#zenn la

[vertigoartgore]

2018's Silver Surfer & Dawn Greenwood Cosmic Fireworks Painting by artist Mike Allred (with the omnibus of this excellent run in front of it).

[wanderingmind867]

Sometimes the silver surfer had very pronounced shadows near the eyes. And this might sound weird, but I can't see it as anything besides eyeliner. The Kane Chronicles mentioned the ancient egyptian Kohl eyeliner, and it actually really looks like that. So... I'm not saying Silver Surfer is actually wearing Egyptian Kohl eyeliner, but it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for him to have something similar to it going on. Or maybe zenn-la just had the fashion sense of ancient egypt. I'd accept that too.

[albertonavajoart]

Silver Surfer Commission

[nickmarino]

[junepegbert]

was already thinking of speculative troll biology thank god i was jumpstarted with ways to reason for features.

[oyvinja]

[nevenkebla]

Un nuevo heraldo

Fantastic Four (1961) #244 John Byrne (Escritor, dibujante)

— Galactus: ¿Y bien, Reed Richards? ¿Tu búsqueda ha dado los frutos deseados? — Reed Richards: Solo unos minutos más, Galactus, y lo sabremos… ¡Ahí! Correlacionando cada fragmento de información sobre los planetas que tienen registrada nuestros escáneres, he descubierto no menos de seis mundos posibles. Todos repletos con esa energía singular, compatible con la vida, pero sin ninguna clase de población. Perfectos para ti. — Galactus: Leo en tu mente las coordenadas espaciales de esos mundos. Están demasiado lejos para que yo llegue hasta ellos en mi estado actual si no resultan adecuados. El dilema permanece sin resolver. Debo consumir las energías de vuestra tierra… o debéis matarme y acabar para siempre con mi hambre. — Reed Richards: Eso no lo puedo aceptar, Galactus. ¡Debe haber una tercera alternativa! — Frankie Raye: ¡La hay! Hay una tercera alternativa, Galactus, y yo puedo dártela. — Reed Richards: ¿Frankie? ¿Qué estás…?

— Johnny Storm: Eh, vamos, cielo. No sé qué crees que estás tramando, pero si a Reed no se le ha ocurrido una respuesta, es imposible que a ti sí. — Frankie Raye: No seas tan condescendiente, Johnny. Tengo la respuesta. Una respuesta que solo yo puedo dar… o que pueda querer dar. He estado estudiando los archivos de los Cuatro Fantásticos. Lo sé todo sobre ti, Galactus, y sé cómo Norrin Radd te permitió que lo transformases en tu primer heraldo, Silver Surfer, para que no devorases su planeta Zenn-La. Te hago la misma oferta. No devores la Tierra, Galactus, y llévame como tu nuevo heraldo. — Galactus: ¿Sí? — Johnny Storm: ¡Frankie, no! ¿Te has vuelto loca? ¿Tienes idea de lo que estás haciendo? — Frankie Raye: No te metas en esto, Johnny. Sé exactamente lo que hago. — Reed Richards: No creo que de verdad lo sepas, Frankie. Como Heraldo de Galactus, tu trabajo consistirá en encontrar mundos que alimenten su hambre constante. Y me temo que hay pocos planetas con energía sustentadora de vida, pero sin habitar. Inevitablemente, llegará un momento en que tendrás que llevarlo a un mundo habitado. — Frankie Raye: ¿Y? ¿Unos cuantos monstruos de ojos saltones menos? ¿Qué es eso comparado con poder estar… ahí fuera?

