"Your Name" made the Japanese animation director Shinkai Makoto, who might have been a little niche, become a world-renowned billionaire box office director. It also transformed him from a gloomy creator into a healing creator. Everyone The expectation for his new film "Weathering Children" is naturally not a problem. How about this movie? Listen to the old talk.
First of all, "Children of the Weather" retains many of the advantages of "Your Name", more detailed and realistic painting of light and shadow, bright and full Tokyo urban landscape, fresh episodes and melodious soundtrack, and of course the experience of visual and movie atmosphere is still It’s great, but on the whole, in front of the world-famous predecessor "Your Name", "Weathering Child" will appear slightly inadequate. Of course, this is also impossible. After all, "Your Name" The frames are so exquisite that they can be used as wallpapers.
Xin Haicheng's imagery but not detail plot, fragmented narrative, strong MV montage and other styles may not be so obvious in "Your Name", but there will be more in the new work "Children of the Weather" Reflect, for the audience who like to watch the story, it may have a certain impact.
"Children of the Weather" is still a story of youthful love with a little bit of traditional Japanese folklore magic, but compared to "Your Name", it has created a brand new concept of "déja vu", "inquiring name", and "red line of fate". For romantic opinions, the story and theme of "Children of the Weather" will be more divergent, and more metaphors will be thrown to enrich the level of the film.
"Your Name" and "The Child of the Weather", although the two works are separated by 3 years in time, the core propositions of Xin Haicheng in the two works are similar: " Beware that the things you love are destined to disappear. How much did you pay to save it? "
In "Your Name", the protagonist mustered up the courage to return to the place where the tragedy occurred and reverse time and space, only to pursue the possibility of seeing one more time; but in "Children of the Weather", the price that needs to be paid, But it may have plunged the entire city into an unrecoverable catastrophe.
(Slightly spoilers below!)
After arriving in Tokyo from the countryside, the sixteen-year-old Hoo Kogen first embraced joy and wanted to make a breakthrough in a brand-new city. But as a minor, he tried to find a job and bumped into the wall everywhere, as if being defeated by the cold big city, so he could only live in a fast-food restaurant for temporary refuge. But what Houga doesn't know is that three days later, it will be his first encounter with "Haruna" Yangna.
When dreamy food appeared on the table, Fan looked up at the female clerk Yang Nai who was handing the food, as if it were a ray of sunshine illuminating his embarrassed life. The crisp moment when he bit off the bread and lettuce, this may be the best meal he has eaten in his life. At this moment, he once again gained the courage to move forward, and at the same time planted the seeds of shock in his heart.
In fact, Yang Cai is not only heartwarming to bring sunshine to other people’s lives, she also has an unknown ability: as long as she prays sincerely, the sky will respond to her request to disperse the dark clouds, even in the bad weather of storms. , Revealing a party of sunlight illuminates the earth. Such amazing ability made Fan Gao stunned. It turned out that the "weather witch" in the myth appeared before his eyes.
The so-called weather witch refers to the connection between the world and the sky.
With the cooperation of the two, the "100% sunny girl" went around praying for warm sunshine for people. Whether it is a market, a wedding, or a track and field competition for children, wherever good weather is needed, they will be there, and people will smile brightly because of the blue sky. Yang Cai discovered that the clear sky can bring people full of beauty and joy. Perhaps, one's own ability should be used to summon endless sunny days, forever.
serves as a bridge between heaven and mankind. Although the weather maiden has the ability to reverse the celestial phenomenon, it is ultimately a price to be exchanged, not a beautiful talent that can be used unlimitedly. Speaking of this, it is vaguely revealed that the concept of human beings cannot resist the weather. When projected into the real world, we are indeed powerless in the face of drastic changes in the climate.
Interestingly, under the explanation of the grandfather of the shrine, the audience can see the ancient Japanese imagination about the weather. It was a huge dragon god manipulating behind, and the ground was a huge catfish, which can be said to be quite a fantasy setting. set.However, when the weather began to be abnormal, it was necessary for the weather maiden to sacrifice herself as a living sacrifice in order to restore the balance of nature and summon normal weather.
