Xin Haicheng's new work "The Weather Son" was released in the mainland on November 1, and the box office and word of mouth were not satisfactory. The box office of "Weather Children" exceeded 150 million in 3 days, and the total box office is expected to exceed 300 million. "Your Name" received 575 million box office in the Mainland in 2016. "Weathering Sons" has a Douban score of 7.1, far inferior to "Your Name", which scored 8.4 by 810,000 people.
"Weathering Son" was cold in the Mainland, but it was very popular in Japan. It is the Japanese box office champion so far in 2019, and Makoto Shinkai is also the second Japanese film director to reach the box office of two works exceeding 10 billion yen after Hayao Miyazaki.
"Weather Children" also represented Japan in the 92nd Oscar Best International Film Award. Following the selection of "Princess Mononoke" in 1998, Japan once again sent an animated cartoon to compete for the Oscar, which shows that this film is more recognized in Japan. Coincidentally, the movie sent to the Oscars from the mainland this year is also a cartoon-"Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World".
"Children of the Weather" is a work written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, which continues his signature style and the core of the story of disaster vs. love. However, "Children of the Weather" is the lowest rated one of Xin Haicheng's animated feature films in the mainland. Has Xin Haicheng regressed?
01 "Your Name" male and female guest appearances is the biggest egg
The most surprising part of "Weather Children" is the "guest appearance" of "Your Name" male and female hosts.
The male main sail Gao and female lead Yangna of "Weather Sons" were commissioned by an old woman. Yang used the power of "Sunny Woman" to make the sky clear for a short time because she wanted to pay homage to her dead husband and let the smoke rise into the air.
Fangao and Yangcai came to visit this house, and the "Tachibana" on the house number made many fans of "Your Name" excited. While Hougao was chatting with the grandmother, the mature Tachibana appeared, and there was a low voice in the theater.
Later, Fan Gao was going to buy a birthday present for Yangcai, but only after thousands of choices did he fancy a ring with wings. The saleswoman encouraged Fan Gao, saying that his intention is very precious. As soon as the saleswoman appeared, the theater was agitated again. Although the saleswoman's name was translated as "Miyamoto Shigeru", her appearance and the red rope on her head indicated that she was Mitsuba! Many friends complained that the translation of "Weather Children" may not have read "Your Name", so they translated " Miyamoto Sanye " into "Miyamoto Shigeru".
The story of "The Weather Son" took place in 2021 . There are two evidences: one is that the police found Yangcai and asked about Fan Gao's whereabouts, and showed Yang Cai the photo of Fan Gao's high school graduation, which read "Reihe 3 years." ", that is, 2021; K&A has a "MU" magazine with 488 issues written in it. This magazine is real, and it is estimated that it is the 2021 edition. More interestingly, there is another page in "MU" magazine that reported the comet incident in "Your Name".
Xin Hai Makoto once revealed in an interview with "Your Name" that Taki and Mitsuba were later engaged. At that time, everyone thought that Xin Hai Makoto "sweet sugar" just to make fans happy. In the promotion of "Weathering Sons", Makoto Shinkai said: "Taki and Mitsuba, who appeared in guest appearances, have not yet met. They were looking for each other. "
Actually, there are other characters in "Your Name". In "Children of the Weather", the friends discovered Mitsuba's sister Yotsuba, Kane who helped Mitsuba destroy the substation, and Sayaka who secretly loved Kaneko... These are all given by Makoto Shinkai to the iron fan of "Your Name" The easter egg also shows that the story of "Son of the Weather" and "Your Name" are in the same line.
02 What is the difference between "The Weather Son" and "Your Name"?
Everyone knows that Xin Haicheng is a "wallpaper madman". There are many frames in his movies that can be directly cut as wallpaper. Back then, "Your Name" also made everyone fascinated by " Xinhaicheng Filter ".
"Weathering Son" of course also has Xin Haicheng movie mustPrepared elements: sky, clouds, rainbow, railway, urban street scene... the movie shows the scenery of Tokyo from various angles, not only close-ups of iconic attractions such as Tokyo Tower, but also many aerial panoramic views, said to be Tokyo promotional film Not an exaggeration, perhaps this is one of the reasons why "Weather Children" represents Japan's competition for the Oscar.
However, "Your Name" mainly shows the glamorous and beautiful side of Tokyo, but "The Weather Child" shows many dark and decadent places, to set off the indifference and loneliness that Fan Gao feels in the big city.
Because "Children of the Weather" tells the story of " sunny girl ", 108 opening methods for raining and clearing are also filmed in the film. The water drops on the ground are so delicate that the sun shines through the clouds. Gorgeous makes people happy.
