The strange market positioning of black and white animation

Letha 2022-04-20 09:01:44

Timberton's newest film, The Grotesque Resurrection Dog, has finally hit theaters in Hong Kong. But in fact, it was originally scheduled to hit the big screen in November 2011, but Disney has repeatedly delayed it, so that everyone has the opportunity to see it in theaters until now. "The Grotesque Resurrection" is Timberton's homage to the 1931 Frankenstein film, and he could finally realize his dream of bringing the man-dog story to the big screen.

The movie, like its predecessors "Night in the Weird City" and "Bride of the Dead", is a stop-motion animation with puppets. Most of the production teams of "Resurrection Dog" and "Corpse Bride" are the same, so I think the styles and shapes of the two films are very similar. Because I found that the emotional expression of a series of animations mainly uses eye contact (I don't know if this is the reason for the large eyes).

Then, in fact, needless to say, the plot is a routine of ordinary children's animation, neither outstanding nor inferior. It's a spoiler when I say it....

The box office of "Freak Resurrection Dog" in Hong Kong is not very good. The high box office is mainly due to the large number of screening theaters. The reason for the unflattering box office is probably the positioning of the movie itself. "Resurrection Dog" looks like a family-friendly animation blockbuster, but Timberton's style has always been gloomy, and the animation uses black and white pictures. Deterred by the main audience. While 3D accounts for most of the cases, the high ticket price of 90-120 yuan on average is the reason for the audience to consider. (Some should also consider the price of buying 3D glasses)

※In addition, when I watched "Resurrection Dog", some subtitles appeared garbled, and I felt that the production was sloppy and sloppy (although I was watching $45 Chinachem, it should be 2D, but please respect the audience. !!!!)

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  • Johathan 2022-04-23 07:02:21

    6.5 points. Tim Burton really dared to shoot, really made such a cartoon into black and white. The whole film is full of the director's bad taste, and many places reflect the tribute to the old horror movies of the ancient times, but I think compared with the previous work "Zombie Bride", it is more of a simple repetition. The deepest impression in the whole film is the horse-faced nature teacher~~~

  • Jed 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    You can take your own dog to watch this, and then tell it, look, don't worry, you can come back to life if you die~~~ (What's the disappointment, Tim Burton was originally a warmhearted man under his gothic appearance )

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