It was the previous "Five Centimeters Per Second" and "Beyond the Cloud" that attracted Makoto Shinkai into my field of vision. Every time I think about it, as soon as I know him, he makes me chase for his latest "Children Chasing the Stars" for four years.
Been watching this movie for a long time. But after all, time is too sparse, and it has been staged for many days when I pay attention to it in the midst of the hustle and bustle. The reviews for this film have been overwhelming.
While downloading the film, I browsed the comments.
Much disdain and disappointment.
Unfortunately, it was with these "disappointed" reviews that I started my journey to watch this film.
Fortunately, I am a person who is easily moved.
When I saw Asuna picking up the little trash that was abandoned, I was moved. When I saw that the male teacher walked into the gate of life and death in order to find his lover who had passed away ten years later, I was moved.
Tomorrow's scavenging, I couldn't help but think of San Mao's "Scavenger". After reading it for a long time, more than ten years, I still remember the feeling when I first read it.
Why would a child be so keen on scavenging? In her eyes, those once-useful objects that were abandoned by others may have a sense of life. In her eyes, those little objects were like herself. Once, I was deeply loved by a person, but in the end, I was abandoned by that person without hesitation. like the passing of my father.
In the eyes of a child, the departure of his beloved father, for a child who has not yet been able to clearly understand the meaning of death, what he laments more is his own abandonment. In the eyes of such a child, she herself is like a small object that was discarded like that. Since then, few people care about it, and few people ask, wandering lonely and desolate beside the world and the road.
That's why they feel pity for each other, and that's why they scavenge waste, pick up these small objects on the side of the road in the stray land, and give them a home.
The male teacher's persistent search for the deceased lover must have easily touched many people. After all, we are all people who claim to know how to love.
It's just that few people will go to the underworld like him, even seem stubborn... Why did he choose to go without hesitation, because he was remorseful. When I regretted myself, when the person I loved was alive, I didn't give her enough love.
"In the ten years that you left, I don't know what the meaning of my life is." The male teacher said.
The person you love is gone, and no one will accept the love you want to give. When people are alive, we are busy, and we always think that one day in the future, we will double the compensation. Unfortunately, the future is so unpredictable.
Regret, let him not turn back. Only he went without hesitation. Because many of us, even if someone goes, we do not regret too much for ourselves, but give ourselves too many reasons to excuse ourselves. For example, it is not easy for people to live in the world; for example, I have to go to work.
It's just that the person we love has gone, so what's the point of our life?
Late at night, I was watching this movie alone on my laptop. only once. I also thought that I should read it carefully again, such as those delicate dialogues. In the end it still didn't. Because, some things, we really don't need to see too clearly, or even too technical.
As long as some of the details impress us, that's enough.
Never expect too much, a movie can give us everything we want.
And this is also not the task that a film should undertake.
It's not very clear after all, what chasing the stars means chasing. At this moment, I suddenly remembered that this is only a Chinese translation of the name. Many times, the translation of the name seems to be incomprehensible. Especially for China's current era when the poetic of the false emptiness is better than the exact practical meaning. I never hoped that the translation names given by those people could accurately express the essence of the movie.
All I knew was that the key that opened the door to another world on Shun's chest was shining, and Asuna said, "It's an illusion." From that moment, and then to meet. Then he entered another world. It's a chase.
The male teacher walked into another world with a clear purpose.
What is the purpose of tomorrow's dishes? What is the purpose of her coming to another world to pursue something?
"Maybe it's because of loneliness." Asuna said to herself.
Yes, loneliness, loneliness is shameful, loneliness is easy to breed trouble, loneliness is easy to do nothing. For example, tomorrow's dish is a summary that is too expressive.
In fact, these are all lies to some people.
After hearing about the death of young Shun, he just happened to hear the teacher talk about another world and the resurrection of the dead, so he had hope for the underworld and resurrection.
Maybe Asuna herself is not very clear about the purpose of her trip. Just like us in our youth, it hurts a lot, but doesn't know the exact reason; hates it, but doesn't know what it is.
In fact, her purpose is simple, just to find Shun, and it is best to let Shun be reborn. Although she is not sure how much she loves, although she hesitated and wandered at the entrance of the underworld, she finally walked in. Yes, she was not sure, but like all our young children, she stepped in ignorantly and gave her all without any defense.
For many years, when her father left, she was still young, but she felt the pain of being abandoned by the person she loved.
So, many years later, when she is no longer a childish child, when she suddenly feels another love, she will choose to go and fulfill herself, not wanting her to be abandoned by her loved ones again. This is the stubbornness and perseverance of a child in adolescence.
Compared to the male teacher's infatuation, he was more confused and uncertain, but he was equally persistent and unwavering.
This is the chase. In lonely days, a person silently picks up and takes care of those small objects that have been abandoned. Suddenly, in the boundless night, when he sees the light shining like a star, he chooses to chase .
Chose to chase, because we are indeed too lonely and lonely.
If there is no existence of a beam of light like a star, if we do not choose to run and chase, then what is the meaning of our existence?
We, all the same, are just kids chasing the stars.
No matter, that star is love or hope.
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