It should be the third time, of course, and as expected, it has improved compared to the first two times.
1999 is still 2000, I’m still young, it was very enjoyable when I watched it for the first time, and it was naturally the fight scenes that were enjoyable. I always skipped boring narratives and confessions, and reminisced over and over again that “justice” defeated “evil”. "law. At that time, it was very expensive to watch. A VCD can only record one or two episodes, and it cost 10 yuan a disc. A "big gift package" of TV full episodes would cost hundreds of yuan. I snickered, not knowing what to think at the time.
Of course, the mainland version of "Tian Ying" that Sister Ju Ping sang the theme song must not be counted again, it was abridged and disgusting. The second time should have happened two or three years ago. At that time, it was naturally not as simple as watching a "Robot War" war like Gundam. What shocked was its plot, which was too exaggerated and imaginative. More philosophy and religion, although I don't understand it at all, but in my mind, EVA is definitely an epoch-making work.
Then today is this one, first of all, like many people who first saw it, bloody, violent, dark, terrifying, Anno Hideaki is almost a lunatic, rendering too much religious color, and it can even be called a deliberate show off and Contrived characterization. So much so that I still haven't understood the content with religious symbols.
Of course, except for this part, this film is still a masterpiece in the history of Japanese animation. The three children with seemingly different personalities, silence, cowardice, and unrestrainedness are all illusions. What is hidden under these appearances is a deep loneliness, an unspeakable loneliness. The loneliness in the heart is unspeakable, so it can only be solved by driving the EVA, through the killing in battle, through the praise and glory obtained after victory to cover up the loneliness in the heart. Let's take a closer look, isn't that the case with Misato, Ritsuko, every character in the play?
If I want to sum it up in one sentence - people are lonely after all, and this sentence can be expanded infinitely. Because of loneliness, human beings choose to live in groups; because of loneliness, human beings have invented various convenient ways to shorten the distance between each other; also because of loneliness, people have to do everything possible to cover up loneliness; All kinds of senses of accomplishment have filled my lonely heart; and to obtain a unique sense of accomplishment, it is necessary to compete with each other through you, or even die. . .
Going back to the content, I agree that the AT force field is indeed a bright spot. In the last two episodes of the TV version, it is clearly mentioned that the AT force field is not only owned by EVA and the apostles, but exists in everyone's heart. Let the film focus on the relationship between people and put it in the real world. This force field is equivalent to a layer of "membrane" of the individual, and it is a protection for each individual when he exists as an individual. . Only when the force field (stance) is neutralized can real contact be made between people. On the contrary, just like Akagi mother and son and Ikari Yuandu, emotionless hugs and even physical contact are all a process of destruction.
Finally, let’s talk about the processing of pictures and music. This time I watched it with headphones, so the three-dimensional sense is also richer. What I feel most deeply is the processing of the echo effect, such as those clips of Shinji talking to himself. , the interspersed left and right channels, and the mixing of different dubbing, all make the auditory achieve a more shocking effect. On the screen, the most should be the sense of simplicity, which is not beautiful, but very simple and clean, similar to the use of long shots in documentaries. Overall performance is excellent.
Of course, this is just my superficial remark. If a work is to be called a good work, it must allow different readers to have different opinions. The reason why a work can be called a good work is that Because it can give the same reader different thinking space. EVA is the latter. Therefore, "people are lonely after all." I hope that I can have a higher-level understanding of this point of view when I read it next time. I believe that breakthroughs are inevitable.
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