— Galactus: Sus motivos al menos son aceptables. Demasiadas veces he escogido a un heraldo que vino a mí con un noble propósito. Esa pureza de corazón no es adecuada para los trabajos que mis heraldos deben llevar a cabo. Por eso escogí a Terrax, un hombre de moral corrupta y naturaleza malévola. Pero eso resultó en mi contra. Pero esta mujer tiene sus propios motivos y me convencen. — Reed Richards: ¡No! ¡Frankie es casi un miembro más de los Cuatro Fantásticos! Y aunque no lo fuese, mi responsabilidad hacia ella no me permitiría estar de acuerdo con esto. Lo prohíbo, Galactus. Completamente. — Galactus: Si la escojo como mi heraldo, no podrás evitarlo, Reed Richards. Pero es irrelevante. No tengo la energía para darle poder. — Frankie Raye: No necesito que me des poder, Galactus. ¡Ya tengo suficiente! ¡Llamas a mí! — Galactus: Entonces, acepto tu oferta, Frankie Raye. Serás mi heraldo… pero antes debo adaptarte para el papel que has escogido…

— Johnny Storm: ¡Frankie! ¡No! ¡No nos hagas esto! ¡Por favor! — Reed Richards: ¡Johnny, atrás! Esa energía podría ser dañina para quien no participe de ella directamente. — Susan Storm: Proyectaré una burbuja invisible de fuerza. No sé si bloqueará energía de Galactus, pero… — Ben Grimm: ¡Ay! ¡Miradlo! ¡Está todo iluminado como si fuese de una peli de Cecil B. DeMille! Tiene que haber algo que podamos hacer, Reed. — Reed Richards: No… lo hay. La decisión nunca ha sido nuestra. Solo de Frankie… y ya la ha tomado. — Galactus: ¡Óyeme, mortal! Nota a Galactus en tu mente. No huyas de mi presencia. Solo Galactus puede guiarte con seguridad a través de los pasillos de la locura mientras tu humanidad desaparece… ¡Para ser reemplazada por algo mayor! La mujer que eras ya no existe. Los aspectos mundanos de tu existencia son insustanciales. La criatura que una vez se llamó Frankie Raye ha renacido… ¡Ahora y para siempre, serás el heraldo de Galactus!

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

So Shalla-Bal is back, but the two aren't exactly running away happily ever after. Norrin is still a protector of the universe, and Shalla is the empress of Zenn-La so she is gonna get back to that... so...

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

November 30th - The Silver Surfer 

Norrin Radd was born on the planet Zenn-La. This was a planet whose humanoid populace had achieved a utopian society devoid of crime, disease, hunger, poverty, and want of any kind. His father named him after revered scientist Norrin Konn, the man responsible for raising Zenn-La from barbarism to utopia.  

When Norrin was a young man his planet was taken siege by Galactus, the devourer of worlds. Galactus consumed planets teaming with life, rendering them into an energy that sustained him.   Young Norrin Radd approached Galactus with a proposal.  Norrin correctly posited that Galactus spent great amounts of precious energy seeking out new worlds to feed on. We’re Galactus to have a herald, someone to search out such worlds for him, he would save that energy and thus need to feed less frequently. Norrin offered to act as this herald in exchange for Galactus sparing Zenn-La.

Galactus agreed, transforming Radd into a silver-skinned, cosmic-powered being. Known thereafter as the Silver Surfer, Radd departed Zenn-La and traversed the cosmos, finding countless worlds for his master to consume. 

The ‘power cosmic’ imbued in Norrin enabled him to exist in the vacuum of space; he was also bestowed super strength and resiliency and the ability to fire blasts of cosmic energies from his hands.   Additionally, he was provided with a means of travel: a long, silvery surfboard.  This board was telepathically connected to its rider’s mind and could travel at a pace near the speed of light.   

In service to his master, The Silver Surfer did his best to find worlds with nascent life; smaller more primitive organisms unable to comprehend their own impending doom.  Yet it did little to quell the tremendous guilt the Surfer felt in being the herald of destruction and bringing about the end of so much life.  As time went by, the Surfer gradually became inured to these feelings and coldly went about his duties.

The Surfer eventually came across the earth and signaled to his master that he had found a world rich with life for Galactus to feed upon.  The Surfer ended up battling The Fantastic Four.  During this conflict, the Surfer met the blind sculptress Alicia Masters, who sensed his inner nobility and pleaded with him to spare humanity. His long-dormant emotions were stirred by Alicia's beauty and spirit and the Surfer ultimately chose to turn on Galactus.  

