Movie Recommendation: Wolf Walker - Don't Limit the Possibilities That Exist

Keith 2022-03-21 09:02:59

▲ "Wolf Walker" - the third work of the Irish legend series, the first two works are "The Secret of the Book of Kells" (I saw it many years ago, I am very impressed, I recommend everyone to come and see it) "Song of the Sea". The team insisted on a large number of hand-painted animations, which is very ingenious. This reminds me of the animations that were also heavily hand-drawn that I saw when I was a kid. Every frame of the picture is full of vitality from the big forest, especially Miba, who grew up as a wolf walker since she was a child, she is so happy and comfortable, jumping up and down in the forest, happy and grudge, this character reminds me of martial arts novels Some of the characters who lived outside the secular system since childhood and grew up in nature. She knew that she was different, but she didn't care. She was so identified with her identity and form of existence that she would not think about the possibilities outside this identity, because all possibilities lived through this identification. out the maximum value and activity. Looking at her natural beauty, I was thinking that humans can be so energetic, why do they set so many limits for themselves?

▲ The era of this film was in 1650, when the English colonists expanded their territory in Ireland. The film's use of political struggles is quite understated, and it seems to be intentionally weakening, but there are still many details, such as the heroine ROBIN When her father in the army came to Ireland from England, the local children were hostile to her. The local shepherd only criticized a few words, and he was put on shackles and imprisoned all the time. . .

▲ Use fear to achieve domination. It's easier to manipulate people's hearts with fear. Are wolves really that scary? Is it the wolf who does all evil? Does capturing the beasts represent the power of the regime and its goodwill towards the people? Was it the wolf who broke the peace?

▲ The protector of the country has always been in the name of God, and he was still repeating for God until he was pushed off the cliff at the end. How sure is he? Does God really want to burn down the forest and wipe out other species?

▲ The film reflects a tug-of-war between a lot of powers. Country to Country; Duke Protector to his soldiers; ROBIN's father to ROBIN; Age's restrictions on women; Age's suppression of witch energy; Humans and animals; Humans and nature.

▲ At the beginning of the film, Miba and her mother performed energy healing on the injured shepherd through their hands, and in the subsequent sessions, there was also healing for Miba's mother, which was achieved by connecting to a higher power. This kind of energy healing, especially through the hands, has been around for a long time in every culture.

▲ It is indeed not easy to leave the mainstream and identify with one's own identity. Children seem to be braver than adults. This movie is also great for kids to watch.

▲ The music is also really good. The film is really not high, I hope more people will see this film.

View more about Wolfwalkers reviews

Extended Reading
  • Madyson 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    The fourth work of the Irish Cartoon Salon is innovative in the wonderful two-dimensional hand-painting. Different spaces have different painting styles. The city is rigid, gloomy (the castle is even depicted as a gray prison), homogeneous and regular, with sharp edges and corners. (mainly geometric shapes such as straight lines, squares and triangles), forests and nature are soft, bright, highly saturated, continuous and full of curves (natural shapes). The sprinting and jumping scene of the wolf walker after falling asleep and the wolf soul coming out of the body is like a charcoal sketch, rough and unrestrained, vividly conveying the taste of freedom, while the gray environment and colorful smell/sound track lines connect the perception of the animal. visualize. However, the story and characters are not deep enough, and some places are far-fetched (especially the ins and outs of the father-daughter relationship). Although there are many shadows of [Avatar] [Princess Mononoke] in the play, the setting of female protagonists and female-female cooperation (potential lily love) to save mother/nature and defeat or conquer (anti-domestication) father makes sense . The ending is too fairy tale, and a series of binary oppositions also make the film easy to read in terms of ecocriticism, postcolonialism, queerness, and psychoanalysis. (8.0/10)

  • Claud 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    The golden wolf totem, may the mountains and forests be reborn. PS Dad picked up a wife for nothing and became a wolf king, get out of your cage, woohoo~~~