"Children of the Weather" does have stunning visual effects and good original music, but the audiovisual effects are to serve the story. It is indeed a great regret that Xin Haicheng made the mistakes Li Ang made in "Gemini Killer" and failed to tell the story well.
"Your Name" uses a very pleasing male and female body exchange stem. The male lead approaches and reveals the secret step by step. The female lead and everyone are saved from the disaster, whether it is revealing the secret, saving or reuniting. Hold the audience's heart tightly.
In contrast, the script of "Children of the Weather" is much thinner, the narrative is relatively loose, and the depictions of several main characters are superficial. Makoto Shinkai was originally hailed as the "" as the "", but the characters and motivations of the heroes and heroines are confusing. The
movie did not explain the reason why the male main sail Gao ran away from home, only that he had chased a few rays of sunlight from the clouds on the small island in his hometown, and then the sunlight moved to the other side of the sea, and Fan Gao decided Go out and have a look, it's really a mystery motive!
In fact, in the original novel written by Xin Haicheng himself, after Fan Gao chased the sun this time, after domestic violence occurred, "After being beaten by my father one day, in order to eliminate the pain, I desperately stepped on the pedal of the bicycle..." In the movie, when Fan Gao went to Tokyo by boat, his face was hurt, but he did not clearly explain the background of his father's domestic violence, which made his running away from home seem naive and hasty.
Fan Gao's psychological activities in the movie are always expressed in the form of roaring and second two, which is also embarrassing.
The heroine Yangna knows that using the "Haruna" prayer will hurt herself, but she did not hesitate to start taking on the business of "Haruna". This behavior can be understood as she is to make money to support the family and not to separate from her brother .
But in the end, Yangna suddenly decided to sacrifice herself and stop the catastrophic weather. This motive was even more mysterious. Even the heavy rain in Tokyo was not caused by her, and no one asked her to make sacrifices. What's more, she still had a younger brother and Fan Gao who could not give up. Why did she do this? Because of the lack of motivation, it is difficult for everyone to be moved by Yang Nai's sacrifice. They only feel that this sacrifice is a trifle.
The fall of the comet in "Your Name" made the hero and the hero pass the test of life and death. "Children of the Weather" Fangao rescued Yangna and prevented her sacrifice. The ending is " as long as we love each other, even if Tokyo becomes the sea ", it is hard to resonate.
Xin Haicheng said that the love in his works "is hard to meet in reality". This is the truth. The love in "Your Name" grasps the balance between reality and fairy tales, which is convincing and fascinating; while the love in "Weather Children" is not grounded. The emotional line of the hero and heroine is like they are in the movie. Floating in the air like in the sky.
03 Shinkai Makoto These two films are actually mirrors of each other.
"Your Name" and "Weather Children" show two different endings: Taki and Mitsuba save the people in the town, and both the lover and the "world" are preserved. ; Fan Gao saved Yang Na, saved love, and Tokyo became an archipelago.
In fact, "Your Name" and "Children of the Weather" have the same creative motives. Makoto Shinkai once said: " The Great Japan Earthquake in 2011 changed me. I hope that through my works, the audience can be encouraged to move forward bravely in the future. "
, as Xin Haicheng wrote in the brochure of "Weather Children": "The world today is the result of our own choices... But on the other hand, for young people... the world was like this when they were born. , They have no choice but to live here." In fact, "Your Name" and "Children of the Weather" show different choices, and Xin Haicheng has already done it a long time ago. "The ending of makes everyone disagree. There will even be preparations for disagreements. The values of
"Your Name" are correct and mainstream, but in fact, Fan Gao and Yang Cai are not wrong. They are not caused by meteorological disasters. They are not obliged to sacrifice their lives for it. They have the freedom of personal choice.
Actually the same choice has been presented in many film and television works. In the Korean drama "Ghosts", the hostess sacrificed her life by blocking the out-of-control car with her car in order to save the children in the school bus. In many superhero movies, the value of "letting a home for everyone" is also demonstrated. Such a choice is easier to impress. It takes courage to let "Weather Sons" have such a "anti-hero" ending, , by Xin Haicheng, which is also a kind of freedom of expression. "Your Name" and "Children of the Weather" are like a mirror. By comparison, everyone will have their own answers.
"Children of the Weather" cannot reach the height of "Your Name", not because of the values it presents, but because of the problems with its script narrative and character creation. This time, Xin Haicheng is disappointing after all.
Especially when you see Apple, Yahoo, McDonald’s and other brand logos in an animated movie, the feeling in your heart is hard to describe. "Weather Children" is indeed successful commercially, but it is not as pure as "Your Name".
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