It should be said that "Summer Wars" is a very traditional film. The traditional rural hometown, the traditional big family family, the traditional interpersonal relationship, and even the theme to be expressed is the traditional extreme friendship, family and love to save the world - but the opening scene of "Summer Wars" makes people nostalgic The sound of the drip - a lot of people remember this opening and the Out-Of a big popular animated movie "The girls passing through the time and space", after, it is a cartoon 3D The picture can't help but make people stunned: isn't the opening advertisement finished yet?
The setting used is the latest virtual reality network, but instead of revolving around a lot of obscure philosophical propositions like works like "The Matrix", it is used to express the most traditional themes. Because this film is so traditional, the author once worried that such a theme would not be used by modern Japanese urban residents who are accustomed to small family life. —Or it should be said that the psychology of people in the East Asian cultural circle is nuanced, and the expressiveness and appeal of the film is just right.
The male protagonist, Kenji Koiso, is a child of a typical small urban family: only one family lives in a single-family house or a single-unit apartment, and the family consists of only parents and children, and most of the children are only children. Parents, parents, and their siblings all live in different places, and they usually have little contact, not to mention visiting. Modern cities have led to more and more small families that are locked in this way. In the Internet age, people who are farthest away from the earth can be within easy reach, but it often puts us within easy reach of the people who should be the closest to us - and many people have become accustomed to or even numb to this situation. However, the Jinnai family is different. Although everyone usually lives in different places, they still communicate closely. If it weren't for the traffic jam caused by OZ, I believe they would all be there (except for Lappei who is playing baseball and preparing to enter Koshien), even those who are abroad all year round The adopted son Wabisuke rushed back. In the big living room of the big house, everyone sits around the big table, happily chatting about their parents’ stories while eating and drinking, and sometimes watching TV together to cheer for their relatives who are competing... The development of the Internet has not allowed their feelings to be Diluted, and such a scene does not know how many people feel envious. Not only the Japanese, but also in the East Asian cultural circle, the Chinese, who traditionally attach great importance to family, are also full of emotion.
The allusions to the name of the virtual network world OZ come from the OZ country in The Wizard of OZ. From its design style, it is not difficult to see that this is a typical fairy tale fantasy style world. However, the irony is that the high-tech network world, which is claimed to be protected by the latest and top world security system, is easily invaded, but the traditional family is united in all struggles, counterattacks, and finally rely on the most traditional Working together to save the world. Although the original intention of Superintendent Hosoda was not to criticize the Internet, it still brought us a little enlightenment - as we look farther and farther and broaden our horizons, have we ignored the people around us?
The reason why this film is traditional is not only reflected in the subject matter, but even the whole film is very traditional in the storyboard and rhythm. From the opening of the movie to the death of Grandma Rong, the time just came to the very middle of the whole movie. The beginning and end of the beginning and the end, and the second half of the beginning of the end, and the official start of the counterattack against the Love machine. While the second half is great, the first half isn't boring either. Although most of them are foreshadowing and statements, except for a small-scale battle between Jiazhuma and Love machine, it is basically a so-called literary drama. However, the ingenious handling of the plot by the supervisor makes everyone not feel bored and bored. Speaking of which, the biggest problem of many live-action and animation blockbusters in Europe, America and Japan in recent years is that the director's skill in handling literary drama is not enough. It seems dull and can only be forced into a bunch of inexplicable fighting scenes and special effects, trying not to attract your heart but also to attract your attention. However, the whole film is at the end of the battle, but everyone has lost their sense of freshness and shock, which directly leads to the fact that no matter how shocking the final ending is designed, everyone has already seen it. This is really a lazy and not worth encouraging. The habit of - well, the topic is too far away, continue to talk about "Summer Wars". The original name of the movie is "Summer Wars", the reason why it is Wars instead of war is because this is not a war of the Jinai family, but a war involving the whole world. Even Ryohei Jinnai, who was destined to not be present at the beginning but struggled in baseball games, is closely related to this war - when Kenji and the others were going well, his performance almost completely blocked the opponent; When the situation was deadlocked, he was dragged into a playoff; when the Love machine raged, he was caught in a hard fight; and when the crisis was finally overcome, he cheered and won. After the return of Uncle Wabisuke, the whole family started to gather for dinner and then started the Jedi counterattack. Xia Xi won the account with a flower card. However, after a mistake, she almost thought there was no hope, but she got the support of people all over the world. Kenji was in the last few minutes. It calculates the password at an increasingly faster speed and even starts to do mental arithmetic at the end. At the last moment, the artificial satellite deviates from the target... The tightness and ups and downs of this plot make the audience almost breathless, just like a marathon runner in the final stage. Sprint in general. As the hot spring spewed out at the end, I could clearly feel that the audience in the movie theater and I both let out a sigh of relief at the same time
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Mamoru Hosoda's appeal has always been very good, so this film has also done a really good job in rhythm control and appeal. The big reversal of the flower card was so burning that I burst into tears. But after the fire was over, I couldn't help but think carefully - why did the heroine, who was just like a passerby before, suddenly needed her to save the world? That's the problem with character programming in the film. Originally, there are a bunch of characters in this big family, and I didn't expect each of them to be outstanding, but anyway, the heroine, you can't let her do almost nothing from the beginning to the end, just make a phone call and play a card. The lack of scenes leads to the far-fetched relationship between the male lead and the female lead - I always feel that the relationship between her and her uncle is much better than that of the male lead. As for the other characters in the family, except for Hema and the adopted uncle, it was not until after the death of the old lady that they began to have their own sense of existence, which is not dazzling.
In fact, I still have a question that I haven't said yet: Why is such a film that focuses on family love, in the end, it still has to solve the problem with the most common bloody episode of saving the world?
There are many other details to complain about: the male protagonist inexplicably received such a long string of messages, and inexplicably solved it in one night with only a pen and a few pieces of paper and his mind that failed to qualify for the Math Olympiad. The riddles that only 55+1 people in the world can solve, and the answers are sent to each other inexplicably. And that's not to mention why the world's most secure passwords can be cracked so easily. And at the time of the life and death of the earth, only the male protagonist of the 55+1 people stood up and tried to maintain world peace. (In other words, can the explosion of a nuclear power plant affect the whole world...) At the end of the game, there are two accounts left inexplicably, one is the original account of the male protagonist, what is the other one? BOSS? If the boss has his own account, why must he grab the male lead's account and use it?
Well, the more you think about this kind of detail, the more it will become, so ignore it. This kind of big family life scene reminds me of my childhood, which is good. But in good conscience, I really don't think SUMMER WARS is good enough to ignore all its flaws. If I really want to comment, this is a film that seems to be free to express its personal style, but is actually tightly bound by established conventions. Superintendent Hosoda Mamoru, keep working hard.
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