Pixar, this masterpiece, is seriously underestimated!
Epidemic hunting, little publicity, Pixar’s new workLuca was quietly released at the worst time of summer.On the same day, it followed the "Anger Serious Case" and becameBox office runner-upHowever, the diversion of streaming media in advance and the epidemic situation have also hit the box office, and the expected box office of less than 100 million is obviously completely contrary to Pixar’s expectations. In addition to the box office, Luca’s score was as low as 7.4, which almost became the most dazzling presence in Pixar’s production.
For Luca’sdispute, too much.Semi-concentrated on "metaphor" and plot.Pixar’s gold-lettered signboard makes most viewers always have high expectations for the film. Obviously, Luca didn’t directly hit the cool point of this part of the audience. The audience can only write in the comment area that "it’s a little mediocre, the higher the expectations, the higher the disappointment."
However, is Luca really so miserable? In fact, the author believes that this part of PixarOn the contrary, "Sunny Summer" achieved the most difficult thing in commercial movies, and abandoned "meaning" to pursue beauty and purity..
Pure beauty, realistic friendship
Although the completion of the plot is not as good as that of "Journey to the Dream Ring" and Soul, Luca returned to the simplest, pure and straightforward way, and told two touching mother propositions-Friendship and growth.
As the most obvious emotion in Luca, friendship has been deepened and extended in reality in the movies. At the beginning of the film, the director showed the audience the beauty of friendship in the universal sense with a short pen and ink-Peer identification.
When Luca couldn’t get the value recognition and free permission from the elders, it was Alberto who brought Luca to a new world with freedom and concern. Similarly,When Luca "fell", it was Alberto who held him firmly., gave the elders can’t give delicate care.
Through the description of Luca’s original family in the previous plot, we can see that the source of tragedy in Luca’s character comes fromElders’ "blocking" and imprisonment in the name of love. Freedom is Luca’s obsession. It is actually very simple to get rid of this dilemma, that is, to give Luca freedom and the opportunity to "join the WTO". However, when she really got freedom, Luca was timid.Return to the same value identity as parents-fear of danger.
This natural contradictory plot truly and realistically depictsDifficulties that young people will encounter in the process of entering the society.. When solving this dilemma, the inertia thinking of the elders is "protection", but it is true that,What Luca needs is not protection, but to inspire courage from the inside to overcome the cowardly and tragic nature and grow up..
At this time, Alberto took Luca out of the comfort zone with the phrase "Overcoming the inner Bruno", which is a typical emotional connection with peer recognition. All this brightness is the medal of value of "friendship".
However, the most precious thing for Luca is not to sing praises to the beauty of friendship through a rose filter.It is bloody to show the most "realistic" side of friendship.. When Luca and Alberto had a disagreement, Alberto fumed and touched the water in front of Julia. Luca didn’t help Alberto as hard as usual, but shouted, "There is a monster."
this"Imperfect" protagonist imageIt’s beautifully shaped. The director didn’t portray the protagonist as a "Bai Lianhua" like the stereotype of a commercial film. Instead, he conveyed a cruel and realistic truth about friendship and life through Luca’s "exclusion" behavior of being an "alien" and not doing anything for his friends.Friend, I can’t walk with you all my life, I can only walk through one journey..
When Alberto gave his all in friendship, Luca’s betrayal was a realistic injection, which pierced all utopias that belonged to the second dimension, hitting the tears directly, cruel and real. After all, friendship also has a "honeymoon period". After years of helping each other and sharing hardships, whether we can "share happiness" and properly resolve peer competition has become the touchstone of friendship and growth.This is Luca’s achievement and uniqueness.
Eternal but cruel growth proposition
The natural contrast of the "imperfect" protagonist makes Alberto’s role image more three-dimensional.If Luca’s growth is an experience of identity recognition and "breaking the game", then Alberto’s growth is a pattern and redemption based on "great love".
Because he was caught in the rain, Alberto tried his best to hold an umbrella for others.. Beneath the natural outward appearance, there is a more broken childhood, lacking the ability of love and reconciliation, but doing everything to help Luca lick her wounds and regard this heavenly friendship as the only light in the gloomy loneliness.
