The first 3 minutes were amazing, the painting was exquisite and smooth, and the magical fighting and chase scenes were so eye-catching that I regretted not going to the cinema to watch this animation. But soon I started to be thankful that I didn't go to the cinema to watch this animation, because the best part of the whole show was only 3 minutes.
Summer, girls, being involved in a fantasy world... When Marie appeared, I guessed that this was a Miyazaki-style story about fantasy and adventure, but I didn't expect this story to be presented in such a simple and rude manner .
If you want to show Mary's rashness, let her keep making mistakes and block others. Doesn't the director know that this will also add to the audience's heart? So much so that Mary was mocked by Peter as a "red-haired monkey", and she felt inferior because of her red hair and shouted: "This is not something I can change!" My heart was not fluctuating, and I even wanted to laugh.
The biggest failure of this animation is that the heroine keeps making mistakes to create accidents, thereby promoting the development of the plot... The heroine accidentally picked a witch's flower, the heroine accidentally entered the Magic University, and the heroine accidentally Stealing the hidden magic book, the heroine accidentally revealed her address... It perfectly tells the magical adventure of a two fool, so that I suspect that I am also a fool watching the movie.
Apart from that, there are a lot of flaws in this animation.
For example, Flanagan, the caretaker of the broom hut, was either introducing the background or delivering props. When I was watching, I could hear the director shouting: "Look! This is an NPC!! He's here to deliver the props!"
For example, even if the broom is broken, she has to keep flying forward. Mary, who is about to give up, takes the broom in tears to save Peter... But you have to tell me why she is holding the broken broom! Just hold it, why did you lose it halfway? ! Did you finally find him in the way? ! !
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Such complaints abound. Of course, this is not to say how bad this animation is. Its painting, music, and world view are all very, very good. It is precisely because of the excellent music and painting that it sets off its plot. Such a fool.
Until the end of the animation, when Mary threw the last witch flower under the sky, she said, "No magic needed." I just realized that the director was telling a magical story that didn't need magic... Sorry, I I really don't feel it at all (laughs).
Maybe it's because "The Little Man Who Borrowed Something" is the first, so that I have too much hope for "Mary and the Witch's Flower". I can't do justice to this work, it's probably not that bad, an imaginative magical world, a mediocre and smooth plot, impeccable art and music. Even on the strictest grading scale, it's above a passing grade.
As for what kind of story it tells, who cares?
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