"I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly; you make one quite giddy!"
"All right," said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
"Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin," thought Alice; "but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life!"
--Alice in Wonderland
In Disney's 1952 version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the pink and purple Cheshire cat disappears in a spiral from its tail. This design is truly amazing as I wonder how to effectively visualize this imagination in an age of technology scarcity. Today, when technology is rampant, it is no longer difficult to make the Cheshire Cat disappear naturally. Tim Burton's new film will repackage this classic fantasy theme under the high technology and dazzling lineup. I have no doubt that it will be a good-looking film, because as long as the plot is faithful to the original, it is impossible to fall into the bottom line; and the visual effects are a money-making point, so naturally there is no need to worry. Just like TB's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", it uses the original book so effortlessly, the only change is to lightly delete the second half of the sermons that I read when I was a child and felt so disgusting. It's no wonder that many people criticize TB Jianglang for running out of talent and drying up his creativity.
Having said so much nonsense, I just want to say that big directors, famous actors, or good originals are all floating clouds. No matter how good the original work is, if it is made into a movie, it is also an adaptation in terms of creativity. Under the benchmark of achievement at the same level, the creativity of creating characters, plots and the entire idea to be expressed out of thin air, and the creativity of interpretation with the help of prototypes, I am afraid there is still a difference. Adaptation is a double-edged sword. I think, on the one hand, for social-themed films, this is probably one of the reasons why many films with original backgrounds can go further in connotation and ideology; on the other hand, for fantasy-themed films (animated films Naturally bear the brunt), we want to see the kind of sparks of inspiration, and the original may hinder the rapid flight of imagination. (That's one of the reasons I don't think "Meatball Rain" is comparable to "Flying House.")
Great movies and great novels need to have similar qualities. One of Woolf's great strengths is the stream of consciousness. I used to feel bored, and when I could appreciate a little bit of beauty, I began to feel that it seemed natural again, as if it should be so. For example, seeing a scene jumping with thoughts, from one point to another, the thinking is colorfully visualized, which leads to more and broader thinking, and, in any case, all this is based on a strong imagination. With this kind of imagination, the men and women walking on the road, the blooming flowers and bees, and the nails on the wall can all trigger rich associations and further contemplation. The point is to bring new life out of the original mediocrity. So is Mary & Max. I don't mean it's stream of consciousness, or that it's obscure, just that it's gray in appearance, the color of the picture is dark, the characters move slowly, and it's a stop-motion animation at the end of the road. Being squeezed out of sight by the ever-changing computer animation. It has been conceived for a long time, and the actual production speed can be said to be rare in animated films, and it can be seen that it is relatively rough (of course, compared with pixar, which can be used for a week in order to make a reflective effect, the actual production attitude is still very high. seriously). The character modeling is also not flattering. You can almost see the smirk of the producer behind his back, saying, I did it on purpose, and this is what I want. Just as punks deliberately dress strangely and angry youths deliberately make gestures, every pore of MM is rebelliously flowing with the declaration of "I am ugly".
But it is faithful.
"Loyalty doesn't mean, of course, not being in arrears or acting with integrity in a pinch. According to novelists, being loyal is that he can make you believe it's true. One thinks: I never thought it could be like this. , I've never seen anyone act like this, but you've convinced me that's how it happened, that it happened."
"When we read we put every sentence and every situation in the light—because, strangely, nature seems to provide each of us with an inner light by which to judge the integrity of a novelist. Or It may be said that nature, when she was at her most irrational, wrote a prophecy in invisible ink on the human brain, waiting for those great artists to confirm, or painted a picture, just get the fire of genius The front can be shown. When we put it in the light to see it come to life, we cry out with great joy, isn't that what I have always felt, knew, and hoped for?"
"If it were the other way around, These poor sentences, which we took up to test, evoked at once, by their dazzling brilliance and ostentation, a quick and eager response, but that was all: as if something prevented them from developing, or if they only A little vagueness here, a smear there, nothing whole, and then we sigh in disappointment and say, another failure."
- Woolf, A Room of One's Own
That's it, it's an honest movie. It is not suitable for all ages. It's very different from "Flying House" in this regard. The brilliant imagination is like a bright bubble that fills it with brilliance. This brilliance reflects the filthy reality, and the humor makes people angry and funny. The details and bridges in the film reveal the deep immersion of the producer in the film, who can always make fun of the classics in the chat and laugh, and disappear in the animation. But as a dreamer, it is natural to leap to the heights in an understatement, and let the force stay on the verdant land of the distant fantasy sky.
After watching the movie very peacefully, it seemed that I was about to cry, but only a drop silently flowed in my heart, along with Mary.
“…as tears rolled from her eyes, the colour of muddy puddles.”
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