's world and the adult world. The children's steadfastness, courage, and calmness are in sharp contrast with the adults' cowardice, retreat, and perplexity.
The film uses these two children's innocent pursuit of love and perseverance to alert those adults who have lost themselves in trivial life: Have you forgotten how to love? Do you still have a pure land of love like the "Yuesheng Kingdom" in your heart, still cherishing the simplest guardianship and the most beautiful vows?
At the beginning of the film, accompanied by the monotonous and boring commentary of "Youth Orchestra Guide", the girl Susie and her family appeared before our eyes one by one. Each of them is like an instrument introduced in the commentary, playing a specified melody in a specified chapter, and living a life without novelty and passion. Susie’s mother, Laura, and father, Walter, always do their own things, and look good; the three naughty brothers are always laughing and playing in the grid-shaped room;
And Susie often looks around alone with her binoculars. 12-year-old Susie wore a delicate and neat checkered skirt with a floral collar and bright blue eyeshadow. She had an overly serious and calm face that did not match her age. She is reticent, unsmiling, and sometimes receives strange letters that seem incompatible with her family.
At the same time, there is another place as dull and dull as her home on the small blocked island where Susie's home is located, that is the Khaki Scout training camp where 12-year-old Sam is. The discipline here is strict and precision is required everywhere. Chief Ward is responsible for militarized management and field survival training for the Boy Scouts, in order to teach them some field survival skills and cultivate their ability to live independently.
But Sam didn't seem to understand the good intentions of the adults. On a sunny morning, he secretly fled with all the necessary equipment.
Chief Ward and Sheriff Sharp immediately contacted Sam's parents, but they were told that Sam was only their adopted child, and they had just terminated the adoption relationship with Sam not long ago and handed him over to the social service agency.
The two who knew Sam's life could not help but sympathize with him, and quickly launched a large-scale search. The Boy Scouts in Sam’s camp also joined the tracing team. However, just as they were looking for Sam everywhere, Susie also quietly left home. If Susie's mother accidentally discovered the correspondence between Susie and Sam later, the adults would never have expected that the seemingly unrelated escape of the two children was a carefully planned "elopement."
Sam and Susie met in the dressing room of the church drama performance a year ago. They were attracted to each other because of their similar loneliness. In the following year, the two deepened their understanding of each other through letters.
In this way, the two lonely children hit it off and met to escape the world they didn't like. Although they are only 12 years old and don't know what love is, they know that only when they are with the person who understands them best, the heart will not be alone. The two children walked through most of the small island without fear and difficulty-no regrets, no complaints, just a relaxed suit after getting away from the injury, only a firm step forward.
The picturesque scenery on the island is lined with the figures of the two together, like a fairy tale dream.
Compared to the warm harmony of Sam and Susie, the adult world is in chaos. It was not until the night that Susie disappeared that her parents found out that she was missing. Susie's father Walter found out that Sheriff Sharp was still guarding his door in the middle of the night for the first time. Suspicions were suddenly alive. Laura and Sharp were a little flustered, afraid of two. People's personal affair was discovered by Walter...
Under the command and dispatch of Sheriff Sharp, the well-trained Boy Scouts first found Sam and Susie. The Boy Scouts headed by Redford ignored the warnings of Chief Ward and tried to catch them with violence. Sam and Susie naturally refused to compromise. During the confrontation between the two sides, Susie stabbed Redford with scissors. The Boy Scouts fled in fright, Sam and Susie took the opportunity to leave.
Sam took Susie to the place he had long liked, Old Chickchaw.
This is a small circular beach with blue water and scattered rocks. It is a quiet and peaceful land that no one has ever intruded on. They have designated it as their territory, swimming and playing, releasing their long-repressed passion and vitality. .Sam painted for Susie in the sun, Susie reads her favorite stories to Sam by the campfire; Sam made earrings from fish hooks and insects to Susie, and the two embraced each other in French jazz. Dance.
