I always listen to some anime songs when I work. I don't know why, but Hal's theme song often plays in my mind. For various reasons, I have never seen this movie. I searched iQIYI today, and I can watch it directly.
The first rescue and dancing got me hooked, it's awesome...but I can't help but wonder if it's such a feminine story? But it's getting more and more interesting, too many metaphors in detail!
In addition to the obvious ones, the castle and the fire that you can realize later are the heart, I also want to record the inspiration brought by a few details:
1. Men have to face four selves in their hearts. The four doors are the excellent and bright selves (red), the approachable selves (blue), the soft and peaceful selves (green), and the fiery and violent selves (black). It is worth noting that later moved to Sophie's town and used a red door, indicating that Hal had fallen in love with Sophie at this time, and hoped to face her with a good side. And black is also very interesting, why not other colors yellow and purple but black? is a warning. The fiery and violent can be said to be beliefs and creeds. When they grow older, they become politics. It is easy to get rid of them later, and they are the most deadly self. What Hal hoped (actually Hayao Miyazaki hoped) was that there would be no war in the world, so he burned himself, berserk to the end, and even turned into a monster, almost dying. The flame has also been persuading him not to go for too long. (Hayao Miyazaki! Don't take it too seriously, although sudden death can be a big story at work, so take it easy!)
2. Wilderness witches can teach girls how to treat their male exes... Let's first look at the witch herself, she must have been a great beauty before, but unfortunately she is too clingy and has a strong possessiveness towards Hal, which makes Hal afraid. Ended up chasing after. But Hal was just slipping away, not thinking about killing her. And the witch has become more and more uglier, and this is also her end. Until the witch also returned to the castle together, and until the end, they would even live together, which obviously meant that the ex would never be rejected in the hearts of men. So what is the present to do with such exes? Learn from Sophie, learn to be able to spot her vulnerable side (climbing the stairs), pity her, help her (ask others to help her). And when she was swaying (seeing Sophie putting out the fire to save herself), she decisively "routined" her (required to hand it back), and gave her a step down (yes, you found out, I really need it, I beg you), convince her to really surrender!
3. The flame heart did not die after being watered, but turned blue, which was actually very puzzling to me at first. Reluctantly thought of such an explanation, that kindness creates miracles, Hallelujah! This scene of Sophie is too kind, the purest kind. To save the witch, she splashed water! She forgot all the grievances, the witches who might kill Hal, and the evil witches' desires, she just wanted to save her, and it was like Jesus was alive. This is too strong to directly break the rules of the game! Hey, without any emotion, there must be a happy ending, how powerful this woman is... the level of the Virgin! It can be seen that everyone stumbles and falls into the cycle of the rules of the game. It is also excusable and difficult to avoid!
4. How to get to the castle, which is the heart of true love... This scarecrow like a life-saving straw is worth analyzing. From the end, he is the one who loves Sophie, because for her, despite the danger of death, he used himself to block everyone who fell, and because one of her kisses can be resurrected with blood. Why do you love so much? Because I saw everything she did and admired her kind quality. But at the beginning, why after giving her a cane, this kind of grace is considered a reward, and the scarecrow will still appear to help her enter the castle? In one explanation, the butterfly effect of love is triggered, and the reward of kindness is more than love. That is, good people are rewarded! But what I think is important is that there is another explanation that comes to mind. I think it was Sophie's stubbornness, her spirit of marching against the strong wind at her age, that touched the Scarecrow. Anyway, by the way, and help her. The goal is clear, so clear that we seem to behave a little differently and persistently. There will be dissenting voices, like those who have to help and admonish Grandma Sophie along the way. But there will eventually be people who are a little weird like this, who are a little curious and a little admired by this kind of persistence, and even saw the self back then, so they are willing to help out. Sophie in the house, who was bound by the shop, was reluctant to break the rules, but because of the spell, she began to change and began to find herself. Remember to be kind to those around you. For what you want to do and have goals, don't worry too much about other people's eyes, don't be too restrictive, just do it. Sometimes you will be blessed by luck, it's not that difficult! (Grandma Sophie's teeth are very good... This shows that people who achieve success also need a bit of luck... To do things, you still have to have a little bit of understanding in your heart)
5. Sophie's grey hair. This gray hair is the only thing Sophie has lost. But as everyone knows, grandma gray is also a popular element now haha. Seriously speculating on the metaphor, the witch's spell is that her appearance changes with her psychology, and she will never grow old when her hair is gray. It can be seen that Sophie is still a little tired. This is the price of getting true love! True love can be tiring too! There is no perfection!
I thought so much of the above, and I will update it later when I have the opportunity.
Thanks also to Hayao Miyazaki. Excellent script. Such a good finale, it is really unrealistic to analyze it carefully, but it is really comforting to see it in the anime. Perhaps, I shouldn't be so inferior (now I am very similar to Sophie at the beginning, like an old man?...), I am also trying to find that castle!
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