- about "Horton and the Nameless"
This is an animation for adults, about life, love, and justice.
Houghton the Elephant accidentally heard the sound of alfalfa flowers, so he discovered this small town living on a speck of dust - Nameless Town. Horton begins communicating with the town's mayor, Nat, in an attempt to convince Nat that they are indeed living on a speck of dust. Eventually, the mayor believed and begged Holden to take them to a safe place.
Horton found that there were crises lurking everywhere in the forest, so he decided to bring the dust attached to the nameless town to the highest point of the forest - the top of Noel, where there is a small and peaceful cave, "There, Sunflowers thrive, where every Anonymous will be safe."
At this point, the movie begins to switch between one big and one small world.
In the small world of Nameless Town, the mayor Nat is loyal and honest, but sometimes behaves strangely. Although Nat is the mayor of the town, he has no rights, and the power is concentrated in the hands of the self-righteous and autocratic town committee chairman. So, when Nat reported to the town committee the fact that "the nameless town actually exists on a speck of dust", he was ridiculed by all the town committee members and called him "boob"; When the news of "Anonymous Town is at stake" was conveyed to the townspeople, it was ridiculed by everyone. In everyone's eyes, Nat was like a "boob".
In the forest world, Horton spoke to Clover on his nose as he made his way to the top of Knoll. Even Horton's best friend didn't believe that there was indeed life on that dust. The news that Norton and Clover "talked" quickly reached the ears of the kangaroo, who thought she was the ruler of the forest, another self-righteous and indomitable guy. She thought Horton's behavior could not be tolerated, so she sent vultures to attack him. pause. The vulture obstructed in every possible way, but Horton finally defeated the vulture with his cleverness and bravery.
At this time, Holden got in touch with the mayor of Nat again, and cooperated with Nat to convince the townspeople that everything Nat said was true. Just when Holden was about to arrive at his destination, the kangaroo was deliberately incited by various animals in the forest to surround Holden on the grounds that "Horton's behavior had a negative impact on the children". At this critical moment, the townspeople of Wuming Town gathered together and shouted hoarsely: "we are here, we are here!". Finally, the cry broke through the barriers and spread to the outside world. Nameless was saved, Horton was saved.
Americans love irony, and without exception, this movie is full of irony.
When the chairman of the town committee of Wuming Town said to all the townspeople that everything in Wuming Town was well and full of joy, glory and celebration, I thought of Ibsen's "The Enemy of the People", the "SARS" of the past years, and The government's performance in the "hand, foot and mouth disease" that just happened. Last year's World Bank conference in Beijing on "Environmental Pollution Causes Chinese Premature Death" also used this play as the ending.
And when I saw kangaroos inciting animals to attack Horton in the name of "children will be victimized", I didn't care how familiar the children heard the cruel and violent description of vultures. There are always some hypocrites who, in the name of "protecting children", stir up troubles, incite the masses, and create anger in order to achieve the sinister purpose of overthrowing their opponents. And do they really care about their children? Besides this Wenchuan earthquake, after such a national disaster, a group of moral stray criminals appeared everywhere, under the banner of morality, saying that this company donated less and that celebrity donated less, so what about this one? What about that person? It's better to use "the power of the masses" to obliterate all those who are unhappy with him. And do they really care about the disaster areas and the victims?
Even so, the film is still full of moving things.
When Houghton the Elephant searched for the dusty alfalfa in the millions of alfalfa bushes, when he searched until noon, he searched 9005 alfalfa on the verge of collapse, when he finally found the alfalfa in the wind When I found it, and the ecstasy after finding it, I was moved. In the rubble after the earthquake, the search and rescue personnel are also searching for it like this. After rescuing the survivors, it must be so exciting. The same is the respect and love for life, the same.
At the critical moment, the unanimous cry of all the townspeople in Wuming Town was also very touching. Such a united mind, such a united will, doesn't it seem familiar?
It ends with Horton's famous quote in the film, "a person is a person, no matter how small", which is also an expression of the Buddhist idea of equality of all beings.
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