20 years later, Risa plays a song for Sosuke called Goldfish Princess

Brice 2022-04-23 07:01:51

As always, human and anti-human, environmental protection and natural ecology, pure love and great love, Miyazaki's theme has always been like this, every film must contain metaphors, and you can't really understand Ghibli if you don't understand these.

Between Sousuke and Ponyo, in the final analysis, I'm talking about the relationship between humans and nature. People are born to love nature, just like the love at first sight between Sousuke and Ponyo. And nature also desires to coexist with human beings, just like Ponyo's selfless transformation for Sousuke. Ponyo's magic is like the power of nature, and it has its own magic for human beings. But if this magic is arbitrarily used by human beings without knowing how to maintain the inner balance, the mana will eventually fail. In fact, this principle has been explained very deeply and thoroughly in "Princess Mononoke", but unfortunately it was in vain at that time, and no solution to the problem was found. I guess at that time Miyazaki must have been very depressed because he couldn't find the answer, and announced the closure of the pen. The whole "Place" drama was filled with pessimism. But now, many years have passed, it may be that the pessimistic romantics have found some inspiration in the transformation of reality, or it may be that the prosperous old man who is forced by the poisonous media to weigh heavily on commercial entertainment is slowly becoming less stubborn. In short, he began to follow Ten years ago, he turned his face and wanted to use the role of Sousuke to give the world an optimistic explanation. Isn't it? When Ponyo's mana was exhausted, she raised her head and fell asleep, Sousuke Xiao started to man. He jumped out of the boat, drove the boat with meager strength, carried his woman ashore with the strength of breastfeeding (oh ~ forgive me for using adult words to slander innocent puppy love~), dispelled fear with firm eyes, and guarded his beloved with a magnanimous heart . The one who loves is not only his girlfriend Ponyo, but also his mother Lisa, and Sunflower's old woman. In the end, Sousuke used the tenacity and firmness of human nature to surpass the darkness of human nature. Naturally, it also withstood the perverted test of Ponyo's neurotic dad, survived the crisis, and found the answer to the coexistence of human and nature.

Speaking of Risa's independent feminism, the unrequited love between five-year-old children, Sousuke's politeness with a sense of distance, Ponyo's spit when she sees people who are not pleasing to the eye, and the ruthless expulsion of environmental destruction The selfless care of the elders, these ways of treating others are Miyazaki's way of reasoning and invisible. Although there is nothing new, every time it seems like a child is being educated by the elders quietly, the speaker is expressionless, and the listener remembers it in his heart.

Strange to say. I started fanning Ghibli when I was a girl, and I was sweating while watching. After sweating, I have an idea: Grandpa Miyazaki, you must live longer. When my baby grows up, Jiang Zi can take him to the cinema to chase your new movie. I don't have a baby yet, but after watching it, I still sniffle and snort noodles and tears. Totally embarrassed.

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Ponyo quotes

  • Lisa: So what's your Mother like, then?

    Ponyo: She's big and beautiful, but she can be very scary!

    Sosuke: Just like my Mom.

  • Sosuke: Look at her. Isn't she pretty?

    Kumiko: That's the most boring goldfish I've ever seen in my entire life!