It's a fairy tale after all

Nella 2021-11-12 08:01:14

On the night of the Qixi Festival, although still wearing white-collar clothes, the mood of going on a date is similar to the mood of dressing up, so the pace of going to the Vientiane City Cinema becomes lighter. From the most human scene-the workplace, to the dream theater-the cinema, what makes people excited is not only the Valentine's Day meeting, although the latter is more affordable and more important! Haha~
Look at this Shrek, even if the scheming dwarf Rambo, even if Shrek really signs the trap contract, even if it wants to get true love from Fiona, who is committed to revolution, in just one day Kiss, but it will not bring any burden to the audience, because in the end Fiona will always be relieved of the curse, Shrek will always return to his happy life, and true love will always be shinning. This is a fairy tale. Even though this is not Disney, DreamWorks will still raise the banner of warmth and family. When the fourth film was filmed, who else would maintain the irony of angry youth and wit?
However, as smart as I can see a trace of irony. This irony is not in the plot of the movie, nor in the metaphor of the theme song after the film ends, but in the audience. For example, during the screening, I used my spare time to scan at the speed of light and sat next to me-Ben, who shared a two-person popcorn set meal with me, saw that Shrek had just signed the contract and returned. When the state of "one person eats full and the whole family is not hungry" is in a state of joy, I can't help but smile and make heartfelt laughter from time to time, ha ha. This classmate was once full of liberal thoughts, and can only be described by the four-character full name "angry youth". The abbreviation of "angry youth" is not enough! Then, because he chose the very clingy classmate Alex among the crowd and held hands to fight so far, he had to change himself and start to be a good man, and he changed from an ogre who was defeated by a flower to a person in the film. The situation of Shrek, a middle-aged man with a big belly, is very similar. Shrek still had that moment at least, and the broad classmates around him who were like Ben classmate had no choice but to spend their days day after day. The things of completely carefree days and falling in love with a woman again (of course, only this person is his own wife, is the moral requirement) things are to be slowly worn away by the days, just like a lyrics by Eason Chan : I can find a small shop in the dust, but I can’t return to the day when I fall in love, and my spiritual energy may have been polluted long ago. Who will live unchanged?
It is not easy and nostalgic to retain one's own characteristics in a group society. If this group is thoughtful and civilized, then at least it will not be all the classic characters of Disney, and it will be somewhat of the mainstream of the first few movies. I have become ironic. At this point, there are small waves of reflection in my heart. Alex can't be so clingy. He should always provide Ben with a separate space and take the initiative to create a fairy tale nest in the world, so that Ben can enjoy himself in it. "Mud Bath" and "Eyeball Martini".
A fairy tale is a fairy tale after all. After leaving the scene, I will return to the daily life of firewood, rice, oil and salt. No matter how beautiful the fairy tale is, it can only be a moment of relaxation. The beauty of daily life is the most affordable, although it is also the most rare. How much self-laziness needs to be overcome, and the endurance of dull repetition... Gu Gu, it's painful to think of it. Could this world be such a purgatory, and only by overcoming all of this can we reach that fairy-tale paradise.

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Shrek Forever After quotes

  • Puss in Boots: Feed me, if you dare.

  • Shrek: Okay, I know you don't remember me but we're married, and at the birthday party with some pigs and a puppet, the villagers wanted me to sign their pitchforks and this boy kept saying 'do the roar! do the roar!' Then I punched the cake that the pigs ate, and the next thing I knew, my donkey fell in your waffle hole.