So, in the middle of the night, I came across a film with such beautiful colors, and reviewed the long-lost feelings about bravery, wisdom, trust, freedom, dignity, firmness and love. In a bright and even scenery, we returned to the beginning. All innocent moments.
In the beginning, it was the girl named Sophie. Like most people, she has an ordinary appearance, an honest personality, low self-esteem, and even a little autistic (even the soldiers say she looks like a little mouse). When her beautiful stepmother and sister left home to find their own life, she chose to stay silent in the country hat shop left by her father to work. Fortunately, this girl also has the character that we are familiar with fairy tale protagonists - kind, hard-working, oh, and a little cute paranoia. Yes, she is like the little us in the beginning, repeating the monotonous life day after day, carrying the family's expectations, pale but not giving up, hesitant and persistent.
Then, the war began. The moving castle where the legendary wizard Hall lived has also appeared in the wilderness outside the town. There is a quiet legend that the owner of the castle eats the heart of a beautiful girl. After all, the army entered the town, brought handsome officers and a grand ball, all of which made this small city more lively.
The heroine Sophie met her fateful encounter with the hero Hall on the way to visit her sister in the pastry shop.
Hall appeared behind the embarrassed Sophie and skillfully helped out the siege (as expected of a veteran in love, who specializes in "eating" the heart-dropping man of beautiful girls~). That's right, this is the mysterious magician - powerful, calm, calm, and gentle to the end. He comes and goes freely, always mysterious, his eyes are clear and clean, and his appearance is beautiful... There is no way, I was just killed by a gorgeous second (- -|||). Hisaishi's music is really amazing. They get rid of the pursuers in the deep alley and walk gracefully in the air. You can't help but smile happily when you watch and listen.
After the fateful encounter is over, the villain should of course make his debut as soon as possible.
So the fat witch of the wild like a huge blackcurrant sundae finally appeared in the hat shop late at night. After watching the movie twice, I completely understood that this fat aunt was one of the sad women of all ages who had been ruthlessly abandoned by Hall classmates (seriously doubting Huo Shao's taste- -|||), she kept chasing and killing Huo Well, it's actually because of love and hate. In this way, the witch of the wilderness later saw Hall in the palace and asked him for his heart. During the bombing, he smoked a cigarette and told Hall's meaningful words "Need to talk". After being splashed with water, Calcifer held Hall tightly. The doubts caused by these behaviors are easily resolved. However, the fat witch who lost her magic in the end still has frequent rumors about the neighboring prince who turned into a scarecrow. It's really old-fashioned... (囧)
Poor little Sophie, who was cursed by the fat witch, suddenly changed from a girl to a girl 90-year-old old woman. If it's not for sure that Hall will see Sophie again, why bother making her so ugly and stuffing a letter to Hall in her pocket? It can be seen that the Wilderness Witch not only ate the vinegar, but also made Sophie YY her imaginary rival.
As for Sophie, it is impossible to stay in the town in her old age, so she can only leave silently. For her, leaving is forced, but it is also a relief. The responsibility that I dared not do before and could not shirk was finally forced to let go. Going farther and farther in the wilderness, every time I look back, I can't help but sigh "how come the town is still so close". Such a sentence actually implies how much Sophie is eager to get rid of her former life.
This time, Sophie really saw the legendary castle.
It was a dirty and messy mechanical building. The exposed pipes with tangled blood vessels, but the spherical but closed appearance may be a metaphor for the closed heart of the owner Hall. He is free to enter and leave any city and find his own freedom. Hate war, so he turned into a monster and flew in the flames of war. Again and again he returned to the castle late at night with wounds and blood, and appeared in the drawing-room the next morning with a smile on his face. Such a Hall should be an idol without flaws, right?
However, what Miyazaki wants to tell us is that under the splendid appearance of the skin, perhaps the mind has already reached its fullest.
So when Hall burst down the stairs with a mess of hair and a mess of clothes, we all laughed.
As powerful and elegant as he is, he is also a child. The exquisite appearance is to cover up the empty heart, and the spells in the house are actually because of the fear of the witch's pursuit. The sorcerer, Hall, keeps running away, in order to avoid the conscription of the king and the persecution of witches; the black-haired wizard Hall, dyes his hair every day, in order to make himself shine and be favored by more girls. This time, the wizard Hall, who failed to dye his hair, was furious like being "dumped by a woman", crying and fussing, refusing to eat, and even so depressed that he summoned the dark elves and said, "It's no help... It's a shame. It's not beautiful, What's the point of living..." Such a sentence.
But Hall, have you ever thought about how sad it must be for someone who sees, hears, and loves you?
