As Pixar's 24th animated feature film, "Sunny Days in summer" is not as "brain-opening" as "Dream Quest" and "Brain Agents", so it is slightly inferior in imagination, but simple content can produce enough amazing effects if it is done to the extreme. Through the story of two little sea monster boys and a human little girl going through a summer, the film shows the beauty of friendship and the exploration of the theme of inclusion and acceptance.
As the title suggests, it's a summer film, with a small Italian town of blue skies that makes people want to fly over for vacation right away, the characters in the film have an ice cream in their hands, and the laid-back and sweet atmosphere overflows beyond the screen.
Disney has been committed to excavating the unique culture of different places in the world in recent years, "Dream Quest" integrates into Mexican culture, "The Legend of the Dragon" comprehensively presents Southeast Asian culture, and "Summer Friends Sunny Day" leads the audience to the warm and romantic Italian Ligurian coast, showing the charm of Italian style from all aspects such as architecture, music, food and so on: melodious opera, a variety of pasta, Italian classic attractions such as the Colosseum, "Roman Holiday", "The Road" and other Italian-related movies... Even the scooter that carries the dreams of two young boys is a real Italian brand in real life - Wesper electric car. The film's director's hometown is the Italian coastal town, and the film can be seen as a love letter to his hometown.
The two little boys in the film are two sea monsters, among them, the timid and obedient Luca lives on the bottom of the sea, living a life of herding fish and going home to eat every day, and the bold and sensitive Abetto is abandoned by his father and lives alone on a small island. After the two met, they developed a strong curiosity about the human world, and their biggest dream was to travel around the world on a scooter. In a way, two children represent people who are trapped in their environment or cognition, such as small-town youth. The two started out with a small circle of life and limited vision, but one day when they discover that there is a larger world, bravely going out will make them harvest a more exciting life. Movies are also encouraging people to step out of their comfort zone, dare to break through and explore.
Luca and Abetto meet the little girl Julia in the town, and the iron triangle friendship formed by the three is the most sincere and full of emotions in the film. The three of them play and play together, team up to participate in the "Triathlon" competition, reminiscent of the happy times with their friends in the summer vacation of their childhood; in the face of the bullying of the only villain in the film, "Village Bully", all three of them stand up and unconditionally defend their good friends; the most touching thing is that even if Julia knows that the two are sea monsters, she does not discriminate against their foreign identity, but chooses to tolerate and accept. This also leads to another theme of the film: how we see people who are different from ourselves.
If there is anything deficient in the film, it may be that the film's fairy tale color is too heavy, and the process of resolving contradictions is too simple. But from another point of view, a film reminiscing about childhood friendship is simple and touching, pure and sometimes a style.
Source: Xinhua Net