I went to watch this film for 3 reasons: I am looking forward to Reiko Yoshida, and another animation written by her this year, "The Song of Dew that Announces Dawn", is also one of my annual expectations; I am interested in the subject of school bullying; I am interested in the Japanese animations that were in the same period as "Your Name" and "Corner of the World" last year. After watching all of them, I will judge whether "Corner" has the strength to become the No. 1 newspaper in 2016.
The most interesting thing about "Shape of Sound" is that the image of a child who thinks he has grown up is made very detailed. Audiences who like details can have a lot of fun with this film, especially the scene where the chips are dipped in ketchup as a cigarette, even if I wanted to write about self-righteous brats, I wouldn't necessarily think of that. I heard that the domestic version of "Shape of Sound" is a shortened version, and it can be clearly seen that there is a problem with the Lianxi drama. The story is indeed a bit of a Mary Sue, and the director's response to this kind of story is not to be sensational. I think the current editing speed, the interspersed detail shots in the story, and a little surreal flavor, still play a role in suppressing sensationalism, and the director has done a good job.
There are a lot of grooves in the story. Nikon cameras are not afraid of water. Is this implantation? These kids are really old-fashioned. They actually use email to contact them. Why isn't line embedded? The love line between the male and female protagonists is pure love, but both of them have basic friends. The female protagonist is a handsome T sister, and the male protagonist has 2 friends. One is bear and the other is beautiful. Pure love, it's really about to take all the necessary elements of the plot.
Now let's talk about what makes this film unique. Leaving aside the superficial elements such as bullying, pure love, etc., "Shape of Sound" is essentially a movie that portrays the green tea bitch. It mainly explains 3 issues:
1. Why some good girls are regarded as green tea bitches by others;
2. Why some girls who bully others and treat others as green tea bitches are good girls;
3. Why are some innocent girls who take the initiative to offer gifts and persuade to maintain peace to be green tea bitches?
Yoshida Reiko once wrote "Animation Time for Adult Women" for NHK, and I was fascinated by the female perspective of her script at the time. I think the green tea bitch movie is worse than the independent movie. The independent movie has its own audience to shout for it, including the male audience; while the green tea bitch movie can only be understood by the female audience, most of the male audience may lie in the green tea bitch by themselves. In the gentle village, I feel that I have found the true love of my life, so I cannot perceive this layer of humanity at all.
A girl like Nishinomiya who lacks self-confidence in herself and feels that everything is her own fault may act innocent and apologize for whatever reason, which happens to be the daily mask of green tea bitches. The upright Ueno bullied Nishinomiya because she mistook Nishinomiya's behavior as a green tea bitch's trick. Nishinomiya and classmate Kawai both cried and said sorry, the latter is the real green tea bitch. The timid and autistic Sahara is actually Ueno at the other end of the character spectrum. Yoshida Reiko's script distinguishes the images of these girls very clearly, but unfortunately, in the eyes of male audiences, they are all equally cute little loli, and they cannot perceive the recognition between the characters.
These characters are not black and white, and even the upright Ueno has obvious character flaws. The theme of the movie is to make the male and female protagonists friends with everyone. I think this naturally includes tolerance for Kawai's green tea attributes, Ueno's short temper, Nishinomiya's self-blame, and Ishida's cowardice. For audiences like me who hate green tea bitches, the choreographer and director with a brilliant left-wing humanity may want to tell me that green tea bitches are a stopgap measure for them to survive in the cracks of society, and I must learn to get along with them in a proper way.
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