Give peace a chance(original)
As a synonym of \Thomas Moore in the sixteenth Century. In that book, there is an island with a perfect social system, apart from the poverty and evil. Under the protection of the ideal system, all the residents of the island shares equality and brotherhood.
Zootopia is also a city of idealism like Utopia. All animals live together without the distinction of race, and every animal can be what it wants to be. Just like the movie shows Zootopia is a place where anyone can become everything. Although the room is small and old, the wall is greasy, and the neighbors are quarrelling all day, I really love it. This is the Zootopia, a place all animals look forward to.
Zootopia is not only an abstract concept of utopia. It also reflects the real society. The thing most of us always do is to stick labels to others. For example, we think rabbit is a kind of small and cute animal. How can a rabbit be a policewoman! That is surely impossible. Big animals, such as elephants, polar bears and bulls, should be responsible for that dangerous work. And so is our society. We have the prejudice that the weak is weak, and the strong is strong. Is it really like this? I take a different opioion.
As a fable, there are many characters that are nonmasked(脸谱化) in the movies. The lion is always a ruler in the reality, but the lion in this movie is not competent for mayor. The fox is always cunning in the reality, but the fox in this movie is full of justice and integrity. The mouse is always tiny and weak, but the mouse in the movie unexpectedly becomes a gang boss. And the sheep is always a compliant animal, but the sheep is the ultimate criminal beyond imagination. All of this in the movie indicates that don’t judge a man by his face. Man is not always what he looks like.
So is our society. Regardless of their height, the tiny giants, Churchill and Napoleon, did the world famous thing all the same. There is no necessary connection between your shape and your success. It is your effort that counts.
Although born in the ideal city with freedom and equality, Judy has still received the discrimination from others. It is said that the archetype of Judy is a policewoman from America. Because of her sex, there is no one who want to be her partner in the police station. And the reason is those policemen don’t think a woman can protect them. It’s obviously sex discrimination. Besides, the sheep deputy mayor has also suffered the discrimination from the lion mayor. She was only used as a secretary. Prejudice can lead to unfairness and many other conflicts. And getting rid of prejudice is what this movie advocated. So throw away the prejudice and discrimination, which will make our life better.
Another theme I personally think is the racialism. In this grand city all animals, both the carnivorous animals and the herbivorous animals, live together. But there is an impassable gap between the carnivorous
animals and the herbivorous animals. As you can see in the movie, the meeting room of police station and the lecture table of press conference are specially prepared for the big animals. When Judy comes the meeting room, she must climb the high chair. If she doesn’t stand on the table, we can’t even see her face. And when she looks forward to an important case with expectation, all she was told to do is to post tickets.
The city has a peaceful face, but it is full of racialism everywhere. The nature of hunting of carnivorous is still the biggest hidden danger in herbivores. Anything different with the carnivorous will cause a violent disturbance in the herbivores. The city is a miniature America today. Donald Tramp, US presidential candidate, has publicly supported the racialism. That is really a disappointing thing. So what the movie finally calls for is eliminating racial discrimination. Abandoning the racialism will make a real equal Zootopia instead of a so called utopia.
I watched the premiere showing with my big sister. She was touched by the dream of Judy. She said she left her parents to Beijing to find her future like Judy. When joining in the company, she is also urgent to prove herself. But getting success not only lies on your wisdom and effort. More importantly, your unchanged dream which can help is of great importance, she added. Just like the words, Zootopia is a place where anyone can become everything.
The final concert “try everything” indicates that every animal has its defect, but it shouldn’t be the gap between species. The only solution is to keep trying. Keep trying to communicate. Keep trying to know each other. Keep trying to understand. Getting rid of prejudice, getting rid of discrimination and getting rid of suspicions make Zootopia a real utopia. All we are saying is give peace a chance. Sentence Point:
1. Everyone comes to Zootopia, thinking they could be anything they want. But you can't. You can only be what you are. Sly fox. Dumb bunny. And that is not wet cement.
This is what Nick said. This briefly shows the deep routed prejudice in Zootopia. Zootopia is a place with the mask with equality and peace. But it is filled with discrimination in the depth of its heart. Nick is a fox. He is supposed to be sly in others’ impression. So he gave up the chance to be a positive man. He chose to be opportunistic. Don’t judge a person by his appearance. Or you’ll kill the spirit he should insist on.
2. Life's a little bit messy. We all make mistakes. No matter what type of animal you are, change starts with you.
There is a large amount of difficulties in your life. It’s hard to avoid making mistakes. But don’t stop your footstep. All you need to do is keep going. It not what you are but what you do that counts. As Mr. Frank in scent of a woman said, if you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on.
3. It's not about how badly you want something. It's about what you are capable of!
Although your dream is of importance, it is far from enough that you only have a dream. There may be
many obstacles on your way to your dream. You should equip with some special abilities. We should learn from the monkey king Sun Wukong. Only by practicing the seventy-two metamorphoses with diligence, can we face the Eighty-one Adversities with smile.
4.The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself.
This sentence is what Franklin Roosevelt said. It means to say that the thing that makes us afraid is not the most terrible thing itself. The terrible thing is the psychological fear of all negative things in the depth of our heart. The fear can control our mind, make us hard to deal with the things. Without thinking to be fear is the most terrible thing. When facing terrible things, we should face it and get the courage to solve it instead of escaping from it.
5.All we are saying is give peace a chance.
“give peace a chance” is made and sung by John Lennon. It was the first record released by Lennon. John Lennon is a firm anti-Vietnam War. In order to give out this voice to the world, more than one hundred thousand students gathered in Washington, singing loudly this song. The anti-war movement made the Nixon government feel much pressure, and ultimately contributed to the retreat of the United States from the Vietnam War. Now the United States, as the sixty's, is facing a serious crisis of racialism. The presidential indicate Tramp publicly supported the racialism. So this movie gives out such a sound that no discrimination and give peace a chance.
疯狂动物城英文影评Zootopia(original)