Free and good times are always short. Soon, Susie's parents and Sheriff Sharp found their hiding place. This dream fell from the most beautiful heaven to hell. Susie was brutally taken home by her parents. Laura tried to persuade Susie not to meet Sam again, but Susan did not compromise. In her heart, the mother who looks close to her father but is ambiguous with the sheriff is not qualified to talk about love with her.
Compared to Susie, Sam's side is even worse. He learned that he was abandoned by his adoptive parents again. Because of the seriousness of this elopement incident, he may be sent to a ruthless juvenile prison by the social service organization, and may even receive painful and cruel electric shock treatment. Before the people from the social service agency arrived, the compassionate Sheriff Sharp took Sam back home and temporarily became a guardian. He tried to persuade Sam and give him some comfort, only to find that he was nothing but a sad man who couldn't control his life.
With the help of their fellow Boy Scouts, Sam and Susie fled again. At night, they rowed across the sea in a small boat and fled to another camp of the Boy Scouts. Under the witness of his partners, Sam and Susie held a wedding. This may be one of the most comical and absurd plots in the whole film, but in the eyes of the child, all of this is so sacred and serious, not tolerant of profanity, and it is not a trifling matter.
Because of this, Sam’s Boy Scout partners are so serious about helping the couple in their hearts to elope. Even in the process of fleeing in a panic and haste, they did not forget to hold a wedding for them, and even a legal civil notary was in charge of the wedding. Host.
The storm on New Phanzan Island is known to be violent, and this time is no exception. Floods caused by heavy rains destroyed the dam and swept across the island. The island was in chaos, and people all rushed to St. Jack’s church on the island to take shelter in accordance with the recommendations of the weather station. The two boy scouts who were performing the "fleeing chase" did not escape the storm.
After a while, Sam led the Boy Scouts on his side to get rid of the chasing soldiers and successfully arrived at St. Jack's Church. At this time, Susie's parents, Sharp, the ward and the Boy Scouts of various camps all arrived at the church.
Then the staff of the social service agency also came, and she ordered Sharp to hand over Sam to take him away.
Faced with the ruthless staff of the social service agency, Sam and Susie climbed up the steeple of the church, intending to jump from there to escape in the choppy flood below.
At the last critical moment, Sharp, with the assistance of lawyers couple Laura and Disney, finally persuaded the stubborn social service agency staff that Sharp finally got permission to adopt Sam.
With a home, Sam no longer has to worry about being sent to the juvenile control office. Sam and Susie are also rescued by Sharp who catches up in time, and everyone is relieved.
In this stormy night, the stubborn life and death of the two children awakened everyone. What they have may not be regarded as true love, but mutual understanding, compassion, love and trust between people. Faced with the test of life and death, they may behave very naively, but they are able to persevere and persevere. If it weren’t for this incident, Laura and Walter would not have discovered that they had a day of concerted efforts, nor would they have begun to learn to communicate and understand; if it were not for this incident, Sharp would not have discovered that they were just too lonely. I can’t forget Laura; if it weren’t for this incident, Ward wouldn’t have discovered that he was actually capable of being an excellent boy scout camp commander... The children used their pure and firm guardianship of love to make adults Get rid of numbness and confusion, and learn to love and understanding.
At the end of the film, the commentary of the "Guide to Youth Orchestra" is cleverly introduced, but this time it tells us: Although different instruments are suitable for playing different melody, they can be combined but can play a harmonious and beautiful movement. The same is true between them. Although their personalities and professions are different, they can live harmoniously and happily together with love and understanding. After the storm, everything becomes so beautiful: Ward became extremely confident, and the Boy Scouts began to unite and love each other. , Sharp is accompanied by Sam, Walt and Laura become affectionate, Sam and Susie are no longer alone.
Sam and Susie named the beach they found "Moonrise Kingdom", and now they no longer have to struggle to find this dream land, because it exists in everyone's heart.
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