mentioned Xin Haicheng, the first thing that anime fans came to mind were the four characters "Wallpaper Crazy Demon" and .
This is not an exaggeration. Since Jae Cheng's "Voice of Stars" began, the animation movies released every few years have reached the extreme of "real scene description" .
The streets where the cherry blossoms fall, the verdant courtyards, the meteors that cut through the night sky, and even the city of Tokyo in the rain and fog. Brother Cheng’s animations are always pleasing to the eye, and every frame of the picture has reached the level of computer wallpaper.
Not only that, the heroes and heroines in Xin Haicheng's works, as the years go by, gradually change from the separation of space, to the separation of regions, to the crossing of ages, and finally to the "Your Name" Come together.
Other animation masters may be good at impressing fans with a work, but friends who follow Makoto Shinkai can enjoy the growth of "the whole series".
For a long time, "Your Name" has been regarded by me as Xin Haicheng's great work. Regardless of the soundtrack, the suspense of the plot, or the unswerving love between the hero and heroine, all can be regarded as a model of the second dimension, and every time you look at it, you will always be excited.
Of course, it didn't disappoint us either. Just 3 years ago, it successfully grabbed nearly 600 million box office in Mainland China, and it has been standing firmly on the top of the Riman box office rankings!
Now time has passed for 3 years, but Brother Cheng has not left behind the creation of animation. Today, the long-awaited new work by anime fans is finally released in the mainland---how much do you expect from
? Two points! As soon as
came, this new work has already broken the 13 billion yen in revenue in Japan and firmly sits on the position of the annual champion.
was selected by the Japan Animation Association some time ago to participate in the 92nd Oscar for the best animated feature film and the best international film award. It is a good box office and word of mouth.
But even so, as a professional film critic, I still can't easily make rash conclusions.
So I rushed to support the premiere this morning.
The result is hard to say!
even under the emotional foundation of super high expectations, it is not an exaggeration to call it "a mess" .
Okay, I won’t be too nonsense. The following content will be mine immediately (a bit fragmented, but this is also caused by the rotten fragments) ---
"The Children of the Weather"
Generally speaking, this new work of Brother Cheng Explained to us that the male protagonist "Houtaka Morishima" , who ran away from home in the countryside, has experienced bitterness in the process of making a living in Tokyo alone (annoyed by living expenses, living in Internet cafes, sleeping on the streets, and now Tokyo is also starting Torrential rain).
was helped by the newspaper uncle "Kisuke Suka" , and started a busy and fulfilling investigation and writing process.
and in the process accidentally met the heroine "Hina Amano" who can be 100% clear of the sun, and since then entered a love story of happiness, anxiety, and even disaster.
is a super power, a middle school man and a woman, and a tumultuous process of intercourse, so that you can hardly not remember "Your Name" from time to time during watching.
However, Brother Cheng did not miss the "squeeze" of this kind of sentiment. In the process of getting along with the hero and heroine, we really saw the appearance of "Tachibana Taki" and "Miyamizu Sanba" . The plot of
does not clearly state the relationship between the two of them, but looking at his adult and living together in Tokyo, I believe that the flowers and fruits will naturally not escape.
However, this is the only highlight of the entire movie "Children of the Weather". During the entire two hours of watching the movie, I was stunned countless times.Also countless times deep feeling has been played with.
And the roots of all these are like countless mediocre works, which are defeated by "perfunctory plot arrangement" and "chic plot setting" ---
I can accept to let sails without any preconditions. Gao went to Tokyo, young people, enthusiastic.
I can also accept the abnormal weather in the play, and the world view is overhead.
But I'm sorry, just by relying on a news broadcast, Fan Gao picked up a pistol in a roadside trash can. What does this mean?
, you know, this is the key to the deep friendship between him and Yangcai, and it is also the focus of the mandarin ducks who later mobilized the police to chase and escape.
I said that you have already portrayed that Fan Gao went to the nightclub to apply for a job, so why can't you describe him helping the gang deliver goods when he was in desperate need of living expenses, and accidentally discovered this pistol? But there is no doubt that this key prop came so abruptly.
The same arrangement happened to Yangna --- the beginning of the
animation, we saw the hostess sitting next to the bed (mother is sick). At this time, there was a heavy rain outside the window, but suddenly she was far away. There was a dawn.
then passed by, driven by curiosity, and unexpectedly got the super power to clear the weather. Why is
positive vegetables? Do you think she is different from ordinary people's misery? Or does she have a pious heart beyond imagination? And what is the effect after giving it to her?
Even if she cries mournfully in front of her mother's hospital bed, it won't be difficult to paint a few scenes of happiness with her mother in the sun after gaining superpowers, right?
didn't, she suddenly chose her, and almost did not let the heroine use super powers for the whole year. It felt like she was walking the ambush of the process, waiting for the hero to appear. Not only that, but the encounter between Hougao and Yangcai is also really strange---
's first encounter with a fast food restaurant is no problem, and it is acceptable for Yangcai to be fired by the owner.
But please, why Yangcai's next job is not at another restaurant, but just went to the nightclub to pick up guests?
need money? Wasn’t it more necessary when you were hospitalized last year? The only logical explanation for
is not that Brother Cheng needs to "conflict" , so that Fan Gao can come on stage bravely, or so that he can pull out the pistol that Kiki arrives, and finally start the supercar that also comes with Kiki. Ability to journey?
conflict, Xin Haicheng really wrote the protagonists neurotic in order to pursue the conflict of the plot ---
, for example, when Yang Na was asked by the police, she felt deeply saddened that her brother was about to be taken to the shelter.
