The theme of the movie “Searching for Dragons” seems to be to convey that everyone should keep their original intentions, believe in the virtue of trust, and pass it on to others. Everyone embraces a bright future together, but after watching it, it always feels strange...
Think about it, the film seems to be all evil from beginning to end...
The most prominent is the two and a half betrayals of the plastic sisters. Why is it said that it is two and a half?
The first betrayal ball broke...
Betrayed the dragon for the second time and died...
After getting all the fragments for the third time, when I saw an escape route, I thought of fleeing with the fragments.
But after two steps, the bad sister had to accept the reality-the dragon was dead, and the light from the fragments became weaker and weaker. Where could she escape?
So I finally tried to escape, trying to put the pieces together...
From the screenwriter's point of view, to highlight the theme of trust, of course, it is to write betrayal for comparison, and then use trust to make a comeback.
But the screenwriter overlooked one point. On the surface, trust is a virtue, but it is actually a relationship that requires at least two people to interact to achieve it.
And the relationship between people is from strange-defense, get acquainted with-alert, familiar-non-defense, intimacy-trust, step by step.
There may be someone here to carry it, and there are a lot of people who fall in love at first sight and have a drink to become a good friend, right?
Well, believing this can only wish you good luck...
Speaking of trust, since it is a relationship, it is different from the themes of many movies.
For example, the protagonist’s moment of arc is changing from a coward to a brave, or stepping out of setbacks and reinvigorating, and then overcoming difficulties and welcoming victory. Have you found any problems? These useful routines are all about the protagonist's own quality and growth.
Highlight the protagonist's bravery, toughness, and tenacity, which is an almost unchanged theme in commercial films.
Is there anyone who talks about trust? Of course there are. For example, when the male and female leaders meet, of course no one trusts anyone. After a big fight, accidental cooperation, and finally a united front and mutual trust.
But this is all using trust to advance the plot, including the reverse crisis of trust, and also to get the protagonist into trouble and serve to increase drama.
Thinking about it carefully, with my shallow experience of watching movies, it seems that there is really no such thing as trust as the theme.
I wrongly believed in you, you betrayed me, I wrongly believed you the second time, you betrayed me again, and finally I have to trust you, come on, I will give you the fragments, and you will save the world.
So how to look at the whole film and how to twist it, it is not a fairy tale at all... This is a fool's legend...
In fact, the beginning of the film is pretty good. It seems that I want to endorse the bad sister with "I haven't eaten rice for a long time." My superficial view is that although the bad sister’s betrayal is bad, as a princess, in order to let the people live. For a better life, the sacrifice of character is justifiable.
After that, the bad sister was kind enough to do bad things, causing the dragon ball to shatter, and everyone was shrouded in disaster. This is all right, after all, to push the protagonist into the abyss, this is what the screenwriter should do.
But why can't it be the bad sister who blames herself deeply (on the one hand to the good sister, on the other hand to the world), and shouldering her destiny to find a way to save the world?
Why can't it be the glass of the good sister who has broken her heart, trying to escape, chasing and killing the bad sister, and by the way, also looking for a way to save the world?
Why can't the two of them be caught in various crises at the same time, the bad sisters backed down and apologized, and the good sisters pressed on, and finally had to choose to cooperate temporarily and re-establish trust step by step?
Why can't it be the sisters of Scraps who become like sisters and finally join hands to save the world?
Why can't you tell all the big and small friends that trust is a precious thing. If you betray once, you may have to pay the price of your life to rebuild it, so everyone should cherish it twice?
Betray, trust, betray, still trust? Whose adult teaches his children this way? At least I can't...
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