Halfway through the movie, I was skeptical, because it is really a flat story, the plot is very simple, there are no twists and turns, you can even guess what happened next. It was not until the second half, when I realized the deeper meaning, that I felt it was advanced and very shocking.
Everyone can interpret a good work differently, and the same person can interpret its deep and shallow meanings. Next, I will briefly talk about its gist, and then talk about what I like. The language is relatively rough, and my records are entirely for myself to see, I am more casual, and I do not consider the words. If there are readers, please forgive me.
First of all, the shallow layer is of course the theme of environmental protection, and the beast god is nature. It can benefit mankind, but it can also bring disaster. This layer is very clear, don't repeat it too much.
On the other hand, I personally find it very shocking. About hatred and resentment, tolerance and kindness. When the boar and the leader were dying, they were controlled by hatred and turned into demons. The black slime in the movie is a symbol of hatred and resentment, and the water is a symbol of cleanliness and purity. Hide in the water, you will not be hurt by filthy things. But water can wash away the filth of the body, but what about the filth and resentment in the heart? What the movie has always wanted to say, I think, is that as human beings, there must be hatred and resentment, and we must learn to live with it. Just like what Mona said, she chose to coexist with hatred, so she did not become a demon like the boar at the beginning of the title. The Mountain Beast God only helped the male protagonist to recover the wounds, but did not remove the scars. At the end of the movie, the scars on the male protagonist's hands did not disappear. These details also illustrate this point. People have greed and resentment, which is human nature. Therefore, people who have a high sense of morality often have a big problem. If a person says that he has never lied, he is deceiving himself, or he is not deep in the world. And what we have to do is to use hatred to control it, not to be mastered by it, lose our minds, and become demons. When the male protagonist fights, he just uses his unicorn arm, and his strength becomes stronger and stronger. This is to be good at using hatred.
Faced with unfriendly people, the Mountain Beast God didn't show much excitement, and he appeared contentedly. It only became angry when its head fell off. Kindness also has a bottom line. When your own interests are lost, you must bravely pursue what belongs to yourself. When it dies, we know that its body is full of hatred. It loves all things and sees all the destruction and filth in its eyes, but it still treats everyone kindly before it dies. Flowers bloomed on the adult's gun, which shows that its control of hatred and resentment has reached the extreme. Step by step lotus is the scene in my dream. The Mountain Beast God found his head and brought beauty to the world. what do you want? I want to see the world with eyes without hatred. It reminds me that once the sea urchin thorn enters the body, it will turn into nothingness after a long time, but when it is in the body, it is so uncomfortable.
Hisaishi let the soundtrack at the beginning of the film already moved me, this powerful resonance. In the Mandarin version I watched, Uncle Da's voice was so cute and lovely, I miss him. The elf is too cute, and the worship of the mountain beast god is also very interesting. Black Hat's village is very feminist, women are the masters of the house, and she is very open. She has a saying that is very impressive: "Men are unreliable." "Our life is too short to witness those words that are so far and trance-like, such as forever, the end of the sea, the blue and the yellow spring, the vicissitudes of life. Therefore, we must live."
At the end, Xiao Sang and Ashitaka were not together, they lived in their original places and could see each other often. It is probably the appearance of mature love, has its own career, is not tired of being together every day, has its own space, and can not be separated. Just like the relationship between man and nature.
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