I have always had a question: what is the point of animation? In China, animation has always been regarded as exclusively for children, and all kinds of elements that are not suitable for children to watch must be erased. On the one hand, it suppresses the development of China's animation industry, and on the other hand, it forces young people with entertainment needs to look abroad, making the two-dimensional culture in the social circle of young people.
Question When we watch animation, is it just for visual impact and entertainment? Is the meaning of reading also limited to this? Cartoonist Alan Moore believes that comics are the best expression carrier in the world, so he will devote himself to the creation of comics, relying on "Watchmen" and "Batman: The Deadly Joke" to elevate the force of the entire American comic circle. His thoughts on life, justice, evil, and order can be seen everywhere. His words also made me understand that words, TV series, movies, comics, and cartoons are all just carriers. What is important is the ideas they carry, and the philosophies revealed between their plots and the dialogues of the characters.
Therefore, in recent years, big IPs have been hotly fired. Novels, movies, games, and TV dramas are connected to each other, and they are constantly changing. Although the connotation of the works is often changed, it still shows the similarity between these carriers.
Jiang Wen said in "The Round Table School" that Chinese films are good enough, because they are often designed with oriental philosophical thinking, rather than simply listing plots. Hollywood only focuses on telling good stories, delivering heroes to save the world, and freedom and democracy. world values. When I first saw his remarks, I didn't understand the meaning of cultural self-confidence. I thought that Jiang Wen also likes to talk big, but later I found out that he is the one who understands.
Not only Chinese films, but the entire East Asian cultural circle is constantly trying to break free from the shackles of the carrier and express the ideological connotations of the creators more freely. The consistent merging style of East and West in Ang Lee's works, Wong Kar-wai's discussion of interpersonal alienation, the gunfire in To Qifeng's shots, and the friendship and betrayal in the Infernal Affairs, all have a playful oriental philosophical flavor.
Japanese cultural works also show no weakness. In "Seven Samurai", Kikuchiyo on behalf of the farmers questioned the samurai class, "Ghost in the Shell" discusses the relationship between man and machine, between politicians and public servants, "Jinju" " (although the ending is unfinished), the director hopes that the audience will further think about the problems they are thinking while watching it.
The advantage of animation is that it can follow the director's brain out of reality, and create a picture beyond the world and ordinary imagination, which brings a stronger visual and spiritual impact to the audience, so that the audience can intuitively feel the director's thoughts, rather than Just like the special effects of 50 cents, people are ridiculed. When watching the "Memories Trilogy", I kept sighing, this scene is absolutely impossible to arrange, this scene is really impossible to shoot,
I can finally go back to the film itself. The three stories of "Memories Trilogy", with the name of science fiction, all use technology beyond the times to explore human nature.
"Her Memories" relies on the imagination of the future, allowing the audience to follow the expedition team into Ava's memories, and piece together her beautiful but broken sound bit by bit. The whole film is full of Jin-min's strong color impact and rapid scene switching, which makes people like bungee jumping back and forth between the ordinary "now" and Ava's beautiful "past", and people's moods also fluctuate. In the end, I can only sigh and lament Ava's beautiful but deformed life. From the story itself, I think this part is the weakest, but Jin Min hides every part of the plot in his unique way of narration, and throws surprises violently when pushing, so the whole look and feel is the best. It has even been given a strong epic sense, and it feels like it can be expanded to make a feature film.
"The Stinkiest Weapon" is a plain and pungent satire, quite a kind of black humor of "Zbism is its own gravedigger", but the doctrine in the words has to be replaced by militarism. A capsule that was developed as a new weapon was swallowed by a small researcher. People died in groups. The principal first asked him to come quickly, and then he wanted to kill him. In the end, he had no choice but to turn to the United States for help. Dad, as a result, the beautiful dad also lost, and finally all the members were GG. Compared with the cryptic hints of the relationship between South Korea and the United States in "The Monster of the Han River", the irony of "Weapon" is so straightforward that it only summarizes the plot and no longer needs to add any words. I really can't comment too much.
"Street of Cannons" is the shortest, only 20 minutes, but it left the deepest impression on me, where people look like zombies, men join the army, women make weapons, and everything children learn is also for the service of war. Under the high pressure of the war, everyone has become a small part, but they don't know who the enemy is, let alone what the meaning of the battle is. They are just repeating simple labor, and facing victory is only symbolic. Perfunctory. Children still retain a lively nature, but they can only display their nature in their own homes. As soon as they enter the classroom, they are devastated by militaristic thoughts. The so-called dream is only to become a more powerful commander, not to be like a father. artillery. As everyone knows, the war has made everyone disgusted, and only the commander who has caused the "pink eye" will hesitate.
The reason why the movie is called "Memories" is probably because the first paragraph really tells about memories, and if the world develops like the second and third paragraphs, then the world will only have memories.
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