A review of "City of Lost Things"
By Anna Yang
小樹 doesn’t like staying at home. he doesn't like going to school. he also doesn't like to wander the street. 小樹is coming to the 廢棄城.小樹 meet a group of plastic bags. a plastic bag –阿袋was almost sucked away by the 鐵甲車,阿袋almost died. But 阿袋 clung to the 小樹. so 阿袋was safety.小樹 came to the City of Lost Things. Back to the base, 阿袋 was almost taken away by 城隍爺. because 城隍爺 don’t accept they go to the place have many 鐵甲車.阿袋 explain to 小樹. This action is for they want to leave廢棄城. But they have never succeeded yet. Many partners die in the action. They take a piece of body parts stick it on the wall and sing a song for them. There are many little plastic bags on the wall. but 小樹 thought he had found the same kind, and shouted, “We are all rubbish that no one wants”!
I think the 小樹 thinks that he is not needed, so he feels that he is rubbish. How about the homeless and the abandoned trash? They have worked very hard to live but are not needed by others. I think it is necessary to discover their advantages and give play to their value again.
阿袋 joined their breakout operations and practiced them in advance. But 小樹 tell to 城隍爺 their plan. In order to escape reality, 小樹 would rather treat himself as trash and stay in the 廢棄城. this is 小樹 first betrayal. 阿袋 couldn’t stand the discipline of 城隍爺, so he decided to resist and speak his own thoughts. Many people also echoed and decided to give it a go. 城隍爺 finally saw their determination. and finally decided to help them, but 小樹again betrayed the 阿袋 and others. He first followed the 鐵甲車 to the base and informed the 鐵甲車 of the plan, blocking the people. In the end, everyone was in the hole. They were dumped into the garbage dump waiting to be thrown into the incinerator. Small trees were also thrown in. Later the incinerator started to start, they use their smart to escape out. I guess the director portrayed the 小樹 as a bad person because they didn’t want the protagonist to be like an ordinary person, but he portrayed him as a bad man who betrayed his companions.
If he didn’t want to leave 廢棄城, I think he can try to prevent them from doing things, instead of using the trust of others to betray people.
阿袋 and others gathered together to fly out in hot air balloons to the sky far away from the abandoned city! 阿袋 destination was a recycling yard near Taipei 101. Finally, the 阿袋 changed from a red and white plastic bag to a white plastic bag with graffiti on it. I also said that I thought that when I arrived in Taipei, I would become more beautiful, stronger, and not like garbage, but in the end, it was still a plastic bag.
But I think 阿袋 has changed. After these things happen, His heart has become braver and smarter. He has learned to fight for himself and He has learned to solve problems.
"廢棄之城"的評價
不喜歡待在家裡也不喜歡去學校更不喜歡混街頭的邊緣人小樹來到了廢棄城，與一群塑膠袋相遇。塑膠袋阿袋經鐵甲車狂吸掃蕩，差點要被吸走結束生命，但他緊緊抓住小樹躲過一劫，回到基地還差點被城隍爺抓走，因為城隍爺不准他們跑去鐵甲車的地盤，而阿袋也跟小樹解釋，他們的行動是為了離開廢棄城，不過從來沒有成功過。不少垃圾已死在突圍行動中，垃圾族人們已為他們唱「牽魂歌」希望他們一路好走，而在塑膠袋一角，也都被稱為遺骸或頭髮等物密密麻麻地被貼在牆上，小樹卻以為找到了同類，高聲大喊「我們都是沒有人要的垃圾」啊！
阿袋邀請小樹加入他們的突圍行動，並事先演練，不過小樹卻向城隍爺舉發了阿袋還有其他垃圾的突圍行動。小樹為了逃避現實，寧可把自己當垃圾，安逸的待在廢棄城，這是小樹的第一次背叛，阿袋也受不了城隍爺的管教，決定抵抗並說出自己的想法，不少垃圾也跟著附和，決定放手一搏，城隍爺終於看到了垃圾們的堅定決心，本來拼命攔阻的他，最後決定助他們一臂之力，不過這次小樹再度背叛小袋還有其他垃圾們，他先跟蹤了鐵甲車到基地，把計劃告知鐵甲車，因此鐵甲車堵到了垃圾們,並開始狂吸，最後大家還是都被吸走了，被倒進等待被丟進焚化爐的深洞中，小樹也被丟了進來，後來焚化爐開始啟動，垃圾們還有小袋在命懸一線間,急中生智終於逃了出去。
塑膠袋還有垃圾們聚集在一起搭乘熱汽球飛出去，到了遠離廢棄城的上空！阿袋的目的地是台北101附近的回收場。最後阿袋從一個紅白塑膠袋變成了一個白色上面有塗鴉的塑膠袋。並說我以為到了台北我就會變得更美，變強壯，變得不像是垃圾，但最終還是塑膠袋。
我覺得小樹認為自己不被需要，就覺得自己是垃圾，那無家可歸的人和被遺棄的垃圾呢,他們怎麼辦？他們已經很努力的生活卻不被人需要，我覺得應該要發現他們的優點，再次發揮他們的價值才對。我猜導演把小樹塑造成壞人，是因為他們不希望主角像一個普通人，所以把他塑造成出賣同伴的小人，他洩漏小袋和其他垃圾的計畫,如果他不想離開廢棄城，其實可以嘗試阻止他們要做的事情，而不是利用別人的信任背叛同伴。但我認為阿袋並不是沒有改變，他的內心經過這趟洗禮，他已經變得更勇敢、聰明。已經學會為自己爭取，也學會解決問題了。