Kubo and the Two Strings: Interpreting Eastern Stories with Western Culture

Shanon 2022-03-28 09:01:03

The revenge stories of the East are generally cold, dark and murderous, but this film is full of warmth and gratitude. It is not only lively and interesting, but also tells a warm and touching story, which has to be said to fully reflect the kindness. The great significance has also raised the height of being a person to a level of admiration. The movie not only shows us the story of a hero, but also shows the brilliance of a saint. The film obviously tells the story of Western-style Jesus under the guise of an oriental story, a typical cultural output of Western-style religious thought, while relaxing our mood, impresses us with simple and interesting plots, and then illuminates us with the most brilliant part of human nature. The soul of the film, thus occupying the highest point of our life value, not only makes us accept the greatness brought to us by the film, but also is shocked by this selfless act of love. I have to say that the film has achieved the perfect fusion of art and thought. People can't stop clapping their hands and applauding, admiring and admiring. However, the movie obviously distorts the magic part of the oriental story quite a bit. Bringing divine power into the martial arts story is a very nonsense thing in itself, and Chinese martial arts TV dramas have also grown magnificently. This makes a kind of I don't know why the taste is on the surface. Magic is a kind of deceiving trick, and we are easy to take it seriously, but we are fully accustomed to it, so film and television dramas are used without restriction, and unlimited Maybe, it is this kind of ambiguity that no one can tell, which makes the size of the ability blurred, and also makes the battle without the bottom line. The winning blow often becomes the final manifestation of magic, and it also makes the magic of the sideways become thousands of people. The pursuit of life goals, this kind of deviation from reality is deeply disgusting. It covers up the results of personal efforts, magnifies the effects of unrealistic external forces, and makes people indulge in virtual illusions.

Of course, the movie does not just focus on the story of revenge, but brings a wonderful and interesting road scene with a journey of escape and treasure hunting, the most outstanding of which is the emotion between the monkey and the beetle warrior It has changed, from suspicion and distrust at the beginning, to knowing each other and having feelings, to the joy of reunion after finally knowing the truth, people can feel a kind of warmth and love. The monkey shows the extreme protective desire like a mother, and the Beetle warrior shows the tolerance and support of a father, plus the inherent naughty and willful nature of the child in Kubo, all of which are strongly in line with all the potential of a warm family. It is describing an adventure story, and more of it reflects the support and dependence of the characters in a family. The main purpose of the film is to show the beauty of traditional family thinking. However, the entire story of the movie revolves around a big family, and the biggest villain comes from the elders in the family. It represents the orientation of the entire society’s value orientation that guides the oppression of the family’s orientation of values, and it is based on class to reflect the differences in levels. Parents just want to bring the best love to their children, while the elders want their children to be strong and responsible people of value. Because the requirements of the two aspects are different, conflicts have arisen between them. Representing different loves, but irreconcilable contradictions arise in the mutual comparison, which also shows the ruthlessness and toughness presented by the expectations of the elders in the comparison. It seems more convincing, so the elders in the eastern family are taken out as villains, which is particularly important in Western culture, because what they preach is a kind of benevolent thought of equality, leniency and freedom, rather than obeying the father's order. Confession and bondage.

The movie vividly shows the distinct personalities of each character, especially the Kubo in the movie is not like the one in the oriental story, the image of a young hero who endures humiliation and bears a lot of hardship and hatred, but more of a child image. , He is naughty, willful, and needs help. Not only is he full of curiosity, but he also has many clever ideas. The most important thing is that his emotions and optimistic thoughts are very strong, which is a symbol of positive energy. He not only takes on the responsibility of taking care of his mother, but also brings joy to the people around him positively and optimistically. He is tenacious and at the same time shows his vulnerability everywhere. He is a real child, not a hero in our eyes. Such a character image is worthy of our love and sympathy. He is not only a teenage hero, but also a child worthy of love. From his body, he can reflect the characteristics of all ordinary people, not just to highlight His heroic potential has erased the juvenile innocence that should have been there. It is this kind of real emotional expression that makes us fall in love with this animation. No matter some plots in the movie are designed very simply, or the characters' encounters are deliberately made into cutscenes, they can't stop the characters from exuding that kind of cuteness and kindness. Charm, that is, an expression that does not express the heart of revenge too strongly, makes the movie less dark and cold, which is why we can watch the movie happily all the time without feeling any depression.

Love can dissolve everything, and love makes the world a better place. When the movie was finally defeated by Kubo, the grandfather who lost his memory regained his trust in the beauty of the world under the well-meaning lies of many villagers. The most beautiful part of the movie is to let a person let go of the past and regain the yearning for a better life. What a gratifying thing, even if the person's past is so wicked, when the person who puts down the butcher's knife is. For a moment, isn't it just the rebirth of the phoenix from the ashes of Nirvana? The world is not afraid of disasters, but it is afraid that people's hearts are not ancient. When everyone can work together to form a harmonious and happy family, isn't it the Datong society we have been looking forward to? Although the film tells an oriental story, it is essentially a Western thought and connotation. After all, it was made for Westerners, and the philosophy of ideological redemption has been implanted in the concept. If this story is left to the East When the director went to shoot, he must have expressed a kind of pleasure of revenge. It is because of the different ideas that the different cultural backgrounds of the East and the West are revealed, but I have to say that the ideological redemption of Westerners is really very Heartwarming. As a stop-motion animation work brought by Leica Studio, its own handmade quality has laid a classic foundation for the work, and with a heart-warming story, it has created another classic work. Moreover, the film has tried such a way of expression of the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, and brought the ancient oriental stories back to life again.

View more about Kubo and the Two Strings reviews

Extended Reading

Kubo and the Two Strings quotes

  • The Sisters: Kubo, we've been waiting for you for so long.

  • Kubo: Don't you ever say anything encouraging?

    Monkey: I encourage you not to die.

    Kubo: [Mockingly] I encourage you not to die.