The latest restored version of Miyazaki Hayao's classic animated film City in the Sky was released nationwide on June 1. On May 2 1 day, six cities, including Xi, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu, launched their national premieres with the theme of "Sunset, Music Playing".
In addition, from May 25th to June14th, Xi 'an Xiying Film Park specially launched the "Sky City Memorial Award-2023 Ghibli Film Release Limited Memorial Award", which created an interactive and unique experience space for fans.
As Miyazaki Hayao's masterpiece, which is deeply loved by audiences in China, City in the Sky not only scored as high as 9.2, but also ranked in the Top250 list of this platform, which is synonymous with beauty and healing in the eyes of countless people.
In the audience's evaluation of Miyazaki Hayao, the words "healing", "warmth", "reposing childhood", "beauty to tears" and "fantasy imagination" are most frequently used, and they are all vividly displayed in City in the Sky.
Miyazaki Hayao, who loved all kinds of flying machines since childhood, perfectly combined the rich imagination beyond the times with the theme of pure love and growth in the dream journey of looking for the city of the sky "Lapda" by the young girl Hida and the young girl Baru.
Evaluation of the film City in the Sky
"City in the Sky" is more formulaic than Miyazaki Hayao's expected works, but the fantastic brilliance in his later works has taken shape in this film, which has amazing sci-fi elements, comparable to some excellent contemporary sci-fi movies.
The theme of this film is adventure, but Miyazaki Hayao invisibly shows his attention to the details in the film, which does not affect the adventure element of the film. Even with a few simple shots, Miyazaki Hayao can influence the audience. In the film, pirates with lovely and retro images fight with various warships under the blue sky.
At the end of each clip, I don't forget to add some small details: miners and pirates feel sorry for losing their empty boats after the defeat, a bad guy is disgusted with the beautiful vines wrapped around ancient weapons, the legendary sky island appears from the clouds and so on.