The new national trend fantasy animation "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Goodbye Monsters" can be described as a unique and innovative science fiction film. The film takes an eccentric approach. Under the framework of "Zhiguai Medical", it explores the inner pain of contempor

's new national trend fantasy animation " Classic of Mountains and Seas: Goodbye Monsters " can be described as a unique and innovative popular science myth film. The film takes an eccentric approach. Under the framework of "Zhiguai Medical", it explores the inner pain of contemporary people by using the exotic wonders of the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the genre film elements of heroic salvation. It is a work that "enchants" mental illness and healing. . The film's representation of mental illness and the setting of the embodied "black spirit" pay tribute to the creative idea of ​​ Mamoru Hosoda's masterpiece "Monster Son": "If the darkness in the heart controls the body, it will turn black." It is unique and extremely stunning.

The black spirit is a black mist that arises from the patients in the Ruins of Kunlun. It is a disease that has been incurable for thousands of years in the Kunlun world. As the condition worsens, the black mist becomes more and more abundant. The black spirit is like a gangrene attached to the bones, making the patient feel hopeless until he finally turns into stone. Black spirits are born from the heart and are the negative emotions hidden in people's hearts, such as pain, depression, cowardice, jealousy, loss, loneliness, arrogance... In other words, attachment, evil, resentment, hatred, hate, etc., when they fill the heart At this time, there is no place for "light". Because darkness permeates the heart, black spirits are born. Campus bullying, competition in the workplace, anxiety about appearance, death of relatives, breakup and bankruptcy, etc. are all causes of illness. For example, Kushan Shen was worried about gains and losses, lost and wandering and was haunted by black spirits; Huo Zhu was swallowed by black spirits because of jealousy over his senior brother Bai Ze being favored...

Power and spells can suppress the black spirit (resentment) for a while, but if you want to suppress it, the more black spirits will gather. Bai Ze didn't know how to deal with the black spirit at first, so he tried to control her through spells, but instead he stimulated the number of black spirits and led to the fall of the island. When the gathering broke out, even if the four elders formed a protective shield, it would not help. Tianze finally realized that the black spirit "is born from the heart", "stops from the heart", and "there is light in the heart, no one can stop it", that is, only by having light in your heart can you defeat the darkness.

The best way to cure mental illness is to ignite the light in everyone's heart, make people bravely face the pain and depression in their hearts, release it, and re-establish their faith in life. Bai Ze constantly encouraged Yi to give up his timidity and ignited hope, so that Yi was rescued at the moment when he was swallowed by the black spirit. When Huo Zhu's resentment accumulated due to jealousy grew larger and larger, and the black spirit swallowed him up, turning him into a black mist monster called "Dharma, Heaven and Earth" due to his blackening, almost swallowing up many lives in the Ruins of Kunlun, Bai Ze waved his hand. The tattered five-element flag aroused optimism in everyone's hearts - transformed into a glowing butterfly, rushed towards Huo Zhu, expelled the black spirit, turned the owl into a dove, saved Huo Zhu and everyone.

In this regard, this film can be regarded as a medical film about the onset and cure of mental illness. Because it is covered with a gorgeous mythology, it makes science popularization interesting. It can be said to be an entertaining and educational work. As a popular science film with psychoanalytic value, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Goodbye Monsters" "turns inward" and explores the human spiritual world. It believes that in the face of pressure and setbacks, one can only live toward the sun and follow the light. Only then can we defeat the "dark spirit" of human nature and cure chronic mental illnesses.

The film borrows ancient wine glasses and pours them into modern people's fortresses, shining with the light of realism. Under the classical and fashionable mythical skin, it wraps the creator's heart of "actively serving the world", making Chinese mythological animations go out of the "good victory over evil" The stereotype has opened up a new way for the diversified exploration of domestic animation. There are two flaws in the

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Firstly, the character composition is "mixed from all directions", which is a bit complicated. The film draws a long scroll of grotesque oriental monsters, including the mythical beast Bai Ze with a lion's body and ram's horns from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", as well as Zhulong (Huo Zhu), Bi Fang, Wingfish , Nine-tailed Fox , Dijiang , Xingtian and other foreign creatures that are neither human nor beasts have many novelties, which can be said to be unique. But the nine-tailed fox is from "Jiang Ziya", Zhulong and Ao Bing in "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" seem to be "siblings", and the "four elders" white tiger , Suzaku , Qinglong , Xuanwu seem to have come from "Kung Fu Panda", and Carrot Spirit looks like Huba in "Monster Hunt".All kinds of tricks were used to introduce "traditional foreign objects" into the world of The Classic of Mountains and Seas. Its image was difficult to integrate into the "indigenous" families and tribes of Kunlun Ruins, destroying the integrity of the character system, so it was criticized - "The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a gimmick" ".

Secondly, it deliberately stuffs in current hot topics, which is a bit ridiculous and out of line. Such as taking photos to open up beauty, judges making peace in the talent show, square dancing, people eating melons, five-nut mooncakes , etc. The nonsensical parody plot is forcibly inserted into the solemn and tragic style of the drama, and it uses farce elements to make people laugh. Like many domestic animations, it is also caused by a lack of understanding of the essence of comedy and humor.

(originally titled " Exploring the Spiritual World Inwardly" by Yang Xiaolin Source: Literary News)