After complaining about my terrible memory, let's talk about Lao Si's work. Although this is Spielberg's first attempt to direct a cartoon, judging from the director's previous works, it should not be difficult to find that "The Secret of the Unicorn" fully conforms to his preferred story type and creative style. Adventure, exploration, growth, and responsibility are all elements that often appear in Lao Si's works. It's no wonder that the films "Jaws" (1975), "Alien ET" (1982), the Indiana Jones series (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008), "Captain Hook" (1990), "Artificial Intelligence" ( 2001) and "War Horse" (2011), Lao Si bought the film adaptation rights of "The Adventures of Tintin" as early as 1983.
Judging from the names of the comics and movies, the young reporter Tintin should be the absolute protagonist. But after watching the movie, I found that Tintin (Voice: Jamie Bell) only played the leading role in the first quarter of the film, and for the next three quarters, he It is more of a matchmaking and threading role. And the real protagonist is the unshaven, alcoholic, somewhat confused Captain Haddock (voice: Andy Serkis/Andy Serkis). This is not only because of Captain Haddock and the film's villain Sakharine/Sakharine (voice: Daniel Craig/Daniel Craig), and between the two ancestors Captain Francis/Sir Francis Haddock (voice: The grudge between Andy Serkis) and the pirate Rackham/Red Rackham is the main line of the story, and because throughout the treasure hunt, Tintin is always an outsider. It can be said that although Tintin in the movie is young, he works in the old city. What he plays is more of a "father" role who constantly inspires, guides and encourages children to explore the unknown world. On the contrary, Captain Bearded, although older, is not very mature in mind. Like other boy characters in Old Si's films, he has gone through a process of rediscovering himself, growing up and taking responsibility.
Lao Si can be regarded as a benchmark for Hollywood commercial films. His films can almost be converted by a commercial calculation formula. Casts, special effects, backgrounds, music, audience, and even tears are almost all considered. But because of this, his films are always less complex in terms of stories and characters. Indeed, his films are very mainstream, and the quality is not bad, but they are more ingenious and tend to be overpowering. Personally, Lao Si, who has a business sense, is more suitable to be a producer. Having said that, I should still watch the sequel to The Adventures of Tintin. Directed by Peter Jackson/Peter Jackson, with Lao Si as the producer, Tintin 2 has been confirmed to start filming and is tentatively scheduled to be released in the Christmas season of 2014 or the summer of 2015. In addition, the two also have plans to co-direct Tintin sequel 3. Like Laos, Peter Jackson, who is famous for the "Lord of the Rings" series and "King Kong" and is filming "The Hobbit"/The Hobbit, is also a director who likes big scenes and special effects. Let's wait and see if Olds and Peter Jackson, the bearded directors and producers, can make a breakthrough in the characters and storytelling in their new works.
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