In 2017, Disney and Pixar co-produced the animated film "Dream Quest", which was well-made and had a warm and tear-jerking element in the joy, and received many praises as soon as it was released. Based on mexico's Day of the Dead, the film creates a world of the undead that is highly imaginative. Seeing this setting, many domestic audiences immediately thought of our China's "ghost festival".
"Ghost Festival" is actually derived from the Taoist idea of Zhongyuan Pudu opening the ghost gate, "Ghost Festival" was originally called "Zhongyuan Festival", the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, is the "Zhongyuan" in the "Three Yuan", hence the name. Zhongyuan Festival is also a folk ancestor worship festival, which is indeed highly similar to the Day of the Dead in "Dream Quest".
There is a "Dream Quest" about the Day of the Dead abroad, and we also have an excellent cartoon about the Zhongyuan Festival. It is said that Taiwan screens this film every year during the Middle Yuan Festival, which shows its classic degree. It is estimated that many friends after the 90s have watched it when they were young, and it is "Magic Auntie". "Ama" in Hokkien does not mean mother, but refers to grandmother.
The little boy Doudou originally lived in a big city, because his father was injured in a car accident, and his mother had no time to take care of Doudou, so he had to put him in his grandmother's house in the countryside and let his grandmother help take care of him. Doudou's grandmother " Ama " is a powerful Taoist priest with the ability to lower the demon Voldemort. Beanie is here, starting his ghost journey.
At first, Doudou missed her parents and tried her best to resist her aunt. When My Aunt first appeared, it was really scary. The frog-like appearance, the dentures she took off while sleeping, and the fierce tone of her conversation with the ghosts all made people feel scared. However, Aunt is actually a good grandmother who is fierce on the surface and gentle in fact.
For example, when Doudou first saw that the mushroom could talk, she would immediately expel all the ghosts in the house. Beanie cried that she would do everything she could to make him happy. Later, Doudou ran away from home, and her first reaction when she found Doudou was not to be angry, but to cry in her arms.
At first, Doudou was eager to return home, and accidentally fell into the hands of the monster boss big black cat and wanted to sell his aunt, but through getting along, he discovered his aunt's love for him. A-ma carried a beanie on a bicycle, the lyrics sang: Life has a gathering and a separation, I also understand this truth, but you give me the most beautiful memories in this life, I am afraid that I can't give you the best.
At that time, I also cried like my aunt. Auntie's mouth is hard, but in fact, she has been thinking about her daughter and Beanie in her heart, but her daughter has grown up and moved to a big city, and she has flown away like a bird, leaving only Auntie still in place. All this makes people so sad and helpless.
In addition to the touching family affection, the portrayal of friendship in it is also wonderful. Bean bean and Amin are human friends, they will quarrel, but they will also reconcile quickly, which is very in line with the temperament of children.
The friendship between Amin and the big whale, beanie and green snake "Little Flat" and the shy girl Apple is also touching. They are kind-hearted, patiently teach whales to walk, grab food for "Xiao Bian", help Apple find ways to reincarnate, everything is full of childlike fun.
Although due to financial and time constraints at that time, "Magical Auntie" could not be compared with Disney in the United States and Miyazaki hayao in Japan, but its production sincerity could not be denied. The voice of A-Ma is the famous Taiwanese actor Wen Ying, and even the voice of the green snake "Xiao Bian" in it can make people's hearts cute.
Moreover, although the picture of "Magic Auntie" is simple, it concisely outlines the folk customs and fight scenes in the countryside, and some scenes are simply the shadows of my childhood. Its story is compact, and it is not forgotten to intersperse some educational stories, and it is difficult to believe that this is a work from more than twenty years ago.
The ending of the story is beautiful, Doudou and Aunt defeat the bad ghosts and save the ghosts who need to reincarnate. Although "Magic Auntie" is cloaked in the skin of a strange and chaotic god, its essence is touching family affection and friendship, which is really no inferior to Miyazaki Hayao.
In recent years, the rise of the national comics has been heard endlessly, and "The Return of the Great Sage", "Big Fish and Begonias", "White Snake: Origins", "Wind Whispering Spell" and the recent fire "The Demon Boy Of Ne Ga" have all gained a good reputation. In fact, we also have many classics in the past, although there is no big production scene, but its touching story core is still worth learning from the current national comics.