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It seems that the childhood memories in the movie basically start from summer .
In "The Years of Dog Face", Ingmar was sent to relatives for foster care during the summer vacation. In "Summer of Kikujiro", Masao followed Kikujiro to find his mother in the summer, and the young couple Sam and Susie in "Moonrise Kingdom" were also there. The escape plan was launched in summer.
Pixar also put the story in the summer this time, in a seaside town called Vieira in Italy in the 1950s.
Luca is a little sea monster. His parents don't allow him to get close to the surface of the water, because those fish that are curious about land will be caught by humans who are afraid of water monsters.
On the way to catch a fish, Luca got to know another little sea monster Alberto. He took Luca to the land. Luca found that they could turn into human appearances by drying their bodies. Will change back to sea monsters.
Green trees, the earth, birds, the sky, white clouds, and the sun , these things in the sea are like mirrors. Really come out in front of Luca. He breathed the fresh air and was amazed at everything in front of him, but the teachings of his parents Let him wake up immediately, so after bidding farewell to Alberto, he returned to the bottom of the sea.
But that wonderful experience made Luca unforgettable, so just like Miguel secretly playing guitar and singing in "Dream Travels" without the whole family who hated the guitar, Luca also sneaked ashore with Alberto again and began to learn to walk. Run and learn everything you can't learn on the bottom of the sea.
At Alberto’s residence, Luca saw a poster of an Italian Vespa motorcycle. Alberto told him that he could travel the world and go wherever he wanted to.
The two little friends played longer and longer on land. Finally, Luca's parents discovered that Luca had been to the ground secretly, so they decided to let Luca go to the deep sea to stay with relatives for a quarter, away from the sea.
Luca, who has experienced the scenery on the land, would naturally not agree to such a request, so at the suggestion of Alberto, they came to the human town together, where they met Julia, a human child, and signed up with her to join the town. In the annual triathlon, the reward for the champion is enough to buy a brand new Vespa.
But what greeted them was not only the hard work of training, but also the provocation of the small town bully, the obstruction of Luca's parents, and the fear and encirclement of the town residents towards the sea monsters.
"Summer Friends and Sunny Days" is the 24th work produced by Pixar Animation Studios, which implements the familiar tone of Pixar, adventure and friendship .
Many Pixar films start from the perspective of small characters, subtly transforming a grand theme into the purpose of the film. "Spiritual Journey" tells busy people to enjoy every moment of the moment through the unexpected soul journey of jazz pianist Joe ; "Dream Travels" reveals the true meaning of life and death through the fantasy journey of the little boy Miguel on the Day of the Dead in Mexico ; "Toy Story" through Buzz Lightyear realizes that it is just a toy to tell the audience The world is so big, it may not be a bad thing to admit that you are an ordinary person .
And "Summer Friends Sunny Day" does not have a grand theme. From the perspective of the little sea monster Luca, it simply tells the story of his encounter with Alberto this summer and his adventure in a seaside town together. In terms of products, What you see is what you get .
But it seems that some people don't think so. I don't know if the topic of LGBT has been too hot in the past few years or what's wrong, but when two same-sex friendships are seen more deeply, it is a metaphor for the LGBT group? Whenever you see an Italian town, two boys, and a train station as farewell is "Call Me by Your Name"?
In this case, I dare not look directly at the kindergarten and elementary school children. Any same-sex partner who plays together every day may not be able to contribute to the third child. Can't we allow pure friendship between the children?
In the South Korean high-scoring children’s movie "Our World" , Han Ji-a, who just transferred to school, became good friends with Lee Sun, who suffered school violence due to her family’s poverty. Later, after Han Ji-a met another girl, Paula, his friendship with Lee Sun appeared. Unspeakable cracks.
Why doesn't anyone come out and say that this is a metaphor for the LGBT group, because in 2016, LGBT didn't have such a big influence in China? It was really daunting.
In the film, Alberto is jealous because Luca and Julia are getting closer. Isn't this the sensitive psychology that easily arises between friends ?
Imagine that a friend who plays best with you suddenly makes you feel that the relationship between you is alienated because of another friend's intrusion. Can you not be sensitive?
And this friend who broke in has nothing to do with gender . It just happens that Julia appears in the whole film. If it is a human boy, it is estimated that it will make those who think it is a metaphor for the LGBT group even more carnival.
If it is truly symbolic, it is the sea monster group. They symbolize the minority groups who are not recognized by people and can only live in the dark .
They were stared at by people with an extraordinary, monster-like gaze, as if they had committed such a sinful mistake and wished everyone to take it, but in fact they were just ordinary people, and they also had fun. Right, the right to go to school, and the right to live in the sun.
At this time, you said that they are also a symbol of the LGBT group, then I fully agree, because although this group has a wide range of influence in the world, in fact, it still cannot be on the stage in many countries and cannot be recognized by most people.
But the LGBT group is only a subset of the minority group, not a collection.
Back to the movie.
The film is full of innocence .
Luca is the same as we were when we were young. He likes fantasy. When I saw Vespa posters, I imagined riding Vespa over mountains and lakes. When I heard Alberto said that the stars and the moon are anchovies, I dreamed of being with Alberto. Tuo rode a car to the sky together, passed through the stars incarnate as anchovies, and touched the big anchovy that became the moon; and when Julia popularized Luca's knowledge of planets, galaxies and other human items, Luca began to dream about it again. Wandering between the major planets in an airplane, aimlessly but unrestrained.
Children’s imagination is easy to diverge, and their inadequate cognition of things also makes them have a different thinking logic from adults. With the growth of knowledge and experience, adults gradually have their own cognition of things. Compared with the maturity of the cognition of things, this set of systems has also caused a certain lack of divergent thinking. Many things have become monotonous, instead of being like children, because they do not have the concept of "concrete" and have divergent imaginations.
This is a kind of growth and a kind of regret.
The most criticized thing about the film should be the forced happy ending at the end.
In the final stage of the triathlon, the sky started to rain. Alberto brought Luca to finish the race with an umbrella but was exposed to the rain, exposing the sea monster. Luca drove him in the rain to save Alberto. Escape also revealed his identity, but unexpectedly succeeded in crossing the line while being hunted by a small town bully and became a champion. Then the townspeople surrounded them with a harpoon and vowed to kill the sea monster.
But Julia’s father stood up and said that he knew them two and said that they had won the championship. So the townspeople who had speared each other in the last second celebrated their victory together in the next second , and at the same time. The other sea monsters among the humans also put away the rain protection tools and showed their true form, and joined the celebration queue with people happily.
So easily accepted the sea monster group that has always been afraid of? The credibility is not high, and the sense of fragmentation is strong .
The rhythm of the film is like a piece of fresh pure music at the end with a noise, which destroys the beautiful mood created in the front and makes the whole music suddenly dead.
However, although this film cannot be regarded as Pixar's fine work, it is still a movie to watch.
Accompanied by the Italian sun and sea breeze, the warm stories and painting style are enough to bring a ray of breeze to the hot summer.
Especially the cat stealing the spotlight.
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