"Legend of the Magic String" Title Popular Science: What is the relationship between Kubo and the two-stringed piano

Produced by Laika Studios in the United States, directed by Travis Knight, and co-voiced by Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Marla, and Ralph Fienne, the stop-motion animation film "Legend of the Magic Strings" is being screened in the mainland. Since the release of the film, many viewers have some doubts about the meaning of the film's name, the original name of "The Legend of the Magic Strings" is "Kubo and the Two Strings", and there is a Chinese translation of the name "Kubo and the Two Strings" is well known to the audience, but this translation is different from the director's real intention, the correct translation should be "Kubo and the Two Strings".

Since Kubo's piano in the film is a shamisen, and the ending credits have a sentence "This film is dedicated to my two strings: mom and dad" is crucial, translating as "This movie is going to give me two strings: my father and my mother." So the director's intention is to use "two strings" to refer to "mom and dad" to show respect for parents. The third string of the important prop in the film, the shamisen, represents Kubo himself, and the two strings representing his parents are added together to form a complete three strings; it also represents that under the company of his parents' love and eternal memory, Kubo gradually becomes strong and grows into a real hero. Viewers who have seen the film will also find the corresponding answer in the film.

The story background of "Legend of the Magic String" is different from the "Gothic" style of Laika in the past, this time the story is placed in the oriental background, the protagonist is a boy Kubo who lives on the coast, he does not have the rebellion and madness of a teenager, some are the careful care and kindness and tolerance of the mother, because this setting also makes Kubo's image more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Whether it is the mother-son relationship between Kubo and his mother, which is thicker than water, the soul transmission between Kubo and the samurai father, or the complicated love-hate relationship with other relatives, it makes people think a lot. From an early age, his mother told Kubo the story of his great samurai father, and the clever and enthusiastic Kubo spread the story to the villagers in the small fishing village. Although he was never able to meet his father, Kubo had a clear idea of his father's image. In the subsequent adventures, the care of his parents has always accompanied Kubo, and the emphasis on family affection in the story is touching.

Kubo uses the harp to tell the story of a hero whose ending even he does not know, and after experiencing a major change caused by his mysterious life, the film focuses on Kubo's search for three treasures, which symbolize the missing part of Kubo's heart. In the end, when Kubo finally restored the piano to three strings with his own hands, he realized that the most important thing had always been by his side and never left, that is, the love of his family. Some netizens commented, "The sound of the shamisen is worth savoring. A three-stringed violin, broken strings who listen. There is no adverse course in life, and fortunately there are memories that accompany the rest of my life. ”

For a magical animation blockbuster that Laika has fully upgraded, "Legend of the Magic String" perfectly integrates traditional stop-motion technology with CG special effects, with super high fluency, so some viewers described it as a "stop-motion animation that can't be seen as stop-motion animation." "The Legend of the Magic String" has a sense of mysterious and thick Oriental legends, combining the Western hero growth story with the Oriental myths and legends, and then using stop-motion animation to create a unique aesthetic style, coupled with the super gorgeous dubbing card division, which is called by many foreign media as "a Laika animation beyond "Box Monster" and "Zombie Bride", which is another wonderful masterpiece in the history of animation. ”

The movie "Legend of the Magic String" 3D is being released nationwide.