"Coco": a heart-warming movie that takes us into the world of the dead!

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2017.12.5

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When I was a child, I was always afraid of the word "death". When an old man leaves, I am filled with fear and even shudder at night.

When I grow up, I have a new understanding of death: life will end one day, and each of us will grow old.

I didn’t quite understand the meaning of this passage until I watched the movie "Coco" yesterday. It turns out that there is a link between life and death, and the world of the undead can also be so exciting.

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"Coco" is an animated film inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. Miguel, a 12-year-old boy, lives in a lively and noisy Mexican village. He has loved music since he was a child and dreams of shining on the stage like a singer.

Miguel’s great-grandfather left his wife and children to die in a foreign country because of his dream of pursuing music. Therefore, generations of generations in the family have abandoned music, and the family makes a living by making shoes.

Miguel could only secretly make guitars and have private meetings with music in unknown places. When he learned that the god of music was his great-grandfather, he was very excited and his love for music became even more intense. Persistence.

Later, he encountered opposition from his family, and his guitar was smashed to pieces by his grandmother. He rushed out of the house in anger, desperately looking for the guitar in order to participate in a music event. As a result, he accidentally "traveled" to the world of the dead.

There are gorgeous lights and colorful fireworks. The whole picture makes people feel warm. It turns out that death is not as pale and terrifying as imagined, and the world of the dead is actually so colorful.

Marigold petals pave the golden road, which becomes even more warm and romantic under the light. The undead wish they could go home right now.

There is a very interesting plot in the movie. When the dead pass through customs, they have to take photos for identity verification, and the photos must appear in front of the altar of the living family. The undead Hector tried every possible means to go back to visit his daughter Coco, but he was unable to get his wish because his photo could not be found when passing through customs.

Miguel was eager to find the God of Song so that he could return to the real world, so the two reached an agreement to meet their respective needs, and a thrilling journey also kicked off .

Miguel went through hardships and obstacles, got rid of the pursuit of his family, and finally found the God of Song-the God of Song who he once thought was his great-grandfather.

What is unexpected is that in order to obtain the crown of music, the God of Song murdered his partner Hector, and Hector was the one with musical genius.

The truth is revealed, Miguel and his great-grandfather were imprisoned by the God of Song. When they were helpless, the appearance of his family made Miguel feel warmer. It turns out that family is more important than dreams.

Just as the singer's performance was about to begin, Miguel's family worked together to make the scandal of the singer known to the public. The singer fell into the abyss, and Hector also regained his crown as the singer. .

At this moment, he is very weak. He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that the person he loves most will completely forget him. Because from beginning to end, his daughter will always be the most important in his heart.

Miguel returned to the human world, picked up his beloved guitar and sang the song "remember me". The expressionless old man in the past (Coco, whom Héctor was concerned about) had tears in his eyes. Tears of excitement, this is the most beautiful song her father has ever sung to her, as if everything has returned to the past.

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When I walked out of the cinema, the scenes in the movie were still clearly visible, and they made me cry in many places. I also have deeper thoughts about life, dreams, human nature, family affection and many other aspects.

The film uses imagination to create a dreamlike world of the undead. The picture is warm and beautiful, making people feel that death is not terrible, and that the living and the dead can have an intimate dialogue. Death is not losing life, but walking out of time.

In order to commemorate the deceased, the living express their grief for the deceased in unique ways on the Day of the Dead (called "Hungry Ghost Festival" in China) every year.

For the Chinese, every festive season, people light a candle or leave a lamp at the door of their home, so that the deceased can find their way home. People place fruits and melons in front of the enshrined photos and light a stick of incense in the hope that the deceased can go home for the festival and the family can be reunited.

Life and death seem to be no longer important. The same time, different world, the important thing is that the hearts of the family are just connected together.

Another theme of the film is dreams. I still remember Miguel said: "No matter how difficult life is, I still have my guitar."

12-year-old Miguel pursues With the dream of music, even if the dream is not supported and recognized by the family, the dream always exists, deep in the soul, like a burning flame, making life more powerful.

I used to have no dreams, and a plain life was all I pursued. But writing changed my perception and gave me a new definition of dreams.

It turns out that I can also like to do something regardless of everything. Crazy coding made me forget the bitterness of life; the pen and ink in my hand made me eliminate the faint sorrow in my heart. Nowadays, writing is my dream. I want to take up the pen and ink in my hand and make a great contribution to my life.

Suddenly I remembered a sentence, you still have to have dreams, what if they come true?

There is a "heart-breaking" part in the movie, that is, the singer will not hesitate to murder his partner for his own reputation. This also fully demonstrates the sinister and greedy nature of human nature.

In real life, this kind of people are common. They look at the world by stepping on other people's shoulders, attribute all the credit to others and then kick them away. They only wear the so-called halo of success.

Just like in the famous novel "The Kite Runner", when the male protagonist Amir wants to eliminate his guilt for his servant Hassan, he gradually becomes a devil.

In contrast, the warm scenes shown later in the film make people cry. Hector gave up his family in order to pursue his dream of music, which also became a shackles in his heart. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that his daughter would erase her from her memory forever.

When his wife Imelda met him again, there was warmth of family affection behind the funny lines, and she finally chose to "forgive". When Miguel returned to the world and brought that familiar song to Coco, Coco also shed long-lost tears.

It turns out that her father has always been deep in her heart, and a ballad awakened her father's love for him for many years. It was Keke who secretly hid his father's photo, and the incomplete photo was finally completed and turned into a family portrait. Here, my eyes are moist, home is the warmest place, and where there is home, there is love.

When we tell our families that our lives are not what we want, the answer we get is always: "Don't be afraid, mom is here!" Home is the safest harbor, and no matter when, family is always the most solid. backing.

Life is too short. When we lament that time passes between our fingers, wrinkles have quietly crawled on our faces. Generation after generation, from the cry of babies to the departure of old people, we witness life and death, and the cycle of life.

In our limited life, we have nothing else to ask for but to feel love with our hearts and warm you and me with love!