I saw this on Douban. I like Hal's mobile castle very much, and I think this one is very profound, so I can refer to it.

First, the connotation of the story

Let's analyze the basic connotation of the story first. This film uses a lot of metaphor symbols, one of which is the moving castle. What does it mean to move the castle?

as we know, in western literary works, castles usually refer to autistic hearts. For example, Edward Scissorhands or Duke Dracula, a vampire, stayed alone in the castle all the year round, expecting to be rescued. In those films, the castle is a symbol of the protagonist's autistic mind. So, what does the mobile castle mean? My understanding is that moving the castle refers to Hall's wandering heart. The mobile castle was moved by the fire demon Cassifa, whose magic came from Hall's heart. Therefore, the mobile castle is actually Hall's spiritual illusion. At the beginning of the film, a castle walks slowly on the plain. The metal castle supported by four claws looks like a colorful heart, and the chimney and roof are as dense as cardiovascular. The castle stopped in front of Sophie and made a high decibel friction noise. The castle trembled violently. It was Hall's heart shaking-he finally waited for his sweetheart.

The mobile castle is a magical doppelganger created by the fire demon Cassifa. The inner room is actually Hall's home in Port Haven. Sophie just entered the castle and saw a square door knob on the lintel. There were four colors on the four sides of the door knob, blue facing up, and outside the door was Port Haven. Red is facing up, and outside the door is the seat of the palace; Green is up, outside the door is the way to move the castle, black is up, and outside the door is the battlefield filled with smoke. Later, Hall moved his family to Qiping Town, and changed one exit to his new home in Qiping Town, and the other exit to his secret garden. That is to say, in Hall's house, as long as you turn the door button, there can be any four spaces outside the door. It's like a person sitting at home, fantasizing that he will enter all kinds of virtual spaces at any time and experience all kinds of events: he was born in his hometown, wandered in vanity fair, rebelled against evil forces in the dark, built a new nest with his lover, stopped in a pure and beautiful garden of the soul, and fantasized about having a powerful fortress to compete with the secular ... This post-modern collage method is similar to A Chinese Odyssey.

The two protagonists in this film are full of human factors, far exceeding any previous cartoon characters. Sophie is a quiet and kind little girl. She fell in love with Hall at first sight, but she thinks she is not beautiful and dare not expect the charming Hall to love herself. She was turned into an old woman by a witch in the wilderness, and then she came to Hall's mobile castle to clean the room for Hall. She thinks that as long as she is an old woman, she won't be embarrassed to do anything for Hall, so she would rather be an old woman. This is her heart knot, and her old state is actually a reflection of her inner depression and inferiority. Hall, the hero, is a powerful magician. He is kind-hearted, handsome in appearance, loves dressing up and is a little timid, but when his lover is present, he will be very brave. Hall didn't want to serve the warlike palace, evaded the king's call-up, and often sabotaged the war, so he was a lonely anti-war person. This halo was specially added by Miyazaki Hayao, but it was not in the original work.

In the original, Hal is just a magician who takes the king's reward to deal with the witch in the wilderness. There is no war scene in the original. Miyazaki Hayao deliberately developed an anti-war theme, rewriting Hall's teacher, Mrs. Sariman, into a belligerent and autocratic villain, making the film almost an anti-war film. Considering that Miyazaki Hayao himself has always been anti-war, it seems that Hal is the spokesman of Miyazaki Hayao.

Miyazaki Hayao claimed: "This is an animation I tried to create for the elderly." It's better to say, "This is an animation I created for myself, an old man in his sixties." I believe that this is Miyazaki Hayao's soul poem which has been brewing for a long time, and it has been flowing in Miyazaki Hayao's heart for a long time.

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who is hall? He is the most beautiful character in Miyazaki Hayao's works, and he is an idealist who cannot be tolerated by the world.

The first time Hall appeared, it was in a quiet street. Sophie met two soldiers molesting her in the street. Hall suddenly appeared, and with a little finger, she was relieved. The wild witch's men chased them, and Hall took Sophie into the air. The two men stepped on the rhythm of the dance music and walked slowly, stepping on the bustling scene of the world. Sophie landed on the balcony with Hall like a dream. With a wave of his hand, Hall flew down and disappeared. This is a fantastic appearance. Hall, with blond hair, soft eyes, blurred eyes and gentle manner, is a hero to save the United States, gentle and kind, mysterious and romantic, and satisfies all the fantasies of girls about Prince Charming.

