The Only Law of Solving Power - A Stronger Power

Jamel 2022-03-27 09:01:09

Children's films are always full of strong allegories. The main idea of ​​the film is that giants will mutilate human beings, especially children. When the little protagonist was captured by the good-hearted giant and faced the danger of being swallowed by the carnivorous giant, in her smart and brave head, a plan that could end the bad guy came into being: ask the Queen of England for help and implant reality into her dream. After the success of asking for help, the film focuses on the embarrassment of the good-hearted giant when he first meets the queen, and even some vulgar appearances, but the queen and her party (including the polite gentleman's guard captain, the loyal and brave minister) received the good-hearted giant and Sophie with great courtesy, In essence, it shows the huge gap between uneducated savage giants and humans, and it also reflects the excellent upbringing and etiquette of the royal family (this is slightly different from the original book, which mainly depicts the ignorance and arrogance of the royal family. The change on the screen reflects the director's political flattery...).

Under the deployment of the queen, the carnivorous giants were easily captured, but they were handled very mercifully. In the face of "brutal dissidents", they were neither jailed nor executed (of course, this is a children's film), but they were exiled to the isolated island and vegetarian as a Live, everyone is happy. The only way to suppress violent power is to use stronger political repression and enforce stronger power.

As an orphan, the little protagonist stayed in the palace and was well cared for. The little protagonist stayed in the palace. The beautiful and caring maid matched the little girl with several sets of very decent new clothes. The bright and warm room, the comfortable and soft mattress, and the thoughtful service all showed that everything in the palace was wonderful and wonderful. , as the brightest part of the whole film, some people say that it is irony, but it is actually a very obvious political propaganda - "Submit, you good people".

Before watching the movie, when I saw the word giant in the title, I actually knew that it was a screen work with a giant as the protagonist. Giants can be said to be the earliest fantasy race on earth, and the giants can be traced in many creation myths. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy describes the giant as "a man of great size, rooted in ancient mythology". In ancient Greek mythology there was a description of the Titans, who were once the rulers of the universe. Kuafu in the Chinese creation myth, Kuafu Chasing the Sun, is also a family of giants. Although this film is produced by Disney, the original author Roald is an authentic British. Under the packaging of British novels and American capital, there are many images of giants. In children's films, giants are always portrayed as tall and lethal. Clumsy and slow-minded creatures, such as Harry Potter, Hagrid, as a hybrid of giants and humans, has an IQ and body size close to humans, but his giant brother and other pure-blooded giants are low in intelligence and cannot express only Simple emotional monster. The bloodthirsty Cyclops described in Homer's "Odyssey" is brutish and likes cannibals, and the evil giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk" is also a cannibal. But literary works always need intermediate identities such as Hagrid and the good-hearted giant to reconcile the contradictions between the two races.

On the other hand, it is not difficult to see that the British pursuit of pure blood is also full of contradictions. The aristocratic beliefs originated in the Anglo-Saxon era, on the one hand, pursue the purity of blood, but also nakedly reveal the reality that there are idiots in pure blood, and also recognize the advantages of mixed-race intelligence and high IQ.

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The BFG quotes

  • Sophie: Why did you take me?

    The BFG: Because I hears your lonely heart, in all the secret whisperings of the world.

  • The BFG: [from the trailer] Run, Sophie! Hide!

    [Sophie gets out of sight just in time, as the Man-Eating Giants surround the BFG]

    Fleshlumpeater: Does you have a little pet?