The always kind Sophie finally got angry, shouted back "I've never been beautiful!", slammed out the door, and burst into tears in the heavy rain.
It turned out that in my heart, I have always been very concerned about it. I feel that I am not beautiful, so I am not qualified to love you, I can only look up to you secretly. Aging may instead become a reason to stay by your side, because "the advantage of getting older is that there are very few things to lose." Only when you become your mother-in-law or mother can you live quietly in the castle with you, peacefully Watching you, silently supporting you. All I can do is clean up and make you think I'm useful. How humble and careful my love is, I thought I was already strong enough to be unmatched.
Contradictions and mistakes make us look directly at the weakness and emptiness in our hearts, and when we have someone we want to protect, we become stronger.
The scarecrow, the little flame demon Cassifer, the castle housekeeper who likes to pretend to be an old man, the guard, the tea and the security guard, the assistant child Mike, and the later dog Yin Yin, who is afraid of climbing stairs, and the wilderness witch who lost her magic power. Such a large group of people formed Hall's new family.
With black hair and starting to wear a simple white shirt, Hall is no longer the one who escaped, lost, and was lonely. Sophie, who is inferior and weak, becomes more and more youthful as her heart becomes firmer.
"I've found the person I want to protect, and that's you-Sophie." Hall, he really became a brave knight, flying high for peace in the fire of war.
And Sophie, approaching the truth step by step, from the initial fear to the later calm and brave - "Hall, please tell me the truth, even if you are a monster, it doesn't matter", "I hope to be your strength". She even dared to refute the supreme wizard Mrs. Shaliman: "I finally know the reason why Hall doesn't want to come here. This is a strange place. When you invite people to come over, you let the old man climb a flight of stairs first, and then bring it to the strange place. Room, isn't this bullying? You said that Hall's heart was swallowed up, he is indeed a willful and timid person, he doesn't know what to think in his head, but at least he is frank and honest, he has thought about his own Life. Hall will not come here, nor will he be the devil, he will definitely find a way to solve the problem with the devil himself, I believe he will! At least he is frank and honest, he wants to live his own life!"
Two people They have finally found the person they trust and understand the most, so they give with all their heart and have no regrets.
Under the constant hints of the Witch of the Wilderness, Mrs. Saliman, and Cassifer, the truth about Hall's heart finally came out step by step. It is written in the original that Hall saw a dying meteor when he was young, and in order to save its life, he exchanged his heart for its life. Meteor plus heart is the cassifer that drives the castle. But I would rather believe another explanation, which may be more in line with the original intention of the adaptor and Hayao Miyazaki -
Hall, who hated war at a young age, made a wish to the shooting stars in the sky and prayed for world peace. Exchange your heart with the fire demon to get a castle that can avoid chaos and a castle that the king calls. Although he is misunderstood by the world as a demon and lives alone, he can stop the war and wait for the girl who appeared on the summer night to meet again. That flame was not actually a demon, but a fire of Hol hope's desire for peace, refusing to be enslaved by the ruler, and yearning for freedom.
Seeing Hall's sacrifice in the void and knowing that he had suffered all the way, Sophie was so heartbroken that she could not restrain her tears.
"Hall, I'm sorry, you've been waiting here for me, but I'm not here until now." Everyone thinks that you are an evil black-winged demon, but I think that you are a blue bird who will bring happiness.
Through time and space, we finally meet again. Although they have been in the dust for a long time, they finally embraced each other. How good, let me kiss your soft lips gently, let me wrap your strong arms tightly, let me accompany you to continue to walk bravely and never give up.
The end of the film is a bit chaotic, and Mrs. Saliman, who is very tough in the front, stops the war with ease, as if the war existed only to awaken Hall's awakening and Sophie's memory. The scarecrow returns to the prince's status as the prince's neighbor, but the arrangement that he can end the war is also very abrupt.
In any case, the ordinary-looking Sophie regained the girl's face, and had "star-dyed hair"; the dilapidated castle was full of life again, full of flowers and green grass; the war stopped, and people began a new life; The magician and the cleaner finally lived happily together for a long, long time until old age and death.
There's nothing better than this ending. Although we have grown up and become sophisticated, there is still a corner of our heart that still quietly hopes for a magic and adventure.
Life is a magical adventure. Bravery, wisdom, trust, freedom, dignity, firmness, and love—all of these should be the truth that the magic-loving grandfather Hayao Miyazaki wants to tell us.
Finally, I cheered for the first kiss scene in Hayao Miyazaki's movie~ By the way, I would like to praise Hisaishi-sama's soundtrack and Kimura's SAMA's dubbing, it will definitely kill it~
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