Watched: 1/2 Magic

Alanis 2022-03-24 09:01:50

The story takes place in a family of three. The protagonist is timid and cowardly and likes to avoid everything, but he has the talent of a magician; the protagonist's brother is enthusiastic and cheerful, with a good IQ, but no magic talent; his mother loves two children; his father died young.

The story takes place on the protagonist's birthday. He finds that a gift left by his father records how to make the deceased walk on earth again for a day. The protagonist made a mistake to use magic to summon their father's lower body, but the magician was gone, so with the help of the older brother, the brothers began to look for the magic stone. On the way, the younger brother was forced to overcome his cowardice, and the relationship between the brothers became better and better. Finally, they found the magician and summoned the father at the last moment of the sun setting.

This ending seems a bit regrettable, but as expected, the protagonist wants to spend a day with his father, wants to be cheerful and optimistic, not escaping, this has been done in the process of finding the Philosopher's Stone with his brother. the original intention.

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Extended Reading
  • Mohammed 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    It may be that the previous expectations were too high, and I did not feel too surprised after watching it, but felt that this was an extremely mediocre Pixar animation. The development of the whole story is too insurance, setting a huge world view but applying the lowest plot framework, the two main lines unfold at the same time, but the distribution is seriously uneven, the main line of the manticore is simply weak and can be ignored. And the whole film is also full of Electra complex. There is a skeleton head in front of the dream, and the lower body of the dream in the back, but the hug at the last moment is a little touching. It seems that the next step is to give "soul".

  • Juliet 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    1. The setting of intelligence and interest applies the elements of the magical world of Middle-earth to the anthropomorphic human civilization, and develops a collision and interpretation of human nature and animal nature, technology and magic, which is really "crazy zoo"; 2. The family drama with the theme of father and son, brotherhood, and family love is very "Pixar" as always, and the view of the hole at the end is contagious; 3. It actually pays tribute to [Little Dragon Club]! Arouse the collective childhood memories of the post-80s generation! Very "Disney"! 4. But the plot feels like watching "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", very "Warner Brothers"...

Onward quotes

  • [after finding out they went back to New Mushroomton near the end of their journey to get the Phoenix Gem]

    Ian Lightfoot: Oh, no.

    Barley Lightfoot: What?

    Ian Lightfoot: The gem is in the mountain. The mountain we could have been to hours ago, if we'd just... stayed on the expressway.

    Barley Lightfoot: No, the expressway is too obvious! You can never take the obvious...

    Ian Lightfoot: If I hadn't listened to you! OKAY? I can't believe this... You act like you know what you're doing, but you don't have a clue! And that's because you are a screwup... And now you've screwed up my chance to have the ONE thing I never had!

    [Barley was shocked; Ian turns and starts walking off with their dad Wilden]

    Barley Lightfoot: [saddened] Where are you going?

    Ian Lightfoot: [gives Barley the staff] To spend what little time we have left with Dad.

    Barley Lightfoot: Ian, wait! We can still find the Phoenix Gem! We just have to keep looking! Ian! IAN!

  • Ian Lightfoot: I never had a dad, but I always had you.