Disney really loves to make princesses, Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Princess Elsa in Frozen... Since 1937, Disney has created princesses who are loved by many people, from different countries and cultural backgrounds, with different images and personalities, but they are loved by the whole world.
Moana in Ocean's Ocean Is Disney's 14th Princess, she is from Oceania, with chocolate-colored skin, long curly hair and a strong body, as a little princess's mother how can not love such a princess? How could you not want to hear the story of such a tribal princess?
"Ocean's Edge" tells the story of a small island in the South Pacific 2,000 years ago, inhabited by a seafaring tribe, and moana, the only daughter of the tribal chief, embarked on a solo voyage in search of the legendary mysterious island. She overcame all kinds of dangers and bravely moved forward, finally completing the unfinished voyage of her ancestors a thousand years ago, saving her tribe.
If your child tells you one day that he/she is going to sail, go on adventures, and then save the world, please tell him/her: Go, like Moana.
A lot of times I think about the question, what value can I give my children? A table of sumptuous food, a beautiful dress, a favorite toy, a warm room, material, sensual enjoyment can make her a universal "person", but can never become a unique "she". When she came to me one day with great interest and told me, "Mom, I'm going to sail, I'm going to take risks, I'm going to save the whole world," if I could not sneer at it, laugh at her childishness and ignorance, smile into her eyes and tell her, "Go, be like Moana," then I think I'm giving her the most eternal and priceless things in the world—free will and the spirit of adventure.
The modern Enlightenment thinker Rousseau has a famous saying that "life is free, but it is always in the shackles", human evolution has been marching in the battle of shackles and freedom from beginning to end, and human beings are always fighting with the power of bondage in the body, morality, justice, self and love, breaking through the shackles and reaching the realm of physical and inner freedom, which is the most core theme background of the whole story provided to us by "Ocean Adventure".
Moana's grandmother said "it's not you who chose the ocean, it's the ocean that chooses you", you can't choose who you are, but fate knows who to choose. When this tribe is about to die, fate chooses Moana, that is, to choose bravery, persistence and love, and Moana's free will is also merged with the call of fate, and this combination presents the child with a courageous spirit of adventure.
A girl, a small boat, rushing into the depths of the unknown and dangerous sea, fighting against the waves and demons, fighting against the timid and cowardly self, compared with the former, constantly overcoming her inner fears and strengthening her inner faith is the most shocking force that Moana brings to herself, the tribe, the world and the audience, and only such a force can better illuminate the road ahead for each child.
Please tell your child: Be a hero in your own heart
Human beings look at themselves and have too many flaws, thus creating heroes to make up for this shortcoming. Everyone has a hero complex since childhood, and the difference is that the hero in the eyes of others is still the hero in their own heart.
The demigod Maui in Ocean's Edge has supreme divine powers and humor, and he has a magic fish hook, which can be used to transform into various animals, and can even lift the island to the surface. His whole body is covered with tattoos and totems that record his great deeds, and he is a great hero in everyone's eyes.
However, Maui, who could have achieved great feats, abandoned himself because others did not like him, cynically, and stole the jewel of the goddess of the sea, resulting in the island's environment getting worse and worse, on the verge of extinction. Maoy, who gave up being a hero, met Moana, who said "You are a hero, be a hero back to your previous heroes", Maui was inspired by Moana's brave strength, from the beginning of the reluctance to return the gem to the final help of Moana to complete this mission to save the race, Maui's adventure is the process of finding himself.
Maui made a hero back, when he gave up on himself, the hero can only be a kind of bullying the weak, pleasing others and in exchange for the conceptual totem, and when insisting on the self, his heart lives in a hero, and the hero who accompanies faith, courage, and freedom is the ultimate definition and pursuit of the hero in a person's heart.
Children love Maui because they are closest to Maui, or they are Maui, a little bit of flaws, a little bad, a little funny, a little cute, and a little heroic, and the children follow Maui all the way to abandon timidity, doubt, all the way to identify themselves, and pursue freedom. Growing up, isn't that it?
The strength of personality presented by the music gives the film a big plus
A friend asked me, "How's Ocean's Edge, is it worth watching?" I replied to her, "It's worth it, even if it's music." ”
Disney's animated films have never lacked a wonderful fit of music, and in this 2016 Disney finale drama "Ocean's Edge", it brings together Grammy-winning composer Mark Mansina and Tony Award-winning musical creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, two master musicians, alessia cara sings "How far i'll go", bringing children into a tropical island full of passion and fantasy adventure, in the beautiful and dreamy Pacific Ocean. Let the child sing with Moana about the faith and heroism in their hearts.
What is even more valuable is that the music creation in "Ocean's Edge" is not only placed in the background as an emotional rendering, but closely related to the character's personality and beliefs. Several pieces of music around the protagonist Moana are not only her own inner monologue, but also her own mental journey, and intertwined with the entire ocean and adventure journey. The music is majestic, stretchy, expansive and epic, which fits in with the whole adventure story. At the same time, music, as a supplement to Moana's personality strength, from jumping and flamboyance to firm and majestic, brings out the inner world of such a little girl through music.
Music gives us insight into the most secret souls, in which each of us will embark on our own magical journey and begin our own adventures.
【Text/Liu Yang】
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