impression--
The setting of the afterlife world is reminiscent of "COCO", but the partner of Joe and No. 22 is more reminiscent of the familiar formula of "Uncle & Loli" in "Invincible Destruction King". Pixar uses traditional cognition to interpret new concepts in an ultra-avant-garde way, the lovely person Yu (soul), the kindergarten-like hell full of joy and hope (The Great Before), and the emptiness surrounded by light but only for detachment (The Great Beyond). ), and speaking Picasso art (the abstract masterpiece "The Dream"). Thinking about the so-called 'existence value' from the perspective of adults, the infinite torture of 'meaning/origin', including the sweet and bitter taste of 'killing adults' in the sugar coating, is worthy of director Pete Docter, who has " Inside Out" tastes like that.
A different interpretation of the two protagonists——
-Joe Gardner-
What, the protagonist of Disney's latest animation is an Oguisan this time? ? ——The audience who touch the feature film without watching the PV will definitely have such an impact.
That's right, Joe is such a black middle-aged man with a face full of ordinary writing, which has nothing to do with his appearance, and who seems to be wearing a dark sweater and a small top hat for 13 months of the year.
Joe's idea goes far beyond the substitution of the core audience (pan-middle-aged). It is precisely because of this role that "Spiritual Journey" is more "killing" towards middle-aged people than any previous Pixar movie.
Joe's label: There is a love object, a real single, a single parent, an elder maintains a family livelihood, it is common for BB to find a stable job, it is difficult to find passion at work, but a well-known dream that is known to be "unrealistic" but difficult to give up;
The age of 35 to 40 is the peak of unemployment in developed societies around the world. The younger and more talented new generation is rising. The former waves are still obsessed with the weak sense of achievement in previous years, but they do not realize that they are already in a "mid-life crisis" with limited living space. What are the chances of getting a dream job? "Spiritual Journey" tells you that the most cruel thing is not that you can't get the ideal offer, but that after you get the position you think is ideal, he tells you "to work at this point tomorrow" and he seems to tell you "your ideal It's just a livelihood tool, you're just destroying yourself in a different way..."
This is the kind of Joe, who insisted that his Sparkle was jazz. In fact, because he was too invested, his life circle was shrinking. In fact, we can feel from the "upper body" of No. 22 that Joe is immersed in his own small world most of the time. Frequent customers of barbershops rarely open up to others to communicate, the only thing is, they miss the opportunity to discover the true meaning of "spark" through others.
If there is no warning on the 22nd, according to Joe's life line, if he keeps working in the bar, he will lose himself sooner or later.
-twenty two-
No one thought that the appearance of No. 22 could bring about fundamental changes to middle-aged Joe. How could a person who has lived for almost 40 years suddenly gain a soul because of an unrelated person who suddenly appeared (and in a troublesome form) Inspired? It is inconceivable by conventional reason.
But in a second, sometimes people who trigger the emergency button that subverts meaning in their hearts, often people with unconventional life relationships, are precisely the various "new storms" in life. They will always push your hamster ball off a cliff with extreme enthusiasm and even aggressiveness, instantly or gradually dismantling the coat of restraint.
No. 22 is such a typical role. The character of "Poison Tongue and Wisdom" allows No. 22 to communicate with others without restraint and accurately in any occasion, and cut to the "real topic" in a short time.
Labels of No. 22: Newborn, super logical sensitivity, logical genius, dystopia, Terminator of Philosophy, Hell's Prison (seckill the gangster), Spouting Thor (inhuman things but awakening self-denial of human nature). Also because it is the first time with the help of the body and the essence of the newborn who came to the earth for the first time, the process from resisting to curiosity about everything in the world, from curiosity to enjoyment, is a very real epitome of infant growth.
The chemical reaction between No. 22 and Joe is both a simulation of parenting and a positive description of the infinite growth of human beings. (Parenting itself is also an important inspiration for parents' second growth.) Joe's exemplary role on the 22nd, re-looking at everything in the world, and a deeper reflection and inspiration when communicating with others in a different way seems to be very important. Appropriate to a catchphrase a few years ago - "Interesting soul holders are often people who can live and maintain a passion for life."
Pixar went straight to the point, and through the thousand-year-old elf's witty words, he shouted from the distant Great Before: "As long as you want to change, it's never too late."
PS A friend asked me: Why do you want to design a setting for No. 22 that cannot be uniformed by famous historical figures? I think this part of Pixar is to emphasize that "even the great man, no one can define your soul spark, except yourself"
Comprehensive review——
Humans are multifaceted, and "overfocus" is as easy to lose yourself as "overinsensitivity" (the habit of using nothing new under the sun as a shielding habit). In this conception, Joe and No. 22 are actually more like two sides of a modern coin. No. 22's escape seems to be full of hope, but for the first time after the human experience, he began to doubt his own survival purpose and lost himself. In fact, it is only one step away from the lost brokerage practitioners. Joe, who relies on the meaning of survival on "can complete the jazz dream", is undoubtedly a dangerous existence hovering on the edge of being lost.
Unemployment crisis, industrial cliff, inflated demand, desireless society, every minute and every second, these **** words are all around us like a curse. How to find beauty and light, we have to go back to the essence of truth, goodness and beauty, which is to learn Master a new mindset, not lower your desire to survive. There is no better way to wrap up 2020 than this movie.
In the desert, the heart is shimmering. The Odyssey of life must begin with the state of mind and end with the state of mind...
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