Weird performance carries rich content

Virginie 2022-03-21 09:02:52

From "Alice in Wonderland", "Pirates of the Caribbean" series or "Harry Potter" series, this kind of fantasy adventure film, we are all guided to a new world that does not want to do with the real world but has concrete rules, look and feel And the theme is clear, but if you don't read the book, there is not much to think about.

The story takes place in a painting world created by the girl herself, the city is black on one side and white on the other. Because the princess of the black world wanted to get rid of the queen's control, she used the mirror to escape to the real world and exchanged with the real heroine. If she wants to return to reality and defeat her cowardly self (which implies that her mother's surgery will also be successful), she needs to find a spell to break this predicament.

This movie has achieved a different realm in the aftertaste after watching. Especially in the movie scene, the painting world created by the heroine herself is full of fantasy and strange colors. After the female lead was exchanged, the black world in the city of dreams took the lead, the whole picture was rather dim, but the spell was hidden where the sun was. People in the city are wearing masks, but they are most afraid of real and vivid faces. Elements such as sphinxes, floating giants, black lava, weird masked faces, and even tempered books all contain many special symbols, and these symbols have their own profound meanings behind them.

This is a movie worth watching again and again.

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Mirrormask quotes

  • Black Queen: You need a pretty frock and a happy smile.

    Helena: A smile?

    Black Queen: With a smile on your face everything will seem brighter because from now on we are... what?

    Helena: I don't know.

    Black Queen: Tell her.

    Black Queen's Guard: Uh, not at home to Mr. Grumpy, your majesty.

    Black Queen: Exactly.

  • Helena: [during opening credits, playing with sock puppets] Ha! You may think I'm a hardhearted black sock, but underneath this dark woolly exterior is a naked pink foot.

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