About the second element
A strange phenomenon of Japanese film and television in recent years is that a large number of anime works are keen to adapt to live-action movies, but few of them are truly successful. Anime fans feel that live-action movies cannot be compared to anime, and ordinary movie audiences will also find it rather strange. In the end, neither side was happy.
I personally think that if it is not for profit, there is really no need for the two-dimensional animation to become a live-action movie. Although the two-dimensional works inherently lack the realism of the real world, they also get a lot of benefits because of the lack of realism. For example, to realize the unrestrained idea at the lowest possible cost, another example, once the audience accepts the author's art style and story setting, it is easy to enter the story, and even become a loyal fan, even if the plot is flawed, the script is artificial, It may not be a problem at all.
Furthermore, due to the fierce competition, different creators and creative teams will also bring different art styles and stories to seek breakthroughs, which is undoubtedly a good thing for two-dimensional fans.
The acceptance of two-dimensional works is polarized in itself. People who like it will like it very much (for example, I follow it regularly), and people who don’t accept it will ignore it, and even arbitrarily think that these works are boring, young, and lack depth... The same is true of Makoto Shinkai's works. I have read a lot of comments and think that "Your Name" and "Weathering With You" are not realistic enough, the storytelling is not enough, and the script lacks originality.
If I have never seen Makoto Shinkai, I would also tend to think that the picture and style are beautiful, but the foundation of the story is indeed weak, but people are always strange, including me. I was impressed by some parts of "The Court", so I didn't want to focus too much on the disadvantages of the work. I always felt that the new work was released, and I should watch it, because Makoto Shinkai already has a well-formed and successful art style and visual language. He has his own uniqueness, enough.
juvenile aesthetics
I don't know since when, "juvenile" has become a topic that people are keen to discuss (probably because of "middle-aged greasy"), and juvenile is indeed a particularly special stage in life, secondary sexual characteristics have already appeared, However, he is still childish. He has gradually formed his own outlook on life, world outlook and values. There is a desire in his heart, even a strong desire, but there is a gap in both physical strength and material basis. It can be said that it is both contradictory and mature. Being immature is in a state of "innocence" because you don't weigh the pros and cons the way older people do.
This is the case with Chen Nianxiaobei in the recently released "Youth of You", as is Bailong in Chen Kaige's "The Legend of the Demon Cat". What he does is out of his heart.
Makoto Shinkai is also particularly keen on teenage stories, and seems to have some kind of paranoia. "Your Name" pushes the beauty of teenage stories to the extreme. Boys and girls meet in dreams, exchange bodies, find each other, with a certain Light fantasy type romance.
"Weathering With You" still continues this style. A teenager who ran away from home went to Tokyo alone, and met a girl who could turn a rainy day into a sunny day. The two took care of each other, and they liked it, and it was just because of this emotion. , but became the whole reason for one person to save another.
From the perspective of art style, the content of his paintings is based on the real world, huge bustling cities, crowded people, clean streets, colorful billboards, moving trams... Almost strives to be consistent with reality, but also has With the ultimate tenderness and delicacy, the leaves swaying, the ripples of the raindrops falling, the textured delicacy is undoubtedly a visual enjoyment, not to mention that there are a lot of shots about the magnificent sky and clouds, those light and shadow changes, colors and colors. Lines, each frame can independently form a work.
In terms of stories, Makoto Shinkai is good at drawing nutrients from urban legends and traditional Japanese culture, adding mild fantasy, and at the same time drawing on mature Hollywood story patterns and bridges . Buy it, but at least it is a relatively safe solution, so I also understand those who accuse Weathering With You of the lack of storytelling, the script is indeed a little weaker. (After all, Makoto Shinkai already has such an excellent art style. If the story goes further, we can expect him to become the "next Hayao Miyazaki" in the future.)
Judging from the past animation movies, the art style and the story are complementary, but the art style will cover up the weakness of the story to some extent, but the final comprehensive quality may still depend on the story, similar to the bucket effect, look at the short board, Unless the art style of the movie is strongly groundbreaking, see Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
On the whole, "Weathering With You" is slightly worse than "Your Name", but it is still a two-dimensional movie that I like and want to watch, and I also think that Makoto Shinkai is becoming more and more familiar with his "juvenile aesthetics" and relax. At the end of the story, he is not obsessed with the setting of "two people meet and change the world", but "would rather give up the world for you". Tokyo is sinking, so let it sink, very relaxed state of mind.
Why are so many literary works keen to discuss juveniles? Or is that time has its scary things, one of which is that once a person enters a certain age, the physical and psychological characteristics and states will change subtly. When you realize it later, all you can do is Regret and sigh, when consuming this type of subject matter, subconsciously is a kind of compensation.
Based on multiple considerations of history and culture, we believe that there is a contradiction in Japanese people. On the one hand, they advocate beauty and elegance, and pursue the beautiful parts of nature and human nature. On the other hand, they are prone to extremes and fall into fanaticism. and madness.
This kind of contradiction is also reflected in a large number of works. Some of the content of pornography and violence is chilling, how can it be perverted and twisted to such a situation, while others are so beautiful that they are shocking, moving, and people are willing to believe in human beings and the world will get better.
In my opinion, both extremes are ways of venting, because this is a society that pays special attention to order and hierarchy, observes etiquette and pays attention to human feelings, and sociality squeezes human nature, and over time there will naturally be extreme venting.
Obviously, Xin Haicheng belongs to the beautiful category.
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