The combined efforts of The Surfer, The Fantastic Four and Uatu The Watcher succeeded in repelling Galactus.  As punishment for his betrayal, Galactus trapped The Surfer on earth, erecting a cosmic energy barrier around the planet that was uniquely attuned to The Surfer.  No longer able to traverse the stars, The Surfer became a melancholy wanderer, trying to adjust to his new home and understand its people. He was befriended and betrayed by Doctor Doom, who stole the Surfer's power for himself; yet Doom lost these powers when he collided with a barrier created by Galactus, and thus The Surfer's powers were restored.  The Surfer would go on to have many adventures on earth, becoming a member of The Defenders and battling numerous menaces both on his own and alongside fellow heroes.  

The Silver Surfer was finally allowed to leave earth after he saved Galactus’ new herald, Nova (Frankie Raye).  Once more The Surfer traversed the cosmos and had many more adventures amongst the stars.  

A version of the hero featured in the movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, portrayed by actor Doug Jones.  The Surfer first appeared in the pages of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #48 (1965). 

[glapplebloom]

This was a long time coming for me...

You wanna know how long I was waiting to do this match? Since 2017. I already did Galactus and even Unicron Research at that time. So when it finally came time to do this match for real, I was already ready for Galactus. It also meant I needed to update my research to match the more modern style as well as catch up to some new stuff.

Galactus’ first appearance was in Fantastic Four (1961) Issue #48 and he was Green and Red for some reason. Next issue he’s in a more recognizable Purple but still with a lot of red and no pants. When they say every species who looks at him sees him differently and apparently it is also true among colorists.

As you suspect, the Galactus Research was done before the Surfer Research. So he helped a bit when it came to researching the One True Herald. Shame it couldn’t work the other way. While I do give Surfer credit for beating two Galactus Level Threats, it is pretty obvious Galactus is the bigger dog of the two. Like Surfer struggles with Mephisto. Galactus is on even footing until he gets hungry.

So while Galactus could create life, the image I used to show it was not an example of such. Surfer Research helped clarify that after Zenn-La was destroyed, Galactus created an illusion to keep his promise. An illusion so good, the Skrull, the Kree, Silver Surfer and even Mephisto believed they were real. 

Speaking of images, the three videos used when explaining “Is the Wolf evil for hunting the hare” and such were all my suggestions. I still haven't seen Beastars fully but I did enjoy that clip. While editors can use different images or clips if they think it is better, we usually put clips as possible suggestions. Besides clips and images used to show off the character’s feats, I don’t recall many of my non-character clips being used. So it was a treat to see all three used back to back.

People thought the Dark Energon would corrupt Galactus, but that wasn’t the first time someone thought their energy would work to enslave Galactus. Dormammu, who you may remember for Dr. Strange making a bargain with, is apparently High Hyperverse level to Low Outerverse level if you follow the Vs wiki, though feeding Galactus Magical energy would enslave him. It instead was the equivalent of giving him cocaine and he was willing to destroy everything to get more. Dormammu even died. 

Speaking of dying, Galactus also died. So apparently there’s this thing called Black Death that was so powerful, it destroyed the DC Universe. It claimed Galactus was his herald and was what caused the old Universe Galactus lived in to be decayed. So Thor defeated it using Galactus’ body as a bomb. In short, Thor used Galactus power to kill it but in doing so killed Galactus.

Of course, as with all things in comics, nobody stays dead. The Silver Surfer saw the universe needing balance and went to Thor to get the corpse. Shenanigans happen and Galactus lives once more. This time he seems to only seek knowledge, but it is only a matter of time before the Galactus hunger begins and we get the good old Galactus back.

Now for some fun stuff. Galactia is Galactus’ daughter. She was basically a sentient Tapeworm that formed within him. This is how she finds out she’s pregnant. Her comic is also where the Safety being on comes from. But my absolute favorite is when Galactus entered the Ultimate Universe. He came in, kicked butt, and left because they thought the Negative Zone would let him be gone forever. It did not.

