"The Sky Crawlers"

Richmond 2022-04-21 09:03:35

For some movies or books, when you finish reading, you obviously have a lot of thoughts that you want to express, but because you can't sort out the myriad of threads, the words come to your mouth, but you can't say why. The sky crawlers undoubtedly It's such an animated movie.

The plot of the story is so simple that even I think it's a little bit unbelievable to be able to last two hours. In fact, I did feel boring and monotonous at first. In this day and age, I have long been accustomed to those fast flashing pictures and rapid development, but I have become unaccustomed to this slow progress like returning to the original. However, even at the beginning, I was chatting while looking at the seemingly meaningless sky and iron. The picture of the railing was slowly infected by the tranquility afterward. He turned off the chatter, removed his inner impetuosity, and threw himself into the story.

The sky crawlers told a helpless love story, at least in On the surface it is so. Two "children" who will never grow up, an unbreakable love. Every time he dies, every time he reincarnates with a memory of deja vu, meets her again, falls in love, but in the end She still has to watch him die again, suffer another heartbreak, and finally, accept his reincarnation.

At the beginning of the story, I thought she was an iceberg doll; after reading the story completely, Only then did I understand what kind of painful heart was struggling under that indifferent appearance, and I also understood her murmured "please kill me, otherwise, we will endure this endless torture forever". This kind of love is extremely cruel No matter how much you love each other, you will have to meet the end of death in the end, and then watch his reincarnation come to you again, say "hello" in a stranger's tone, and start a new round of reincarnation.

The sky crawlers delicately depicts such a love tragedy with relatively plain brushstrokes. Although there are some intense emotional conflicts in the middle, the overall feeling still renders a faint sense of sadness. Perhaps, this technique can be more prominent That feeling of powerlessness and helplessness in the face of an irresistible reality.

The play has never given a very clear definition to the irresistible real environment in which the hero and heroine live. What we see from the plot is just a background setting that has to fight. No matter what the reason is, In short, they live in such an environment, which reminds me of "The Last Weapon Girl", which is also an unknown battle. Both seem to use this environment to complete the story

. "The difference is that the sky crawlers are not just about a heartbreaking love story, but more about the meaning of "self" and "war".

Who is "I", where does "I" come from, What kind of past does "I" have, and what will "I" be like in the future?

As "children" children ask this series of questions, and they are full of unease and uncertainty about their position. But from another perspective, we Don't they also ask their own hearts like this? The sky crawlers' definition of children is very interesting, children who can't grow up, but they are not real children. In my opinion, it is better to say that it is not so much a child. Teenagers who are at the most confused stage in their lives. They can't be like real children without taking any responsibilities. However, as their thoughts slowly mature, they will be regarded as children by the people around them. This contradiction itself has It will lead to psychological imbalance; you have to fight, but you don’t understand the meaning of fighting, and your survival goal is to fight (this is the same as having to learn, but disgusting learning, complaining that you live for the purpose of How is it that my generation who read is similar, lol). Maybe I can take this film as an interpretation of the inner changes of teenagers in the process of growing up.

At the end of the story, the teenager wants to get rid of the shackles of fate and drives a fighter against the game. The "teacher" who can't fail in the challenge, we all thought that a miracle would happen, but the reality is so cruel, there is no miracle, and there is no so-called different scenery, in the end the boy disappeared, and the girl once again put on the mask of calm , to welcome the arrival of the reincarnation of the loved one,I wonder if this ending can be seen as a compromise that I have to make to the undefeated environment of reality?

Of course, the above is just my personal opinion on the sky crawlers. There are indeed many angles worth discussing in this work. If you think about it carefully, you may be able to get a lot of insights about life. Some of what I wrote is out of order. A few words at all are nothing more than an act of lack of interest. In fact, I am also very interested in the explanation of the war in the film and the setting of the mysterious character teacher. Judging from the plot, the latter is almost a symbol. Existence, has a very strong symbolic meaning, seems to represent something like the established rules of the adult world. And the former, in the dialogue in the play, also gives a very interesting description:

- Who do you think we are fighting?
-I don't know if I've even thought about it -I'm
obviously killing you every day? -In
work, no matter what industry, it's the same as
defeating the other side. The winner is the winner
. Compared with ordinary companies, the work we do is just a kind of inefficiency. The nostalgic game - yes because
it's a game so you can legally kill and be killed - what
an interesting idea of ​​you
- interesting In the same era, there are people fighting somewhere in the world. This sense of reality is an indispensable element in the human social system, and it can never be replaced by falsehood . It's not enough that no one dies for it and doesn't report it. Humans can't keep the peace if they don't recognize its cruelty, and even if the meaning of peace is not recognized , it's like not fighting each other in the sky.












I just don't feel that we are alive.

Such a large line may also represent the author's own view of war. One is from a small perspective of himself, and the other is from a larger perspective of society. Maybe I should look for it in the future. Read the original book to help you understand it better.

In addition, Kenji Kawai's music in this play is also very good. Although it is not majestic, the kind of sad music is very suitable for the theme, It's enough to move people's hearts.

Regarding Mamoru Oshii, in fact, since innocence, I basically haven't seen his other works. Although the plot of the sky crawlers this time is far less complicated than the shell, this meaningful simplicity also brings I was moved and pondered a lot. It is indeed a rare and good work. For students who have not seen it, I strongly recommend it. Finally, I look forward to the next new work of this supervisor.

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