The bottom line is that if we see other cartoons as a show of toys, and we're just enjoying the dramatic conflict between the toys, then the idea of Toy Story clearly makes us appreciate it Rising to a higher level, that is, in addition to appreciating the chasing, laughing and cursing, joys and sorrows of the toys themselves, we also pay attention to the relationship between toys and people. The feeling of this deep interaction is amazing.
For example, watching "How to Train Your Dragon", we are actually watching a performance of a dragon-shaped toy called "Night Fury" and a human-shaped toy called "Hiccup". Although "Hiccup" is the protagonist of the film, he only acts as a humanoid toy, because he only has a relationship with the characters in the film such as the "Night Fury" dragon, and he has no relationship with us as the audience. ; But Andy, the toy owner in "Toy Story", is different. He is by no means just a toy like "Hiccup". There is no toy called Andy in the world, only you and me called Andy. When watching Toy Story, the audience automatically projects themselves onto Andy.
The real toys in Toy Story live in their own world as well as in the human world. Their performance in their own world (such as the cop chase at the beginning of the film) is like any ordinary cartoon, and when they have relationships with humans, the film completes the comparison of other cartoons. transcendence.
I also put the wonder of the idea of "Toy Story" down to a reverse thinking and a forward thinking.
Reverse thinking means that it takes the expected result of other cartoons - the characters who make the audience familiar and love the story through interesting plots finally push the toy, and become their own motivation - directly from the toy; it should be noted that other cartoons They have more or less concealed the commercial appeal of launching toys, while "Toy Story" makes the toys representing the commercial appeal straightforward and explicit, which makes the audience abandon their vigilance.
Forward thinking means that it expresses the original intention of animation "to make things that can't move move" through toys, the most suitable carrier. Other animations are too obsessed with making the characters on the screen, such things that are impossible to move, move, and puppet animators choose to deliberately make some puppets and give them life; in "Toy Story" Before, the toys around us have almost never received attention. Aren't they born dolls? Why do we want to seek distance, abandon simplicity and go to the complicated? Making the toys move is not just in line with the nature of animation, but also in line with children Do you have the hope in your heart?
In this sense, the most shocking scene in the film is not the plot of the cowboy doll Woody escaping from the bathroom, although the escape story of less than 1 minute is full of witty humor; nor is it the plot of Barbie watching the Ken fashion show , although this hilarious episode was dynamic and seamlessly integrated with the music; not even Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the toys in the garbage incinerator, although their tacit understanding and deadly friendship made everyone The people watching the movie were deeply moved; the scene that attracted me the most was the scene where the toys just entered the kindergarten and were welcomed by all the toys in the room-because at this moment, the reverse thinking that created a big toy party Working together with the forward thinking that gives life to toys, it constitutes a feast of imagination no less than the various spectacles in live-action films. This picture has a beautiful vision, a desire for life, and a magnificent imagination. This is a unique feeling that only animation can give people. So I think Toy Story 3 has a much bigger meaning as an animation than other contemporary American animation blockbusters.
Speaking of some human nature and psychological propositions worth thinking about in the film, we still have to return to the relationship between toys and people mentioned earlier.
If the toy has life, he must have two behaviors of loyalty and betrayal to the owner. Similarly, the owner will have two feelings of intimacy and alienation for the toy with the change of age and hobbies. Compared with the owner, toys are so passive; they can't control the owner's preferences, let alone control the owner's growth; they will one day be outdated, one day will be discarded or sealed. How should these issues be viewed? If the owner no longer likes a toy, is it morally right for the toy to abandon its owner? How should we face the tragic and solemnity that comes naturally as we grow up, and that is drifting away from the pure and beautiful childhood? These questions may never have caught our attention; but when Toy Story suggests such a toy's perspective and throws these questions before us through the feel of the toy, we know how heavy they are .
I personally feel that, as I wrote in the title of the article, "The New Home and the Home of the Heart" is Toy Story 3's idealistic answer to these questions.
For the toys, their new home is the home of a little girl who also loves toys. And just like they watched Andy drive away in a car for a long time, like they were quickly integrated into the new life of the little girl's house, like the first time they went to kindergarten, they were eager for the children to treat themselves as playmates , the destination of their hearts will always be their masters - old masters, new masters, possible masters who are completely unfamiliar, and a kind of selfless loyalty is manifested in the toy. They will not forget Andy, but they will also accompany the new owner, the little girl, to grow up little by little, although the little girl's growth is almost destined to bring them the end of being passed on or abandoned again. What is this indicating? In fact, if we metaphorize toys as a person's childhood, we will find that a theme that "Toy Story" actually tells is the loyalty of childhood to each child. Childhood appears in a fair, beautiful and simple form, watching the back of every child drifting away.
Why is this idealistic? Because in real life, not every child has a beautiful childhood, not every child can play with so many toys, and the children in the film are all in the happiness of the ocean of toys, which is actually also It gives the viewer a beautiful, idealized illusion.
Then, a more important question is, for Andy, where is his new destination and the destination of his heart? "Toy Story 3" also explained its understanding for us: Andy entered the university, and the university is his new home, in other words, he has grown up, and there is a long life road waiting for him. Although he was still familiar with how each toy was played, he carefully explained the characteristics of each toy to the little girl, and gave a demonstration in person. How much he expected to retain his childhood memory - taking Woody as a souvenir, but in the end He still gave up. Although the imprint of childhood is indelible, we can still feel that Andy's explanation to the little girl is like his last recollection of his childhood before the bar mitzvah. He gave Woody to the little girl, and his heart's purpose was to choose to keep his childhood where it should be.
Seeing this, my eyes were actually wet. I admire Andy's maturity, which is by no means a complete break with his childhood - throw the toys in the trash, and he will be a person who lacks feelings - what I admire is that he deepened his childhood A hidden courage. I really don't want him to take any of the toys because that's not good for him or that toy. But I do hope in my heart that he can take a picture of the toys. This may be a kind of imagination and consolation that I am more idealistic than Pixar.
The last thing to add is that in fact, the so-called throwing toys into the garbage, putting them in the attic and taking them to school represent three kinds of mentality towards childhood: a clean break, a seal, and an unbreakable nostalgia. Andy chose the fourth one and gave it to others. It contains the richest emotions. It is a kind of seal, because he puts them in a place that he cannot usually touch, but at the same time it is also a kind of nostalgia, a kind of sustenance that is passed on to others instead of owning of nostalgia.
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