Next season, I am aiming to do Wile E Coyote. And I already know I got another assignment. Just need to find out who else.

[pluralzalpha]

Galactic Gazetteer: Zenn-La

Franchise: Marvel

AKA: Deneb IV

Primary: Deneb (Alpha Cygni)

Inhabitants: Zenn-lavians

Population: 500

Capital: Zenn-La City

Notable individuals: Norrin Rad, aka the Silver Surfer

Fun fact: inhabited for millions of years by the long-lived Zenn-lavians, who developed from violent theocratic tribes to an advanced utopian society..

Not-so fun fact: the first planet targeted by Galactus, who agreed to spare it so Rad would become his herald. He later devastated it, reducing the population to a few hundred survivors.

[vertigoartgore]

A beautiful 2001 interior page with the Silver Surfer by artist Alan Davis, inker Robin Riggs & letterer Pat Prentice for the Heroes book.

"Heroes, a book of sixty-four full-page illustrations paying tribute to those who attempted to save lives on 9/11."

[wanderingmind867]

Martian Manhunter and The Silver Surfer remind me of each other. Honestly, if we were to make a Marvel version of the Justice League, I'd have Silver Surfer take the place of Martian Manhunter. Because they're got some interesting similarities. They're aliens (one from mars and one from zenn-la). They're both lonely souls wracked with pain and tragedy (Martian Manhunter had most of the other martians die on him, including his wife and child. Meanwhile, the surfer saved but then abandoned his planet and people for all time to be galactus's herald).

And finally, they're also characters who never got much exposure back in the day (martian manhunter only got short stories in detective comics and house of mystery, while the silver surfer barely made any appearances in comics from the 60s to the 80s). They have lots of similarities, and a lot of them are similarities that i find it a share they had to share. They're both amazing characters, and they need more respect!

[megamindsbigheadcousin]

Here Lies Norrin Radd

He leaves Norrin Radd at the head stone, Here Lies Norrin Radd etched on its cool surface. He leaves it just as he leaves Shalla-Bal, just as he leaves the thought of Zenn-La ever being home again, of ever being that man again. He leaves it as Zenn-La becomes nothing as a speck of dust behind him, as he realizes that it is all it will be to him for the rest of his life. A place to protect, a vow to Shalla-Bal, a ghost tied to a man that does not exist anymore, a man buried in that dirt.

He's badly wounded, sucked into the black and dragged into a fight, just as always, always the same. He fights and he fights, despite the cold and the pain. As always, he escapes with the leave of a planet, barely escaping the darkness behind him. The planet that saves him calls him Norrin, and it stills him, the agony of a familiar feeling, of that lost man deep in his chest. As always, Silver Surfer, imbued with the power cosmic dragged into the man he used to be. He sways, constantly, between reconciling them or choosing one over the other, casting the memories of the other away until he's dragged back in. Silver Surfer is the being he is, the being that he detests, blood on his hands, blood in his memories, death on his shoulders. He must, must be better, must claw himself out from under the monster he used to be (the monster he still is now) but it weighs on him, too strongly. But then he's pulled from those thoughts, fighting, once again, once again in familiar territory. He fights and he fights, and he fights just as he always does, and the darkness spreads. Blood on his hands, blood always on his hands.

Light streams through the window, Shalla-Bal at his side. A hazy film covers his mind. You're Norrin Radd one voice whispers. You're the Silver Surfer, the other one chants. But he is with Shalla-Bal, as they should be, together in their home, on their home planet. Let's make a light, she says. But then the film is pulling away. Zenn-La isn't home anymore. Shalla-Bal isn't home anymore. The other part of him fights against it. He's getting pulled away from it, away from her, away from home. Ego the living planet calls out to him, and Norrin Radd is lost again. There is no world in which Norrin Radd exists and it is not with Shalla-Bal, so Norrin Radd is no more.

