After reading it, I was a little disappointed, but not too disappointed. Because I always say that Makoto Shinkai's next work after "Your Name" will definitely be a "not outstanding" movie, which is also confirmed from his supervision career, "The development of things is a twist and turns. forward, spiral upward" truth. So I wouldn't be surprised if this work falls to the bottom. To be honest, it is in line with my expectations, quite satisfactory.
To be honest, this work, like "Children Chasing the Stars", should be the lower limit work of Makoto Shinkai, "Five Centimeters Per Second" and "Your Name." "Should be his upper limit work. But the difference is that, unsurprisingly, Xin Haicheng's lower limit should not be lower than this work. And his upper limit, we still do not know.
I agree with what my sister said, the audience who empathized deeply after watching "Weathering With You" are likely to be young boys and girls in their youth, but if it is a 30-year-old uncle, it's like Oguri Shun in the film. I am very interested in how people who play the same role will feel after watching this work.
In fact, I have always believed that I have not grown up, and I am still the same me in junior high school. I have not grown and made no progress, even after working for more than a year. Every behavior of the hero Fan Gao in the film reminds me of my 14-year-old self, who is kind-hearted, insists on what he sees and thinks is right, and wants to love but cannot judge or express his feelings. But now, after watching it, I don't have any inner turmoil. I don't think it's a good thing, I've always wondered if I've lost a lot compared to the younger, slightly frivolous me.
I personally think that the biggest problem with this work is that it has not explained to the audience a problem that Makoto Shinkai has never explained, or it is impossible to explain, that is, why do we love each other, or say "what is Love". Honestly, at my level, I don't think I'm even qualified to ask this question. In "Your Name. ”, this question is more perfunctory, and in Makoto Shinkai’s more earlier works, this point is filled by Makoto Shinkai’s usual lonely atmosphere, but this work may be said to be answered in a very “youthful” way this problem. We can't see through this, but it makes "older" audiences unable to agree. I have to say that Xin Haicheng's love is ordinary love, and it is the love of poor people. It is not a national couple whose family is rich enough to give each other gifts, and I am a handsome man and you are a beautiful girl. You and I are just because we are lonely, because we are young, because we have more or less similar situations, meet by chance, and fall in love at a glance, and this is exactly what we, in reality, get married for the sake of marriage, and make money and earn money for the sake of marriage. Ordinary people who want a house, earn a car, and pay off a loan want but cannot get it.
And another failure, as I said before, without the suffocating loneliness, Xin Haicheng can be said to have thrown away the weapon that he is best at on the tragic battlefield. And the miraculous encounter that you are my destined lover, can only be said to be too ordinary in this work.
To be honest, I personally think that this work is still an experimental work by Makoto Shinkai. Although I don't think he will treat each project differently. "Children Chasing the Stars" is an experimental work by Makoto Shinkai. Makoto Shinkai challenged traditional Japanese animations such as Hayao Miyazaki, but the effect was not good. And this work gives me a personal feeling that Shinkai Makoto has challenged American road films again. "The Catcher in the Rye" that appears in the film is believed to be the epitome of the protagonist Fangao. Of course, it is different from the protagonist in "The Catcher in the Rye". I personally think that Fangao has found some answers about himself and even this vast world. .
Finally, let's talk about this most worthy of discussion, or the controversial ending that made keyboard warriors crazy. To be honest, my answer is no answer. I have imagined myself as a sail high several times, if it were me, how would I choose. All I can say is that if it was me at 14, I would have made the same choice as him, but now I am not sure. To be honest, what our country has always admired is the family-state system. Sacrifice personal values in exchange for the stability and "happiness" of the nation and the nation. But then again, if the state cannot protect the value of the individual, what is the point of the state. So this is a contradiction. Will giving up the interests of the few for the sake of the many will eventually turn into a desperate ending like Kiritsugu? Even if it didn't develop to such a point, I personally think who gave us such a calm and well-deserved reason for "killing". But then again, as individuals, what qualifications do we have to cause such a big trouble to others? How many people will be injured and therefore lose a lot. You know, the previous typhoon that passed through Japan also caused dozens of deaths. Perhaps, no matter what we choose, we will become "murderers". But this is also the nature of the world to a certain extent. Maybe, like the movie says, don't think how crazy you are doing. Because the world itself is crazy. It's not your fault, it's the world.
Finally, let's talk about where "Weathering With You" is good. The mature and relatively fixed background art team has brought Makoto Shinkai's consistent style to the limit. From this point of view, it may be the pinnacle of all Xin Haicheng's works. This is really the crystallization of many years of mutual cooperation, which is not easy. Although the music of RADWIMPS is not brilliant, it is very consistent with the temperament of this work and the core idea of Makoto Shinkai. I have to say, Xin Haicheng and RADWIMPS are really a combination of bosom friends. The last part of the Japanese drama run is very touching, and the last tears left by the character played by Shun Oguri is also really moving. People who have lost important people and important happiness, seeing their younger self, naturally want to "recover" all of this.
From the production point of view, the level of this work has dropped without the presence of big bosses such as Ando Yaji, Matsumoto Kensheng, Huang Se Kazuya, and Okura Keizhi. In terms of the original words, there are actually many experts in the industry, but as Uncle Jia said, the complexity of the layout is obviously insufficient, which directly leads to the lack of information in the picture, the level of character acting is not enough, and some long shots have no new content coming in, it seems A little boring".
All in all, Weathering With You did let me down a bit, but I wasn't too disappointed. I think it's worth the effort. I know that there will inevitably be a lot of "rhythm" and "storms" to criticize Makoto Shinkai and how bad this work is, but I think that being able to get such criticism is itself a kind of recognition. It itself represents Xin Haicheng's own strength. Finally, I want to say that if possible, I hope that I can look forward to the next work of Brother Cheng, and I also hope that I can meet Brother Cheng in the next and next work. Hope to enjoy the wine together at the next peak.
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