The cartoon salon has been completed again. In Song of the Sea, there are two lines in the picture book and the protagonist's time and space. The protagonist's family is the projection of Irish legend, Ben's father is the "big hero" Mike who lost his love and turned into a stone statue, his grandmother is the owl witch Macha, and the old barman It's the white-haired old man in the cave. In fact, the correspondence of each character is not only the comparison of the character's situation and relationship, but also the obvious correspondence can be seen in the character image. Cher and her mother are seal elves, and the elves seem to be destined to leave their families as victims. This seemingly necessary sacrifice, in my opinion, should be the projection of the separation of relatives that people encounter in their lives. When people are lost in grief, they will It gradually turned into a stone statue, closed itself, worried others, and even hurt others. But what awakens the statue at the end of the film is an old Irish folk song passed down orally. There is power in the song, like liberating the emotions contained in a glass bottle and releasing the imprisoned soul. I think what Song of the Sea wants to tell us is how to face up to the soul after losing what we hold dear, and how to find light in the black hole of sadness. The cartoon salon is still full of imagination and sense of design on the screen. In the beautiful shots, you can feel the studio's desire to celebrate the traditional Irish culture through this film. But in the first 50 minutes, the script was slightly lacking. The conflicts and contradictions between Ben and Cher and the humorous scenes were not dense enough, which made me look a little distracted, but the flaws did not hide the good. As an adult audience, I can still gain insights from it. A good work.
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