Mantis calls him man, calls him Surfer as if it is not at odds with being man, tells him beneath all the silver he's still alive, feeling. The universe is at stake, Earth is at stake, his hom- Zenn-La is at stake. He's fighting, fighting for a home he doesn't want to be home, where the sun takes eons to set and Alicia Masters makes a place in his memories. He's fighting, fighting for a home that is no longer home, just a promise to protect it, ever since Galactus, since the beginning of Silver Surfer and death, long ago. In the construct of his memories, Norrin Radd dies and Zenn-La and Shalla-Bal are taken from him. He wakes to Earth and Alicia and Norrin Radd, and all the beauty, and all the pain, and all the ways they're wrapped up in each other. Trapped by Supremor, lucky to still be alive, he dreams of Mantis and Shalla-Bal, the number 4 on her dress, past and future, to a dog in the house and warmth in his chest. There is no Silver Surfer, there is no death, weighing on his shoulders, blood on his hands. The dream reminds him too much of the glimpses of American TV he caught in his time there. His board saves him, Shalla-Bal saves him, Mantis saves him. His board says You'll never be alone. Past, present, future.

The elders say the universe, or them. You can't save all three. Choose. He's the Silver Surfer, and he's tired of the weight of death, so he chooses all three. There's another part of him that says it's only Norrin Radd. Norrin Radd that loved(loves?) Shalla-Bal, Norrin Radd that loves Mantis. He saves all three, and it works, and he doesn't have time to think beyond the constant machinations of a violent universe, a whole new familiar challenge to face.

Earth becomes his home because he loses another. Earth haunts him, in his dreams, his memories, his life, a place with so many he loves that he can't entirely resist the thought of the word home. He resists, because in the chapters of his life, Earth is home because Zenn-La isn't, but perhaps he needs it, man as he is, alive as he is. He wishes he could find it, back in Zenn-La, back in Shalla-Bal, as different as they both are now.

He tells Shalla-Bal he’ll keep Zenn-La safe as a promise. It's a promise from Norrin Radd, cloaked in Silver Surfer. I promise to keep Zenn-La safe, as it was my home, long ago when I was a man. I long for it to be home now, but its become a dull pang in my chest, and I fear too much time has passed. In the grand chapters of his life, he left Zenn-La all those years ago, and it's never been his since. But he remembers going back to Zenn-La all those years ago, reminisces on all those memories brought back before reality came crashing down in the form of those Skrull planes. Remembers something else, as he coasts around planets and stars, remembers the sound of the wind and the heights of the trees, remembers the beauty before he demanded Zenn-La be the same, so he could be home. He will always leave Zenn-La, a speck before him, but as he coasts around planets, and stars, when he catches sight of that familiar blue hue, his heart will swell, and he will know that Zenn-La will always be something to him. Perhaps, to be a man, would mean to be both, to be man and surfer, one in the same. To him, surfer and man, Zenn-La is not home. Earth is not home. Zenn-La is home. Earth is home. Both hurt to think, to feel for. He pushes away from it again, flinches to the thoughts burn. Shalla-Bal searches for the man behind the silver, like always, and he pulls away until Norrin Radd dies in him again.

But it's the beginning of time, and Shalla-Bal and Zenn-La are still in his memories, not quite dead, not quite ghost, and Norrin Radd still lives, even if it is without Shalla-Bal, without her and their child and their dog and a home on Zenn-La. It's the beginning of time and Shalla-Bal and Zenn-La are still with him, even if not in the way he always longed for. After years of guilt and fighting and violence, of blood on his hands, death in his memories, the Surfer and Norrin Radd plant life on Zenn-La, and the burden gets a little bit lighter. It does not fix the world, but a man has to grow. A whisper and a chant in his mind, to everything he has done, from the Surfer and Norrin Radd, no more death.