After being betrayed by Luca, he still chose to "forgive" Luca, which is the most passionate chapter in Albert’s growth hymn. Because this "betrayal" made Alberto understand,Identity and worry about joining WTO are the only obstacles in their friendship.Therefore, as long as you accept your identity first, you can cross this psychological barrier. At the same time, the friendship with Luca is also a bridge for the fishermen to join the WTO. This natural curiosity is the same as that of The Little Mermaid.A kind of romance with sadness.
It is true that all this is interpreted by the viewer, but behind this series of "instincts" is still the backbone support of tolerance, courage and great love, precisely because of Alberto.The brave act of jumping out of the mindset and enjoying the detachment of pain.It will affect Luca to accept herself and identify herself more quickly and pave the way to utopia.
There is such a realistic theme in Luca’s growth hymn.The first essence of growth is "acceptance". First of all, accept yourself. Self-identity is the source of superciliousness, and the tragic root of the two protagonists’ characters is their inability to accept themselves. On the basis of accepting self-identity, embracing everything in the world is a "big pattern" that needs to be experienced.
Luca’s rare and precious thing is purity.The feelings, love and hate in the movie are pure.You can make friends because of common wishes, lose friends because of drifting away, and reunite with friends because of growth. The acceptance and bravery in movies are also pure.Fear is just because you don’t understand.When malice and danger are eliminated, we can also go to the end of family fun.
Although the overall story line is still the realistic tone, Luca’s ending is very "fairy tale" and utopia. Everyone in the town quickly accepted the identity of the fisherman and encouraged more fishermen to accept themselves and live happily.Perhaps this kind of beauty only exists in fairy tales, but the tolerant pattern and attitude are still what people who read movies need to learn from..
Overcome cultural barriers and show the beauty of regional characteristics
The most exquisite highlight of the film is the translation of the title.. The original is named after the protagonist’s name, which is a choice that is neither wrong nor brilliant. However, Luca’s translation includes all the eye-catching elements of the film-midsummer, sunny days and friendship, and continuous reading is more literary and catchy.A clear, warm and beautiful picture comes to my eyes..
In recent years, althoughThe concept of "globalization" is tightening up.However, Pixar’s creation gradually stepped out of the traditional western aesthetic and cultural system and began to use a peaceful perspective of "de-gaze".Excavate cultural elements with regional characteristics.
The Travel Notes of the Dream Ring digs out the meaning of affection and existence from the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and the colorful South American world built by paper-cutting and candles is even more fascinating.
The short film Bao Bao Bao, which won the Oscar, touched every sympathetic audience with the social issues of "raising children" and "supporting the elderly".
In Luca, abundant sunshine in southern Italy, lively towns, blue sea, opera, passionate and emotional Italian, healthy and sunny girls, coastal mountain roads and bicycles are the main catalysts for making movies lively and lively.In the state of "post-epidemic", we can still have a visual journey around the world. The more national it is, the more special it is..
Like Soul, the overall tone of Luca is stillThe Realistic Cure Direction in Post-epidemic Period. If the Journey to the Dream Circle was a successful life of actively creating meaning, desperately striving for, catering to and exploring "meaning",Pixar’s two new works after 2020 are "dispelling meaning".
After all, the probability of success is never 100%. Where there are people, there will be competition, there will be failure when there is competition, and there will be loss when there is failure. Cruelty is always the background color of reality. In the shadow, we should also learn how to accept mediocrity or even failure.Reconciliation with reality and yourself, after all, the road of life is not just static..
Admittedly, Luca is still covered with numerous controversies.For example, the overall story completion is not high. The plot is polished, slightly old and dull.The turning point at the end is a little hasty and unconvincing, so we can’t use "cool" and "reasonable" to attack most of the audience. At the same time, the shaping of other roles except the protagonist is also rigid and superficial, which is not as good as Soul’s complete realization in terms of conception and pattern.
However, in this bleak and dull late summer, Luca still uses itThe purest way shows a kind of beauty that is the most difficult to pursue in modern society.Just like a basic ice cream, it is simple, pure, summer-relieving, not sticky, and you can easily recall the taste.