But the facts later also told us that the shelter was not only environmentally friendly, but also helped them solve their living expenses. After three years, didn't they all become happy and happy?
In addition, the owner of the newspaper office was also interesting. When he saw the police coming to look for Fan Gao (ran away from home, without an ID card, he would be deported), his first reaction was that he was afraid that the police suspected him of “trafficking children” .
had no choice but to dismiss Fan Gao and cut off contact. Does
feel reasonable? Yes, he does have concerns that "needs to bring back his own children" .
But please, I said that even if you spend N times the effort to help Fan Gao and be discovered by the police, it won't be a big deal! Whether it is sold or not, can't it be explained clearly with just one sentence from Fan Gao?
Don’t think this is what I thought crookedly. In fact, Brother Cheng knew it well. At the end of the play, he portrayed the plot of the two men confronting each other with guns in a broken house and was discovered by the police, but nothing happened. The reunion is still a big reunion.
It is well known that, to a certain extent, the character behavior and plot ending of a film and television work can also reflect the author's values on the prevailing social conditions and real problems in the society.
So, don’t the neurotic protagonists reflect this fact---The Japanese have a serious lack of understanding of the police and the asylum. They always feel that it is a prison. They always feel that coming to the door is like interrogating a murderer.
Common sense education, it seems that Japan still has a long way to go.
As for the "plot ending" , it is even more absurd ---
looks really reunited at first, experiencing the fantasy journey together, and also feeling the torment of separation together, and finally the lovers finally get married.
But I am sorry, this relationship is not touched at all, because the two protagonists "playing" with is really a bit bloody --- throughout Tokyo.
In the middle of the plot, Shinkai Makoto, in order to make the emotions more ups and downs, suddenly rained and cut the temperature, so that the entire Tokyo was filled with a disaster atmosphere.
But don't think that this is a natural phenomenon. According to the legend, this is a sequelae of super power. Only by letting the heroine " disappear" can save Tokyo.
Yes, Yangcai did disappear shortly thereafter, but don’t think it was because of the great love to save the common people.
In fact, just because Fan Gao didn’t know the sequelae, when the hostess asked if she wanted sunny days, she answered these two words: "Yes" He confessed his physical condition, but after all, Brother Cheng did not let the male lead take back these two words in person). Shortly afterwards,
left quietly.
Afterwards, the male protagonist embarked on a journey to find the female protagonist, and successfully saved Yang Nai at the end of the play. However, after 3 years of heavy rain in Tokyo, the whole town has been flooded from standing water on the roadside, leaving the highlands alone to continue to provide for people.
ruin the three views, right?
First, the hero and heroine did not have a good conversation, and left alone with a single sentence of "yes" and . This feels to me like a young couple flirting and cursing: I know you will regret it, so I just want you to worry about it!
But please, your juggling is the survival of the whole Tokyo, how can you live in Tokyo for 3 full years without much guilt after returning?
Of course, as the saying goes: "Culture has no borders" , we can also see the similar plot of the "Three Views of Destruction" in "Big Fish and Begonia"---
the heroine Chun was originally from the God Realm An ordinary god, but he fell in love at first sight with Kun, who died for saving himself when he traveled to the human world. Since then, he has started the "nurturing journey" that violates the rules of the gods, and finally brought the sky tsunami. The world was destroyed.
This is also a work released in 16 years, but unlike "Your Name", which has received endless praise, "Big Fish and Begonia" has not been rarely ruined by anime fans in the past three years. Three views and spicy eyes--- even ruined The love of Heaven and Earth is shocking enough, but if the protagonist is still resolute and resolute when it is really involved in the survival of the tribe, then I am sorry, this is the proper way to destroy the three views.
The love described in "Weather Children" is also the same. The marriage of Haruna and Hodaka turned out to be a memorial service in Tokyo without much guilt. What values does
want to convey in an ending like this? Perhaps the only reasonable explanation for
is this: forgive young people, even if they are neurotic and ignorant, adults should be tolerant!
is also right. If you wait for the sun to clear up a few times, then it is the whole earth that you want to destroy.
and finally
I have always looked forward to Xin Haicheng's works. How many years have passed, I still remember the scene in "The Garden of Words" where Takao roared at Baixiangli at the end of the play---
from "Voice of the Stars" to "Beyond the Cloud" to the later "Speed Five" "Centimeter", what we can feel is that "restrains" and "represses" .
But this roar of Xiaoxiong wiped out all the haze. He made me truly feel the enthusiasm of the hot-blooded youth and made me feel the so-called fullness of love for the first time.
Although the protagonist and heroine were finally separated due to the age span, there is no doubt that this work is not lost at all. On the contrary, it has lighted the light of progress in my life.
Time is coming. In 2016, Cheng Ge further matched the relationship between the male and female protagonists in "Your Name", allowing them to come together after experiencing a journey of life and death across time and space, and in the "Children of the Weather" three years later "Easter eggs" are combined together in .
However, it is regrettable that the love journey of Hougao and Yangna can not continue to sublimate the quality. On the contrary, with what kind of curious and ruining plot of the three views, Cheng brother completely "buried" these two. Human feelings.
Time is a sharp and precise razor. I believe that in the near future, "Weather Children" will be crushed beyond recognition.
It's the weekend again. It's rare to see Cheng's "bad work", so why not do it?