Hall's second appearance was after Sophie became an old woman. Sophie was cooking on the fire at that time. When Hall came in, he saw a stranger coming to the house and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?" Sophie smiled and said, "I'm Sophie's mother-in-law, the new cleaner in the castle." Without asking much, Hall grabbed Sophie's spatula. "Please bring me two pieces of bacon and six eggs." Sophie handed the eggs and bacon to Hall, who cooked quietly, knocked the eggs into the pan one by one, and then threw the eggshells into the stove. The oil pan sizzled, the flames leaped happily, and Hall cooked a hearty breakfast. Later, the two of them sat down to eat with their little apprentice Maruk, just like a family. To my surprise, Hall's second appearance turned out to be doing housework. He can cook like most single men! As a great magician, Hall is undoubtedly a good man.

Hall has another advantage. He speaks politely. He often uses polite expressions such as "please" and "trouble you" when he speaks, and his manners are polite. In the palace, in the face of his nemesis, Mrs. Sariman, Hall knew that there would be a fierce battle next, but he still bent down to salute Mrs. Sariman and said, "The teacher's spirit is good and gratifying. I came as promised. " Take your time.

there is only one exception. One day, Sophie accidentally moved the bathroom shelf, messing up the magic, and Hall's hair never changed back to beautiful golden color. He stumbled downstairs around a bath towel and lost his temper with Sophie: "Sophie! Did you move the shelf in the bathroom? Look, the hair has turned into this strange color! " He cried in despair, and slumped down on the chair. "It's a great shame to be hopeless ... If it's not beautiful, what's the point of living ..." He fell dead on the stove, with green mucus bubbling from his body. The room was full of gloom, dark elves danced in succession, the beams twisted and trembled, and the green mucus flowed all over the floor. Sophie had to carry Hall upstairs. The play is slightly comic, revealing Hall's childish side.

Hall is lazy, depressed and unhygienic. When Sophie first entered the castle, she saw the castle was messy, the beams were covered with dust and spiders and reptiles were everywhere. As we know, the castle is Hall's mental illusion, and the mess in the castle shows that Hall's will is very depressed. However, although Hall is depressed, he still insists on going to the battlefield every day. He is a staunch anti-war person and is bent on preventing the war from destroying the town.

At the beginning of the film, in Sophie's hat shop, the girls talked about Hall in succession: "I heard that the girl named Martha in Namcho had her heart taken away by Hal, which was terrible!" Legend has it that Hall is a demon, and everyone turns pale at the mention of the tiger. This is just like some chivalrous men in Jin Yong's works, such as Xiao Feng, Golden Snake Husband and Huang Yaoshi. Although they are all indomitable figures, they are regarded as the great devil by "noble family and decent people". In the eyes of the world, maverick people are eccentric, while maverick and extremely capable people are almost a disaster. Even Lady Sariman, the royal magician, thinks Hal is very dangerous. But as a person who gets along with Hall day and night, Sophie is convinced that Hall is not a bad person, but why does everyone make Hall so terrible?

at the end of the film, the suspense is finally uncovered. The castle broke up and Sophie fell to the bottom. In desperation, she found that the ring that Hal gave her was moving, and the light of the ring pointed to the door of the castle. She opened the door of the castle, walked through a long tunnel and entered a room. There is a table in the room, covered with paper full of words, which is Hall's handwriting. When she walked out of the house, she found Hal's secret garden outside. Meteors in the sky crossed the road, hitting the grass and falling into the water, making a tinkling sound. A thin little boy came from afar, and that was Hall in his childhood. Sophie was stunned. The little boy stood in the middle of the grass, and a meteor fell in the sky, falling into his hand and sparking brightly. The little boy smiled and held the meteor and murmured, as if he were making a wish. Then he looked up and swallowed it. Sophie saw all this from a distance and could hardly believe it-that was the so-called contract, the so-called transaction. That's actually just a wish of the child! The boy frowned and bent down, holding his chest, and then he held out a burning heart. The flame was burning, and the boy stood quietly in the middle of the lawn with his burning heart in his hand. This is the most classic scene in the whole film. In an instant, Sophie understood everything.

We should remember that Gorky wrote a dan the man Ke. In order to lead the forest of out of the dark, Danke took out his burning heart and lit the way for the people. Danke is a hero with strong salvation feelings, and he is the most famous character in Gorky's works. As long as you hold the burning heart in your hand, I believe that all people who know Danke will think of Danke. Like Dan Ke, the little boy Hall holds his heart in his hand, but he is not only trying to save the world, but also trying to save himself. He doesn't want to be loyal to the kingdom, and he doesn't want to persecute the people by war. He wants to strive for a free and peaceful environment. Therefore, he entrusted his heart to the meteor, making the meteor a fire demon, and relying on the power of the fire demon to create a powerful mobile castle. Since then, he has been hiding in the castle all day, avoiding the king's call-up and going out at any time to stop the spread of the war. In fact, Hall's wish is just that of an ordinary child, but this simple wish is actually very dangerous in the adult world accustomed to slavery and autocracy. When Hall dug out his young heart, Sophie understood everything from afar. The underground suddenly cracked, and the powerful time and space wanted to suck Sophie back. Sophie couldn't help but shout, "Hall, Cassifa, it's Sophie, wait for me! I will definitely come to you! Wait for me in the future-"She knows that he will face a long-term lonely situation, and she wants to give him a love agreement. Hall looked back in surprise and saw a girl sink into the ground and disappeared. On the day when he gave his heart to the fire devil, he felt the call of love, so he waited for Sophie and his sweetheart. Until one day, he found a Sophie's mother-in-law who claimed to be a cleaning woman in the castle, and he knew it was his lover. The first thing he did was grab her spatula and cook her a big breakfast.

