If Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm have used words to shape one fairy tale world after another, then Tim Bolton presents a fantastic and magnificent fairy tale through movies, such as "Edward Scissorhands", "Big Fish", A series of familiar names such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Zombie Bride", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Dumbo" are all classic works of Tim Burton .
Some people say that his movie is bizarre and weird and dark , and some people praise him as an alternative Hollywood genius . Exaggerated colors, weird characters, and different costumes have all become the hallmarks of Tim Bolton’s work, but Behind the strange appearance, there are actually very simple characters.
Tim Bolton is not actually a master of storytelling, he tells a simple story, but his movie pictures, color application and emotional expression can be regarded as worthy of learning. Classic.
And what we are talking about today is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". It has been 15 years since it was released in 2005, but now when you look at its special effects, it still gives the audience an impact like the first time you watched it. There are both reality and fantasy in the movie. The most important thing is that he actually tells about 6 parent-child relationships in the family.
Realism in fairy tales
fairy tales, a genre of children's literature, through rich imagination, fantasy and exaggeration to compile stories suitable for children's appreciation. Fairy tales have the characteristics of popular and vivid language, bizarre plots, and fascinating. Fairy tales often use anthropomorphic techniques to give life to birds, beasts, insects, fish, flowers, and trees, so that they have human thoughts and feelings.
In many people’s perceptions, fairy tales are written for children, and parents use fairy tales to educate children, but in fact fairy tales are far from being so narrow, especially in the current movies, filmmakers endow the fairy tales with absurd charm, The charm of drama and tragedy , adults can also watch fairy tales. Must
fairy tales be out of reality? In fact, it is not necessarily. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", there are actually realist techniques.
In art, realism refers to the accurate description and embodiment of nature or contemporary life. Realism abandons idealized imagination, and advocates careful observation of the appearance of things, and according to the facts, it contains many artistic trends in different civilizations.
At the beginning of the movie, the director actually used realism to explain the background of the story and the characters.
Willy Wonka is a great chocolate inventor and manufacturer. He has the largest chocolate factory in the world, but then a competitor stole his secret recipe, which made him shut the factory tightly and refused to talk to everyone Contact, which also caused Charlie's grandfather to lose his job. The description of capitalists in the movie
is realistic and cruel. When machines can replace manpower, Charlie’s father is unemployed. Among the five children who received the lottery, the family background covers all classes. Only Charlie is an ordinary European emperor .
In the entire movie map, the chocolate factory was built in the city but isolated from the world. The entire city was shrouded in fog and gray. The precarious house of Charlie's family was quite conspicuous in the surrounding buildings.
and our protagonist Charlie. has a poor family, but the family atmosphere is warm. . The six elders care about him. Charlie is an ordinary child who can no longer be ordinary. His family is not as good as others' running. Can not run other people, not even smarter than others, such an ordinary child, but has been recognized by the original author and director, they all think that such Charlie is more authentic and convincing.
And the other four children, are greedy, some are aggressive, some willful, and some are arrogant. These children with their own shortcomings can actually be seen in real life. Some parents are spoiled and responsive to their children, while others use their children as tools for chasing fame and fortune. These are the epitome of real society.
tells a fantasy chocolate factory and a simple story in such a realistic background and characters. Perhaps it is precisely because of such real characters that the audience has a sense of substitution.
Fantasy Chocolate Kingdom and Punishment Journey
When the five children and their family backgrounds were all told, the fantasy chocolate factory journey began, and Willie Wonka subverted many people’s imaginations as soon as he appeared. His words and deeds are innocent and weird. The dolls made of candy should have been dreamy and romantic, but after the fireworks, these unrecognizable dolls are terrifying, and Willie Wonka made his appearance. The city outside the
factory is gray and unreal, while the inside of the chocolate factory is a colorful candy kingdom, green grass, candy trees and candy flowers of different shapes, and a torrent of chocolate waterfall rivers, how fantastic The world! When watching
, many viewers might think that this was made with special effects. In fact, many of the chocolate trees and chocolate flowers in the film are real, including chocolate waterfalls and rivers. Even the squirrel peeling pine nuts is also specially trained. The movie It took the team 20 weeks to make Willie Wonka’s boat float on the Chocolate River.
also made up a fictitious ethnic group in the movie world: Opa-Lumpa people, who are short in stature but love cocoa beans, can work hard and can also sing and dance. They undertake almost all the work of the chocolate factory, even including psychological counseling. When the four children were punished one by one, they used funny tunes and lyrics to show the content of the work, which made the audience feel both funny and worthy of reflection.
