The plot of "Mary" and "Castle in the Sky" are similar to the plot of chasing at the beginning and flying (falling) the aircraft (castle) at the critical moment. Everything grows like everything in "Princess Mononoke". The gritty face of grandma in her youth is also common in many Ghibli movies, and even made me feel a bit like the poster in "Big Fish and Begonia". The solid color style of the blockbuster, the whole picture is clean and pure, and like the characters of all the protagonists of Ghibli, it gives me an ideal different world.
This part of Grandma Mary is the most exciting part of the whole film. This kind of image of women in Ghibli's tough, persistent and kind is stronger than countless Mary Sues (including Big Fish and Begonia), like Princess Mononoke, like Tsukishima who stayed up late to write novels Wen, like Hida who chanted a spell, I love this unyielding energy.
However, the protagonist Mary in this "Mary" still has the meaning of Mary Sue (no wonder it is called this name), the natural red hair, the natural magic brought by flowers, although in the end, she and the "magic world" died together. The mysterious world, the fat magical old lady (I don't know if it is more like the witch in "Howl's Moving Castle" or the Minister of Magic in "Harry Potter"), the grandfather walking on spider feet, high-saturation and concise pictures (I love this), dazzling magical effects, and resistance to technology's control of nature continue Ghibli's characteristics, but still a little less story tension, no "City in the Sky" shouting spells together The daring, without the parting reluctance of "Spirited Away", and the hope for the future of "Inside the Ear", the elements of Ghibli style seem to have everything, but nothing can impress people. The music is also a little bit worse than that of "Ai Liti, the Girl Who Borrowed Objects". I'm more interested in her grandmother's story than Mary's.
But it's still Ghibli's style, who doesn't love this style?
May there be a little more Ghibli-esque works, and a little more, so that this kind and resilient world before our eyes never ends.
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