live forever

Brady 2022-03-21 09:03:29

When I was a child, the golden eagle cartoon at nine o'clock in the summer would put on all kinds of cartoons. I watched several excellent Japanese animations such as "The Emerald Timberwolves and the Sheep", "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro", which are still impressive to this day. , It was also from that time that I came into contact with Hayao Miyazaki and Ghibli, and the world of Ghibli became my "refuge paradise" in junior high school.

However, on the second night after watching "Spirited Away", I was so excited that I couldn't accept the minimalist style of "Neighbor's Yamada-kun", so I gave up the nine o'clock animation that day. Now, after many years, I have rediscovered this old film in my memory. I am very glad that I saw the title and gave up immediately, because according to the rank of the yellow-haired girl, it is estimated that I will not be able to taste the charm of it.

For me in the past, Hayao Miyazaki is equal to Ghibli, and Ghibli is equal to Hayao Miyazaki. I like the gorgeous style of painting and the fantastic forest surging with kindness and bravery. One of my favorites, Howl's Moving Castle, I will review it again and again even as an adult. Although the movie adds many metaphors about war, it is still wrapped in a fairy tale Cinderella. icing. And there is a girl's lust.

Later I learned that Ghibli also means Go Chan Hoon. And Gao Canxun can also be so gentle. In "The Neighbor's Yamada-kun", this kind of tenderness is the regret of ordinary people. In a life full of flaws, we live in a place where we are all lost.

One of the most resonant episodes happened in the evening under the continuous spring rain. Dad Aaron, who forgot to bring his umbrella, got off the tram and used the public phone to call home. Unexpectedly, everyone in the family rejected each other and no one wanted to come out to give the umbrella. He was angry. He said that he bought an umbrella, but his wife asked him to bring another piece of pork belly by the way. Later, he was walking home with the umbrella in one hand and the pork belly in the other, when he happened to meet his wife and children who came out to pick him up.

spring rainy evening

The normality of family life is to oscillate between loss and joy. Sometimes we feel left aside, as if left out, and secretly lament that we also feel lonely in front of our family. In the movie, Dad Aaron often plays this neglected role. After he wanted to play ball with his son and was rejected, he was lonely and practiced with the wall alone. In the first snow, he wanted to take a photo but was disliked. He felt tired when he came home from get off work. But not the injustice of being tenderly received. But healthy family life is like that. We often feel lost, but we never think about it. Happiness and contentment are waiting quietly around the next corner.

It is often said that husband and wife have to ride out the storm together. This sentence is only half right, because it doesn't tell us that the difficulties we really need to overcome are not storms, but calm. Just like the grandmother who spoke at the wedding ceremony at the beginning said: In a long life, the most terrifying thing is the calm water; there is no wind, and I don’t know which direction the bow is facing. Various opinions will appear, and everyone will Complain about why you are in the same boat. What should we do then? Aaron and Matsuko answered with their own lives: the most important thing in life is to think openly. Tolerance is the secret to running a happy family.

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  • Bobby 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Warm | Mandarin dubbing is very loving~

  • Ayden 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    I don't like the style of painting, but the plot is very humorous.

My Neighbors the Yamadas quotes

  • Takashi: [Matsuko sets hot pot on the table] Hot pot? We just had that the other night!

    Matsuko: But it tastes so good in the winter.

    [Matsuko finishes setting the ingredients on the table]

    Matsuko: Okay, help yourself!

    Shige: It's more like "Cook it yourself."

  • Noboru: [Noboru runs to Nonoko, then takes a bar of chocolate out of his schoolbag] Look, chocolate!

    Nonoko: Wow!

    [calling out]

    Nonoko: Mommy! Noboru spent all his money on chocolate!

    Noboru: No, I got them for Valentine's Day!