Mainly not delicate

Jerald 2022-04-23 07:04:23

There are some issues with this movie that make it uncomfortable to watch. The character setting of the protagonist (girl) is not pleasing, which is a little bit. The relationship with the family (mother) is cold, and there is almost no communication with relatives in Shili Ba Village, and even if there is no love and intimacy with my grandparents, I just go to others when I have something, and I feel that there is no emotional interaction. I don't think the characters are kind and naive. There is no second boy with childhood sweethearts either. There are no details and no idle pen to create warmth. I just feel that this girl has no feelings and lacks the necessary beauty. The audience's mentality is like me, and it is difficult to stand on the girl's side and be brought in to watch the film. A girl has no personal skills, or her personal skills (begonia blossoms) are far from her goal (send a man back to the world) or have nothing to do with it, it is a point. So she can only sacrifice the rest of her life (grandfather) and the whole life of others (male 2) by sacrificing half of her own life. Even after her grandparents die, she has to work hard for her troubles. This involves another problem. The achievement of the protagonist's wish is not based on his own personal efforts, but on the help of others by sacrificing others, and this girl is not cute enough, so I just feel that the girl is too selfish. The story is not enough to support the grand pattern it is trying to give. The most important thing is that it is not delicate, and the feelings between the characters are not expressed.

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Big Fish & Begonia quotes

  • Lingpo: What brings you to the Island of Souls?

    Chun: There's a soul I'm looking for: the soul of a human boy

    Lingpo: What time was it he died?

    Chun: It was two days before the wheat harvest.

    Lingpo: You need to be sure of the date. Otherwise you're searching for a needle in a haystack. So many die every day.

    Chun: I'm sure. It was my birthday.

    Lingpo: I know what you're trying to do, girl, and it goes against the laws of nature!

    Chun: I don't care. I've got to save him!

    Lingpo: The punishment is harsh for those who defy nature, no matter who you are, so you *should* care.

    Chun: But I owe him, for saving my life.

    Lingpo: How very touching. I've been stuck here for 800 years, and I'm still not done paying penance for my sin!

    Chun: But you didn't...!

    Lingpo: Don't interrupt! Let me tell you what real tragedy is. Meeting someone you care about so much you forget yourself and make a mistake. So then you go back and try to fix it and make things right again, and then you learn that fixing it's impossible.

    [chuckles]

    Lingpo: We can never undo the wrongs we've done. This I know.

    Chun: You're saying you won't help me?

    Lingpo: I'm saying I pity you. Besides, resurrecting someone from the dead doesn't come cheap.

    Chun: What would it cost?

    Lingpo: No less than a lovely girl's loveliest features: your eyes.

    Chun: [winces]

    Lingpo: [laughing] Now she's scared.

    [chuckles]

    Lingpo: Don't want to give up your pretty eyes, eh? All right, I'll take half your life instead.

    Chun: If that'll save him, take it.