They are all talking about trust, but shouting slogans can’t build utopia

Anais 2021-12-21 08:01:04

At that time, after watching "Crazy Primitives 2", my friend said that she felt that the film had a lot to talk about, but she didn't know where to start.

When I finished watching "Legend of the Dragon", I also felt that there were a lot of things to talk about, and what I wanted to talk about was something in common with "Crazy".

"Crazy" and "Xun" are separated from the familiar set of things in Western civilization in terms of role identity and story background structure, so it is inevitable that there will be a kind of arrogant gaze that we often see in the West: they use a kind of With a curious vision, he regards Eastern and African things as mysterious, and intervenes as a scholar in an attempt to find the commonalities of foreign civilizations.

This kind of Western gaze is almost absent in "Frozen", because the cultural background of "Ice" is their own.

At the same time, today, when all ethnic groups continue to call for equality of status and status, Disney has launched this kind of animation based on other civilizations, and the final heights raised are all human beings coexisting on an equal footing, trusting each other, and hand in hand to build a utopia. This can be said to be very advanced with the times.

But you can hardly say that this is not hypocritical. Just like in a class, someone became the monitor by improper means. After he sat and enjoyed the benefits for a period of time, other students in the class became increasingly dissatisfied with him. At this time, he felt that his position was unstable, so he stood. Come out and say, we want to unite, I am just like you, all students.

Of course, I will talk more about this topic later.

Another major point of the film's progress with the times is that everyone will find that feminism is getting more and more attention. Women are no longer vassals of men, and the establishment of their identity value no longer needs the prince’s marriage proposal to be recognized. They can also fight hard and fight on one side to get the men’s kneeling and obedience.

This is worthy of recognition.

The content of the film is the kind of adventure theme that everyone is familiar with.

Five hundred years ago, the desire of mankind gave birth to the black demon. Whether it is a human or a dragon, it will be petrified when it encounters a black demon. So all the magic power of all Shenlong collections formed into a crystal, and Shenlong Xisu used this crystal to save the world, but she herself fell into the river and disappeared.

In the five hundred years after that, humans were divided into several tribes, and they attacked each other just to compete for crystals. Raya and his father guarded the crystal together. However, because Raya believed in Namali, who was a split clan, the crystal shattered and the Dark Demon came back. Every tribe took a crystal and wanted to use it to protect its tribe.

But only when the crystal is truly restored can the world return to peace. So Raya embarked on an adventure to find the dragon Xisu and gather the crystals...

Disney has its own mature routines, adding a little innovation to this, and incorporating a little Southeast Asian national characteristics, can add a lot to the whole movie.

Some people say that this is a hodgepodge of Eastern culture. In fact, I think it’s okay. Without talking about Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, it would be difficult for you to define it by such things as “Eastern culture”. Said that its theme is oriented to the East, but I think its theme is oriented to all mankind.

Let me talk about the meaning of Shenlong first.

I see some people say that Shenlong is a belief. At the end of the film, all different ethnic groups are united under one belief. I personally do not agree with this statement. In other words, this is part of the meaning of the Shenlong, and the other part, I think it is a supplement to the human image.

We all know what a good human quality should be, but we can't do it. Selfishness, suspicion, mutual hostility, and mutual arguing are skills that we are all familiar with when we survive in society. It’s said that human nature is complicated, how complicated is human nature, let’s put it this way, when everyone laughed the most in this game I saw, it was Sisu who said that he would bring a small gift for the partial separation, and then the two became good friends and held hands. Run that place in the sunset.

What are you laughing at? Because everyone knows that she thinks too simple. It is the silly people in our lives who suddenly receive gifts from others and know to remain vigilant, not to mention that the split-heads are the most cunning in the setting of the film.

So in order to avoid some unnecessary embarrassment, the film focuses all the goodness on dragons rather than humans. This kind of technique is actually not uncommon. Only by alienating good qualities into others will human beings see their own problems more clearly.

The image of Xisu is perfect, whether it is the god in Western civilization or the dragon in our culture, they all act as a deterrent. It's the existence that makes people fearful, so they don't dare to do evil.

But as soon as Xisu appeared, you felt that she was too kind, as kind as your own sister. Moreover, she also carries innocence that is incompatible with human society, which is the "trust" that is repeatedly emphasized in the film. So I denied it earlier. Shenlong exists as a "faith", and I think she exists as a demon mirror that reflects the ugly human nature.

In fact, even if there is no film appealing here, it is easy for us to know what the world of Great Harmony in the world is like, but is it so easy for us to believe it? If Hitler put down his butcher knife when he was killing him, and said you come to trust me, forgive me, let us unite to build a happy world, would anyone believe him? The root of hatred must be cut off with the sword of revenge.

Not to mention that we will never be able to achieve equal distribution of resources. Even if it is mandatory one day, human nature will always feel that we should divide more.

So the truth is always easy to say, but so difficult to do.

Of course, cartoons always give children courage and confidence. We always live our lives in tatters and fragments, and then turn our heads and say that our hope lies in the children. So I told the child about the fairy tale, kissed the child’s angelic face every night before going to bed, and silently prayed that the child would become a brave and upright person in the future.

Then the child grows up and finds that the world is not like what parents read to them from fairy tale books, or the parents find that they can no longer protect the child, so the child becomes a complex adult in despair again and again-if it is early Knowing that this is the case, then why not teach children complicated things in the first place?

Perhaps this is us humans, a complex of despair and hope.

Just as I wrote up to this point, readers should have seen my pessimism long ago, but I still hope that one day in the future we can really run hand in hand in the sunset happily. Why should I feel sorry for myself? Of course I hope we have a better tomorrow!

We all hope to rebuild a paradise on top of the ruins, but what is most afraid is that we finally rebuilt a ruin on top of the ruins.


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Extended Reading
  • Dane 2021-12-21 08:01:04

    Losing the WDAS of the song, the emotional foreshadowing and expression are indeed a bit imprecise; the interesting Southeast Asian setting is also wasted, and the display of food, dress or customs is simply tasted. Fortunately, Okafina’s dazzling performance keeps the film’s sense of comedy at a certain level. Shenlong Xisu, an image of both noble divinity and mischievous humanity, I really love; I succeeded in selling cuteness. The mission of the two heroines, and the swords and swords of the two heroines are also quite exciting; the most praise is the JNH soundtrack. Recently, I have watched a lot of domestic films. I really miss the comfort of listening to the soundtrack in the theater. Falling to the theme that the movie reminds us to pay attention to, in this deteriorating period of international tensions and compatriots worrying about each other, it is fortunate that there are still people who are sticking to the spirit of the Dragon Blessing State, and I hope this can become the future we are always looking for.

  • Eduardo 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The production is still top-notch, and the world view setting and character setting are also good. But can the story be a little more routine? Basically, you can guess all the following content from the beginning. How long will it take Disney to get this kind of cliché about universal values, and finally rely on the inexplicable power of trust to make a big comeback. Hehe, it's alright for children to watch it, adults watching this kind of film can only regret the money spent on production.

Raya and the Last Dragon quotes

  • Raya: My whole life, I trained to become a guardian of the Dragon Gem. But this world has changed, and its people are divided. Now to restore peace, I must find the Last Dragon. My name is Raya.

  • Raya: Remind me never to have kids.