[affairesasuivre]

Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Oliver Coates

In filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ feature debut Aftersun, memory is elusive. In the “emotionally autobiographical” drama, a woman named Sophie (played as a child by Frankie Corio and as an adult by Celia Rowlson-Hall) remembers a vacation she took to Turkey with her father Calum (Paul Mescal) when she was a kid. Through gauzy flashbacks—and even gauzier camcorder home movies—the film paints a poignant and idyllic picture of the vacation. Even through the warm nostalgia, Sophie seems to grapple with feelings of grief, as she reconciles her positive memories with her father’s emotional turmoil. It’s a moving depiction of how the people we love can remain inaccessible to us—all we know about them is what they let us know. 

Wells assembles these vignettes into a film that feels heavy, dreamy, and touching, feelings magnified by composer and cellist Oliver Coates’ score. Drawing on a love of the minimal yet phenomenological work of Éliane Radigue—whose compositions Wells used as a temporary score while the film was in progress, per an interview with CRACK—Coates made slow, still tracks that nevertheless feel suffused with meaning and experience. Through elliptical string arrangements, tranquil synth pads, and hallucinatory found sounds, the Aftersun score communicates a sense of wistfulness and yearning amid the otherworldly sounds.

In a statement accompanying the score, Coates writes that he sought music that could reflect “the vivid glow of memory”—a thought process illustrated by “One Without,” a key cue used in the film’s final scene and credits. Built around a repeating string figure, overlapping with shimmering reverb trails and little else, it’s spare but flickers with warmth and light. Echoing and repeating for a little over four minutes, it feels like a meditation on constancy and loss, highlighting what stays the same and what subtly changes as memories flit through your head, again and again. 

Coates is known for his playfully abstract approach to electronic composition—even indulging a love for jittery Aphexian dance tracks on 2018’s Shelley’s on Zenn-La—but his work for Aftersun is decidedly more minimal. Some tracks are formally complex, while others, like “Tai Chi,” are constructed around simple string drones. Still, he wrings a lot of emotion and texture out of the lightest touches. This depth is due in part to some technological treatment. Coates credits sound designer Johan Nilsson for “tricking” the algorithm of an audio software into “extracting percussion or bass or vocals where there is none.” Even the simplest tracks feel haunted—shimmering with unexpected life in a way that feels reminiscent of the wriggling ambient pieces collected on PAN’s influential Mono No Aware compilation. As a result, these pieces carry emotional weight even outside of the context of the film: It’s ambient music full of suggestions and shadows, allowing curious listeners to approach it and fill in the gaps with meditations of their own.

[katnisshawkeye]

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Scheda informativa

Titolo italiano: Il Magico Mondo di Harold

Regia: Carlos Saldanha

Cast: Alfred Molina (Narratore), Zachary Levi (Harold), Lil Rel Howery (Moose), Zooey Deschanel (Terry), Benjamin Bottani (Mel), Tanya Reynolds (Porcupine), Jemaine Clement (Gary), Pete Gardner (Detective Love), Camille Guaty (Junior Detective Silva), Ravi Patel (Prasad), Zele Avradopopoulos (Ms. Hemm), Boston William-Inez Pierce (bullo #1), Salathiel Murphy (bullo #2), Vartam (Mayhem), Brisco De Poalio (bambino nella biblioteca), Lauren Halperin (mamma del bambino nella libreria), Seth Zenn Robbins (Oscar), Catherine Davis (Kat), Michael Lee Kimel (Mark), Grace Junot (Yasmin), Jef Holbrook (employee), Mallory Hoff (anchorwoman), Elizabeth Becka (Ms. Barnaby), Phil Ortiz (Mr. Perez), Mason Douglas (ragazzino), Jasmine Thomas (cameriera), Dijon Means (cameriere), Theresa O'Shea (anziana al negozio), Baby Dro (bambino sull'elicottero), Avangeline Friedlander (bambina da Tiffy), Devin De Angelo (guardia #1), Steven McCormack (guardia #2), Carolyn Emeric (guardia #3), Hillary Harley (signora in macchina #1), Wesley Jetton (maestro), Jennifer Chung (signora in macchina #2), TJ Jackson (jogger), Stephanie Dunnam (signora dell'antiquariato), Elizabeth Carlie (signora con il cane), Danny Vinson (anziano con il bastone), Eliza Khalik (bambina al parco), Dajalinn Sanchez (testimone dell'aereo #1), Prescott Morgan (testimone dell'aereo #2), Patrice Fisher (preside), Caleb Black (prank kid #1), Brady Ryan (prank kid #2), John Mullis (anziano #1), Gerard Catus (anziano #2), Kermit Rolison (anziano #3), Mike Benitez (venditore)

