Whether you want to watch this film with your children for subtle educational purposes, or a cute adult who still has a childlike interest, this film is worth your time to watch.
This is a film that won the 87th Academy Awards and the 42nd Animation Annie Awards, at the same time, the film's director, screenwriter, soundtrack, editing, art direction, and character setting were also nominated for the best in the corresponding field of the Animated Annie Awards, which is simply a god-level masterpiece.
The film is adapted from Irish folk tales, in Irish legend seals are drowning people into elves, is the spirit of humanity, as the inspiration for this film, coupled with the fusion of artistic creation and Irish customs and cultural creation style, presenting the audience with a double feast of vision and soul.
The film tells the story of the seal elf Brona and the fisherman in love, gave birth to an ordinary human little boy Ben, the family lived happily on the seaside island, soon after pregnant with the second child Brona returned to the ocean on the rainy night before the child was born, the sister Silsa disappeared, Silsa is the same as her mother Seal elf can not speak since childhood, on the sixth birthday she accidentally put on the elf coat left by her mother, blew up the shell left by her mother, and followed the direction of the small light spot Silsa into the sea, Turning into a small white seal to play with the seals, miraculously she was able to make sounds too. The beep of the seal elves attracted Macha witches and other fleeing elves, only the song of the seal elves can save many elves who were persecuted by Macha, Silsa was captured by Macha, and his brother Ben bravely broke into Macha's secret base to rescue Silsa and find the elf coat for her, Silsa's song saved the elves, and the witch Macha also faded the evil story
The main line of the story is simple, the idea is clear, the picture has a unique Irish style, fresh and does not lose the sense of solemnity of the blockbuster, every frame is a rare wallpaper, the picture is like the ink dripping in the clear water, slowly spreading, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the look and feel are good. The soundtrack is full of Irish national characteristics, optimistic, brave and romantic.
Next, on the basis of understanding the main story line, we introduce the flash plot settings and character settings of this film.
First of all, the background of the story is that the great giant Mike Lear is heartbroken by misfortune, his tears turn into a sea that raises the sea, and is about to drown people, his mother Macha can't bear him so much pain, so she casts a spell to collect all the bad emotions in him into a glass bottle to avoid divine wounds, the giant who lost his pain becomes a stone and stands in the middle of the sea, Macha extremely believes that she is collecting memories that make people painful memories to help others, so he turns most of the elves into stone, bringing disaster to the elves.
This plot should resonate with adults, living in addition to enjoying the beauty of the natural world such as the beautiful sunrise and sunset on earth, there is also the positive spiritual relaxation brought to us by family, friendship and love, but at the same time to get the good, there is no longer to bear the painful emotions, which may be the weight of life.
The solution is never to give up the seven passions and six desires, to separate emotions from people and become a "stone person" without feeling, this is not a real sense of life. The elves in the film turn into stone people eager to be saved by seal elves, after all, petrification is not to get rid of troubles, but another kind of death.
Be an optimistic person, bear the weight of life in order to enjoy the beautiful side of life.
This film is also very suitable for children's education, in the film Silsa's brother Ben resented Silsa from childhood, did not have a good attitude towards Silsa, and deliberately frightened his sister, because he lost his mother because of Silsa, which is the key. The older brother Ben is also a timid little boy, afraid of water, when Silsa encountered danger, he desperately embarked on the road to rescue his sister, in fact, he loved his sister, in the process he also continued to grow, alone into the witch Macha's secret base to rescue his sister, jumped into the sea he was most afraid of to find the elf coat for Silsa to save Silsa, the feelings of the brother and sister were slowly expressed under the impetus of the storyline, the brother became a brave big boy to protect his sister, and after his mother was rescued, he was full of love and calm, Understanding her mother's helplessness as an elf to return to the ocean life, there is no resentment, but only asks if she can leave her sister, Silsa is a half-human sea elf, can stay on land with her father and brother.
The film is extremely meticulous in telling such a complex family emotion, which seems to be an understatement, but the emotions of the characters are portrayed extremely delicately, Kangnai, who has lost his beloved wife, is positive and optimistic, the family atmosphere is not heavy, he misses his wife all the time, so he insists on living on the small island of linhai year after year, only on the night of Silsa's birthday every year, that is, the anniversary of his wife's departure, he goes to the tavern alone to drink a drink to express his thoughts.
In the contemporary social environment of the release of the second child, the birth of the second child has a great impact on the first child, if the parents do not carry out psychological counseling in time, it has a great impact on the child, whether it is the personal character development or the relationship between the children, because the boss usually feels that the second child stole the favor of the parents, and should be corrected from an early age.
This film is not long, more than an hour, cleverly integrating Irish music into it, as easy as a musical, obviously a family and the defeat of Macha, the rescue of the elf such a big environment into a full plot of the drama, from beginning to end, the audience are immersed in enjoyment, giant Mike's sad tears, Macha's helplessness, Kangnai's thoughts of his wife Brona, Silsa's brother's squeeze, Brona's departure, each event can touch negative emotions, However, the film is handled just right, these negative emotions encountered in our lives are completely worthless compared with the beauty of life, and the pain becomes a driving force for our growth under the dilution of the good, evolving into positive energy, which is the attitude of life that should be there.
Friends who have time must go to see it, it is definitely worth a look.