First of all, we must find out what kind of works can be called masterpieces. Take China's four classical novels for example, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Dream of Red Mansions and Journey to the West, which ones can be called masterpieces? Dream of Red Mansions, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West can be done, but Water Margin can't. Why? Because the Water Margin is too realistic, there is not much room for daydreaming after watching a Water Margin. Of course, The Water Margin has its own historical significance, which does not mean that it is inferior to other famous works. Originally, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was also a realistic work, but do you still think Zhuge Liang is realistic when you see him? The true and illusory metaphors and dreams in A Dream of Red Mansions are its greatest charm. Not to mention the journey to the west, the story originated from the legend of the Ming Dynasty.

Now to sum up, the condition of God's work is 1.

. The content should not be too realistic, and there should be room for reverie at the end. 2

. Keep it mysterious. three

. Metaphor and dreams. four

. This story has a folklore background. Of course, it is not that there are only so many conditions, nor that it cannot be called a masterpiece without one or two conditions, but there must always be a standard for judging anything.

Now back to "air", first of all, "air" has a historical background, that is, the legend of Japanese folk wing people. Needless to say, there is no mystery. The two children at the end have given us enough room for daydreaming.

Focus on metaphors and dreams. A Dream of Red Mansions is the highest artistic achievement among the four classical novels, and metaphor and dreams play a considerable role. Give another example from abroad. The Bible is definitely a masterpiece, full of metaphors and dreams. Why is this so important? Metaphor and dreams not only increase the mystery of the work, but also change the structure of the work, making every detail have some connection with the content of the work. When I first saw AIR, Guan Ling always talked about her dreams and described them in such illusory language. I thought it was just a mystery, but when I saw the ending, everything had been quoted before, so that I had to watch it again from the beginning to discover the mystery.

There are stories of Garnai and Mei Feng, which seem to be independent of the main line, but the writers skillfully use feathers to connect them with the theme. Moreover, the stories of Ganai and Mei Feng also play a very important role in the story structure. Just imagine, removing the story of Ganai and Mei Feng, and talking about Guanling and going to people will greatly reduce the degree of tears. In the first half, a gentle mine was planted in the hearts of the audience to prepare for the emotional bombing in the second half. Of course, the risk of doing this is that many viewers feel that the front is too boring to look down. I remember that some people said that the first six episodes of the story were too long, or some gamers of AIR said that many details had been cut out in front, so they had to shoot more episodes. But what I want to say is that this is just right. Less than 6 episodes, the emotional foundation is not enough, and more than 6 episodes will weaken the Guanling theme, and you can't guarantee that everyone will have the patience to see the back.

In addition, "air" also has its bright spots. Its theme is not love. At first, I thought it would be a love story about Guanling and the dead. It turned out to be completely different. Finally, I think it is a very vulgar behavior to treat Air as a romantic film. Because I never thought that an animation would reach such a high level in art and content. The most fascinating thing is its tragic ending. Ancient Greek drama is famous for its tragedy. I don't know why people like to get themselves into pain and enjoy it. But what is certain is that if it is a comedy ending, I am afraid I will forget Air in a few months. Tragedy is to create something as beautiful as possible, and then destroy it for you to achieve a shocking effect. This is a trick used by writers since ancient times.

In addition, beautiful music and gorgeous pictures are the basic conditions. Air is a masterpiece, but we can't ask everyone to enjoy it. Many people think that the popularity of air is not as good as others, so as long as someone says that looking at the air feels bad, it is unnecessary to say that the other person has no taste, and so on. Among the four classical novels, A Dream of Red Mansions has the highest literary and artistic value, but compared with the other three novels, China has seen the least. To make an inappropriate analogy, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a war movie, The Water Margin is a kung fu movie, The Journey to the West is a myth and magic movie, and A Dream of Red Mansions is a romantic literary film. Which is the most popular? We can't ask those who like to kill movies to like the air.

Finally, let me talk about my personal experience. I now judge a work not by how much happiness it brings me, but by how much pain, despair and sadness it can bring me.