Produzione: Columbia Pictures, Davis Entertainment, TSG Entertainment

Distribuzione: Sony Pictures Realising

Sceneggiatura: David Guion, Michael Handelman

Fotografia: Gabriel Beristain

Musiche: Batu Sener

Costumi:

Uscita: 21 luglio 2024 (Culver City, LA, U.S.A.), 2 agosto 2024 (U.S.A.), 12 settembre 2024 (Italia)

Durata: 90 minuti

Trama

Harold è un bambino che vive in un libro insieme ai suoi due migliori amici, Moose e Porcupine. Grazie a un pastello viola magico può far diventare reale ciò che disegna.

Quando Harold cresce, il narratore che chiama "Old Man" scompare misteriosamente, e per andare a cercarlo disegna una porta per andare nel Mondo Reale.

Recensione

Il film è un tributo all'immaginazione più pura, contenuta nel potere magico di un pastello viola ma che, se unita a un'intera scatola di altri pastelli colorati, ha un potere davvero potente. E, come dimostra il film stesso, il potere dell'immaginazione contenuto in quel singolo pastello viola è davvero immenso, perché non c'è limite a quello che una singola persona può immaginare.

I wanted to show folks that with a little imagination you can make your life whatever you want it to be. Volevo mostrare alle persone che con un po' di immaginazione puoi trasformare la tua vita in qualunque cosa tu voglia.

È una storia che insegna a usare la propria fantasia per rendere felici le persone che ci stanno attorno, in quanto già il mondo reale è pieno di crudeltà e tristezza. Ma è anche una storia che dimostra quanto, oltre che la fantasia e l'immaginazione, è necessario impegnarsi. Per raggiungere i propri obiettivi occorre anche tenere i piedi per terra e la testa sulle spalle: l'immaginazione deve aiutare ad addolcire le difficoltà che si incontrano nel scalare la vetta, senza sostituirsi al mondo reale perché, in tal caso, sarà qualcun altro a scrivere la tua storia. A condire il tutto vi è anche l'importanza dell'amicizia, e in particolare quella verache nei momenti più difficili ti viene ad aiutare senza farselo ripetere due volte.

Because life isn't just something that happens to you, it's something you create. The trick is in the imagining. Perché la vita non è solo qualcosa che ti capita, ma è qualcosa che crei. Il trucco è nell'immaginazione.

È una commedia dalla trama molto lineare e divertente, che segue la linea viola tracciata dal pastello di Harold donatogli dal suo creatore Crockett Johnson. Belli sono gli effetti speciali, ma ottimo è l'uso dell'animazione.

Valutazione

★★★★★ 5/5

Note aggiuntive

La storia è tratta dall'omonimo libro per bambini scritto da Crockett Johnson, ed è da considerarsi come il suo sequel.

L'azienda statunitense Crayola ha stretto una partnership con Sony cogliendo la palla al balzo per promuovere il film, lanciando il concorso "Find the purple crayon" in stile Willy Wonka e la Fabbrica di Cioccolato: Harold ha nascosto dei pastelli speciali all'interno delle confezioni da 24 pastelli. Si tratta di una caccia nazionale sul territorio statunitense, che può vedere una famiglia vincere una vacanza a New York City e visitare la Crayola experience, o altri premi tra i quali una TV Sony o bundle di prodotti viola Crayola.

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