1 The movie personifies several basic human emotions into five emotional villains: joy, worry, fear, disgust and anger. I can feel several emotional villains of the protagonist Riley. Lele is in a dominant position. She often dominates the brain console. In fact, just like when we are talking about the meaning of emotions, every emotion has its function and significance. The meaning of happiness is motivation and direction. The meaning of anger is to draw a clear line, the meaning of mourning is to let go of growth, fear is to protect us from danger, and the meaning of disgust is the bottom line. Although I may not know what I want for a while, at least I know what I don't want. Just like Riley didn't like broccoli when he was a child.
These are all reflected in the film. The most interesting thing is that everyone, not only the protagonist Riley, but also Riley's parents and classmates, etc., their emotional villains are released no matter what they say in the film, which is very interesting. Especially a teenager who is pretending to be cool, forgets which emotional villain said, "It's so tiring to pretend like this." And adolescent Riley bumped into a boy on the baseball field, and the boy's emotional villain issued an alarm "girl, girl, girl!" " It's so interesting.
In the film, the director's point of view is to make Worry particularly unpopular. Lele never let worry control the host, and several other emotional villains also have some opportunities to control the brain host. Through the experience that Lele and worry were forced to leave, Lele gradually realized the importance and significance of worry, and finally returned to the console to let worry control it. In fact, I think it also means allowing Riley to get along with his sadness. At the end of the film, Riley expressed his sadness, his thoughts and his unhappiness to his parents. His parents' complete acceptance of his emotions also made Riley not continue to be depressed, but start a new life in a new environment. All this also shows the importance of accepting all kinds of emotions. Emotions and organisms have evolved together for millions of years. Why are they left behind? Obviously, these emotions are of great significance and value to human development.
There is a scene in the film in which Riley imagines that his best friend when he was young is like a popsicle. His rocket car fell into the memory landfill, and the popsicle was particularly sad. No matter how Lele tries to persuade him, it's no big deal. Playing games with him, Doby, can't make the popsicle cheer up and lead the way. But at this time I was worried and sat next to him and said, "It's a pity." Then I grieved with him, cried with him and said with a sigh, "I know how you feel." The popsicle will be fine slowly. Lele is curious and worried about what she has done to make the popsicle better. I think this is the function of empathy, the ability of empathy.
Lele, Worry and Popsicle ride together on that Xiao Si Road. While Riley was sleeping, the little train stopped. Seeing this, I feel that of the three brains, only the rational brain needs to rest, so the rational brain stops to rest. But the behavioral brain and emotional brain continue to work while we sleep. The behavioral brain manages our breathing and heartbeat, and the emotional brain dreams when we sleep. So there was the DreamWorks in the movie. The part about building DreamWorks is also very interesting. As soon as Riley went into REM sleep, DreamWorks started. Writers will exaggerate and distort the life events and main emotions they experienced that day, and then show them in black and pink, so it is no wonder that there is a saying that "daydreaming dreams at night".
A very touching scene in the four films is that the popsicle chooses to sacrifice itself to help Lele return to the brain control center and stay in the memory landfill forever. Popsicle is Riley's imaginary playmate when he was a child. This is not true. Even Riley, who has grown up, has not thought of it for a long time. The choice of popsicle is forgotten forever, disappearing silently in the deep valley of memory, just like our growth. When we grow up, some experiences and some memories are sealed.
Emotion affects our core memories, which will become long-term memories and affect the formation of our character and personality. The islands in the film, such as Friendship Island, Honesty Island, Family Island, Naughty Island and Ice Hockey Island, are all important memories of Riley's growing up, and these memories have formed her character and personality.
At the end of the film, I saw a subconscious policeman in the dubbing station, which was amazing. When I think back to the movie, it seems that Lele, Worry and Popsicle are going into the subconscious warehouse, which says "Danger, No Entry", but they still go in, and they are deformed, three-dimensional, two-dimensional and so on. I don't know if this is it. There are two subconscious policemen guarding here. But I don't quite understand this part. Please ask a friend who understands to explain.
Does it mean that there are things in this subconscious warehouse that you are not ready for, things that you are afraid to face, and things that you have temporarily hidden in your subconscious mind and have not emerged? When they appear, it is when the protagonist is ready to face it, or we slowly rise to the level of consciousness through awareness. I don't know if this understanding is correct.