But what exactly is "normal"? The Bureau of Meteorology has often stated that this is the largest typhoon and the heaviest rainfall in history, but the history of meteorological observations is not just a matter of the last 100 years. Could it be that two or three hundred years ago, the so-called violent storms were actually commonplace, but modern people classified the natural phenomena of the earth and self-righteousness as abnormal, and even wanted to evade and resist?
In the end, people often change the celestial phenomena through the idea of witches for the anomalies under the narrow perception, and even try to sacrifice one person in exchange for a long time of sunshine. This seems to be too ridiculous. In
"Children of the Weather", the beautiful pictures are naturally Xin Haicheng's strengths. After three years of hard work, the beautiful scenes have become even more impressive. When the fireworks appearing in the summer festival continue to bloom in the sky, it can be said to be extremely gorgeous and moving moments. People can't help but want to take a screenshot of each frame for a good collection. It can only be said that you must be on the big screen to experience this beautiful visual feast that stops breathing.
As for the blooming of such beautiful fireworks, it still depends on the ability of Sunflower to make it clear. Wearing a kimono, she prayed for the sunshine on the roof of the building, ushering in the first climax of the plot, as if the world could be bathed in sunshine in the future. However, everything may come at a price. Then, Tokyo ushered in a torrential rain, a shivering low temperature, and a little bit of white snow caught off guard.
" Do you want this rain to stop ?" asked the positive rape, who was wearing a bathrobe and more than half of her body turned transparent. Only then did Fan Gao realize that the legend that the weather maiden will become a living sacrifice is no longer dreamy, and has become the present ongoing tense before him. In order to bring people a blue sky, Yang Cai's body gradually disappeared bit by bit, only in exchange for the smiles from the hearts of everyone. However, the world's greedy hope for the weather was weighed heavily on the shoulders of the Miko, until her connection with the world disappeared completely, and the empty form as the end of Yangna's life tunnel. When
woke up, the miraculous sunshine fell, but the bathrobe that Yang Cai was wearing was empty, leaving Fan Gao who felt regretful. Even if the world returns to normal, the world without Yang Cai is like a miserable world filled with dark clouds to Fan Gao. At first, Yang Nai's small body alone carried the burden of protecting the world. What can
Junior Sail Gao do? Rescuing Yangcai, the world will once again be plunged into turmoil, but living alone in a world without each other is so bleak that even the meaning of survival no longer exists.
"In order to call you back, I would rather let the rain spread to Tokyo" Fan Gao tried his best to rescue Yang Nai, but the whole Tokyo was plunged into heavy rain. There has been no sign of stopping for three years.
But what if so? Instead of leaving Yangcai alone to suffer in the far end, it is better to let the rain overwhelm the entire city. Just like the lyrics of Sodagreen's "Little Love Song": "You know / even if the heavy rain turns the city upside down / I will embrace you". What's more, this heavy rain is still the result of Fan Gao's choice. In the world where the heavy rain is pouring in Tokyo and there is no other party, he finally chose to let go and let the world collapse. Maybe it's like Grandma Tachibana said: "The world is already falling apart." He is just trying to fight for his own sunshine in the already broken world.
Although many people have criticized that Fan Gao is only a 16-year-old secondary school dropout. He not only aimed a gun at his benefactor, but also ran like a fool on the rails. But such innocence and innocence may be precisely the enthusiasm that we have lost so long as adults. It is precisely because of this enthusiasm that he can successfully save the one he loves and completely liberate her from the tragedy of the weather maiden.
After three years, he returned to Tokyo where the rain was spreading freely, and saw Harina again. After three years of meeting, she is still used to praying silently with her hands folded against the sky, but she no longer has the ability to change the weather. After returning to the world, she became an ordinary girl, but she exists in Tokyo, where the weather is terrible, and will never disappear because of sincere prayers.
This is the world that Fan Gao tried his best to recover, a world that fell into the rain without losing his loved oneworld.
On the whole, after 3 years, the new work "Children of the Weather" and "Your Name" are in the same line in the core propositions, with Xin Haicheng's consistent values and worldview, and almost reached the same level in the visual aesthetics of animation. . In addition, the three hidden easter eggs related to "Your Name" in "Children of the Weather" are still waiting for you to discover while watching the movie in person.