Actually, the punishment received by several children in the movie is quite horrible. , the overeating and gluttonous Augustus fell into the Chocolate River and was sucked away by a straw; the utilitarian and competitive Violet was very strong. Especially, became a big blueberry, and the whole person turned blue; the arrogant and self-willed Veluka fell into the garbage because he wanted to catch a squirrel; and Mike, who was irritable and self-righteous, jumped into the time machine and became The villain was stretched and turned into a chopstick-like person.
These punishments are actually the test of Willie Wonka. He has actually investigated the personalities of these five children. To understand the shortcomings of these children, we set up a test. If the test fails, he will be punished.
In the whole process of visiting the chocolate factory, Willie Wonka’s childhood was inserted to further perfect the role.
actually has a very interesting little detail in the movie. When the five groups of families were waiting in the chocolate factory, only had Charlie and grandpa holding hands and having physical contact with , which reflected their close family relationship. The distance between Veluka and her father was the farthest . Although her father was obedient to her, they did not even reach the close distance between their relatives.
Thinking about family parent-child relationship
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the very important core theme is actually family education . This movie actually mainly tells about 6 families.
Charlie’s family is poor. Almost all his grandparents sit on the bed and have difficulty moving. His father is also facing unemployment. However, family relationship is the most harmonious . On his birthday, his parents will buy him chocolates. In order to satisfy Charlie’s wish, Grandpa would also use his private money to buy him chocolate. When Charlie received the lottery ticket, his first thought was not to visit the chocolate factory, but he wanted to sell the lottery ticket to supplement his family. He would abandon the chocolate factory for his family and help Willie Wonka untie the knot, Although material is lacking, his heart is satisfied.
Evagrius Pontigus once defined 8 evil deeds that damage personal spirituality, which are the seven deadly sins said by the public: arrogance, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed, gluttony and lust.
Augustus’ shortcoming is actually overeating, , he has almost no resistance to food, entering the dreamlike candy-making environment, he unscrupulously eats all kinds of sugar and chocolate, his face is ugly. His mother did not stop him from doing this, but indulged him, which also caused him to fall into the Chocolate River.
Violet can be said to be a tool for mothers to chase fame and fortune. Although they look exactly the same as their mothers, they are not truly harmonious mothers and daughters. When Violet becomes a fat blueberry, the mother The first reaction was not to worry about her safety,But: how can participate in the competition in the future? Violet is aggressive and greedy. She has to strive for the first place in everything under her mother's education. It is hard to imagine what kind of person she will grow into in the future under such education?
Weiluka is a spoiled child, self-willed and self . She lost her temper and asked her parents for what she wanted. When her father helped her find the lottery, she didn’t have a word of thanks, and then she said she wanted A horse foal. When seeing the squirrel, the first reaction was to ask her father to buy it for her. When they walked out of the factory, Veluka's father refused her request for the first time.
Mike can be said to be the child with the most shortcomings. He is very smart and his parents can't control him. However, he has rage and arrogance on his body, and he thinks he doesn’t listen, so he jumped into the time machine and became a The villain, he is also the most punished child, the other children have changed back to the original, only Mike has become a paper man.
Willie Wonka’s relationship with his father is not harmonious. Because his father is a dentist, he never allowed him to eat any sweets. The two even broke up. Willie Wonka also had doubts about human nature, so when he When there was a spy in his factory, he dismissed all the workers. He founded a chocolate factory as both a dream and revenge against his father.
When Willie Wonka left home, his father once said: I will not wait for you . When he came back, he found that the houses had disappeared, but with the help of Charlie, Willy Wonka went home again. There was only one lone house in the entire source of illness, and his father still lived in this house. in. The disappearance and appearance of the house actually reflects Willy Wonka’s inner view of the family. When he does not have a home in his heart, the home is virtual and disappears. When he values the family, his eyes Will see the house.
Conclusion
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is actually a family education film that educates both children and parents . Parents' connivance to their children actually comes from love, and the excessive discipline of their children actually comes from love. But this kind of love should be restrained. Excessiveness is not enough. The bottomless indulgence is actually harming him; the same over-discipline can cause trauma to the child's soul. This childhood trauma is irreparable or even irreparable. The character of
children is almost innate, but their behavior and behavior are nurtured by the day after tomorrow. should not take evil for small, and don’t take good for small instead of . When a child was young, we did not pay attention to or educate his minor shortcomings. When they grow up, they may not be able to correct them.
