![]() What this film did very well instead is the art design, particularly when it came to Chang’E. And it seemed to me that Chang’E does not have a well-defined personality, and she felt like different characters from scene to scene, depending on what the plot calls for. The story of the film is carried by three main characters: Fei Fei, her potential little stepbrother Chin (whom she is rejecting), and Chang’E (on whom she relies on to fix her own crisis of faith), and for most of the time film’s runtime, Fei Fei was separated from both of them to fulfill some stupid fetch quest instead of developing a relationship with either so when the emotional climax arrived, it felt unearned to me. ![]() I love how the film uses the myth of Chang’E as a counterpoint to a story about a young girl dealing with the death of her mother, but I must say that I was a little disappointed with the direction they went with. The fact that Audrey Wells, the writer, wrote Over the Moon as a love letter to her daughter and husband before she died added a meta layer of tear-jerking profundity to the film that (I am sorry to say) I don’t think it fully deserves. So she set out to build a rocket ship and travel to the moon to prove Chang’E’s existence, to validate her faith in eternal love, and hopefully, it would be enough to stop her father from moving on. Fei Fei loses her mother and faces the frightening prospect of her father remarrying-a development which, in her mind, threatens the memory of her mother and her belief that true love is everlasting. A huge part of this film deals with the themes of loss, grief, and longing. The protagonist, Fei Fei, was told a sanitised, romantic version by her mother that showed Chang’E in a good light as the person who took the elixir to deny Peng Meng of it, but an aunt sarcastically commented about how convenient it was that Chang’E put the elixir of immortality in her mouth as a hiding place. I love how Over the Moon alludes to the existence of the different interpretations of the myth. Regardless of which choose-her-own-adventure route was taken, Chang’E eventually settled on the moon as the resident goddess there. To prevent Hou Yi from being a dictator-for-eternal-life, Chang’E decided to deny Hou Yi of the elixir by consuming it herself. In yet another version, Hou Yi was proclaimed to be king for his service in fixing runaway global warming due to the 10 suns but he turned out to be a cruel tyrant. In another, Chang’E coveted the elixir for herself and took it while Hou Yi was out hunting. In one, Hou Yi’s apprentice, Peng Meng, attempted to steal the elixir for himself but Hou Yi’s wife, Chang’E swallowed the elixir to thwart him and had to leave Earth because she is now divine or something-and forever after, they pined for one another. There are several versions detailing what happened next. In response, Hou Yi heroically shot down 9 of them, and in return, he was awarded an elixir of immortality by the goddess Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West), but the dose is only sufficient to turn one person immortal. As the legend goes, there used to be 10 suns which took turns to cross the sky every day, but one day, all 10 of them came out, roasting the world with their combined radiance. He eats the children to extract their elixir of life.Chang’e is the Chinese goddess of the moon. The elixir of life, also known as elixir of immortality and sometimes equated with the name philosopher"s stone, is a potion that supposedly grants the.įollowing elements: Houyi the archer, a benevolent or malevolent emperor, an elixir of life, and the Moon.Įlements: Houyi the archer, a benevolent or malevolent emperor, an elixir of life, and the Moon. That her body is rejecting the arm, and she needs the Sisterhood"s elixir of life.Īs a companion of the Moon goddess Chang"e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her and some show the making of cakes or rice cakes but in Japanese.Ĭonstantly pounding the elixir of life for her and some show the making of cakes or rice cakes but in Japanese and Korean versions, the rabbit is pounding the. The pursuit of elixir of life by practitioners of Taoism was highly influenced by Peng Zu. It is also called the elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and for achieving immortality for many centuries. It was in the past sought by alchemists in connection with the elixir of life and the philosopher"s stone, a mythical substance that would enable. Several of the following elements: Houyi the archer, a benevolent or malevolent emperor, an elixir of life, and the Moon.Įxpedition under Xu Fu to find Anqi and to bring him back, along with the elixir of life, which grants immortality or eternal youth. Was sent by Qin Shi Huang to the eastern seas twice to look for the elixir of life.
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