In the garden full of meteors, the little boy Hall holds a burning heart fire, towards the distant. This scene is so touching and so sad. Sophie walked back in the time tunnel, crying as she walked. It was just a child's simple wish, but it became the whole price of being a man. Hall has since been regarded as a thorn in the side of the world. He exiled himself and drove the castle across countless mountains and seas to find his lover. Now, his lover has finally arrived. Sophie walked out of the tunnel and saw Hall incarnate as a big bird, quietly waiting for her in the valley. She stepped forward, brushed away his unkempt feathers, kissed his bloodstained face and said,

"Hall, I'm sorry, you waited for me here, but I didn't come until now."

this is the most touching confession. She realized that he had been waiting for her. He suffered so much and fought alone for so long, but she never shared it for him. She felt guilty.

Then, Sophie broke the contract between Hall and Cassifa and put the heart back into Hall's heart. Hall took back his heart, and Caspar survived. They recreated a beautiful garden castle. What dominates this garden castle is no longer Hall's lonely, angry and rebellious heart, but the love between Hall and Sophie. Although the happy ending is too old-fashioned, it makes sense. Come to think of it carefully, maybe only love can save the idealist who is not allowed by the world, and maybe only love can let the man who is immersed in the heroic dream go home.

This is the story of Hall. I like this story. Every idealist has a Hall in his heart. Some people have found love, some people haven't, and maybe they won't get it for life. Those who can't get love are likely to become demons like wild witches; Or some people will, like dan the man Ke, fall to the ground and die quietly in the indifference of the world, unknown.

III. Dialogue

Sophie went back to Hall's childhood and witnessed Hall catching a meteor and taking out his heart. This scene was added by Miyazaki Hayao, but it didn't exist in the original. Most of the wonderful scenes in the film were written by Miyazaki Hayao. This is a wonderful script, and some profound and touching dialogues are thought-provoking.

For example, in the palace, Mrs. Sariman said to Sophie:

"He (Hall) is my last beginner. The boy is gifted and talented, and I am secretly glad to finally find someone who can inherit my position. Unexpectedly, the child's heart was taken away by the devil and left me, becoming a person who only used magic for his own benefit. The child is very dangerous. He has no heart, but he has too much power. If this continues, Hall will become like a witch in the wilderness. This wild witch used to be a brilliant magician, but she made a deal with the devil, and for a long time, both her body and mind were swallowed up. Now our kingdom can no longer tolerate these heretical wizards fooling around. If Hall is willing to come here to serve the kingdom, he will break up with the devil. I will teach you the way. If you don't come, I will abolish his magic, just like that woman. "

the beginning of this remark is somewhat mysterious. Mrs. Sariman asserted that Hall's heart was taken away by the devil. Hall had no heart, but he had great power and was a very dangerous person. Mrs. Sariman made clear her position. What she meant was that wizards should be loyal to the kingdom. As the saying goes, "If you learn martial arts, the goods will be sold to the emperor's family." If a wizard doesn't want to be dominated by the ruler, he is a dangerous person. She threatened that if Hall didn't report to the palace, she would abolish the magic of Hall, just like the magic of the witch in the wilderness. This is a bit murderous.

Although Sophie doesn't know what's going on between Hall and the fire demon Cassifa, out of her understanding and love for Hall, she angrily stood up and retorted:

"I finally know why Hall doesn't want to come here. This is a strange place, inviting people to come over but letting the old people climb a flight of stairs first and then take them to a strange room. Isn't this bullying? You said that Hall's heart was swallowed up. He is really a wayward and timid person, and he doesn't know what is going on in his head, but at least he is frank and honest, and he wants to live his own life. Hall won't come here, and he won't be the devil. He will definitely find a way to solve the problem with the devil himself. I believe he will! "

it is common in history to invite people to come over and let them climb a flight of stairs first. For example, in old China, when courtiers saw the emperor, they had to climb a flight of stairs first, and they had to kneel three times and knock nine times to bow down. This is actually a common phenomenon that people oppress people in hierarchical society. But all this seems extremely unreasonable to Sophie. She understood Hall's mind. He didn't want to blend into the hierarchical society, be suppressed, or be suppressed.