After watching the film, I really did not have high expectations, but the development of the plot was unexpected, and I was even more emotional about the ending. Writing a film review can be considered a special emotion for this animated film that has accompanied us for so many years and witnessed the growth of my son.
Let me talk about my overall evaluation first: this is not just an animated feature film for children, it is more like a textbook for men to grow up.
Cars 1: Humble
Many people have become loyal fans of the series because of the first part, and I am no exception. The first part is good-looking, in addition to the fresh expression of car personification, it is perfect in all aspects 's classic.
In the first part, McQueen is young and vigorous, relying on his physical advantages to fight recklessly, not attaching importance to skills, not listening to advice, and not accepting criticism. This seems to be a common problem for young people until he encounters a group of The humble country bumpkin completely changed his cognition, and finally got his mentor Dr. Lantian, his friend Dian Ya, and his girlfriend Sally. He began to understand respect, humility and learning, and finally won the competition and returned with a beauty.
It is said that the first part is a very old-fashioned plot, but the strong nostalgia and the wonderful characters are extremely impressive. These characters also constitute the soul of the whole series, so every bridge in the first part, every The details can be scrutinized and appreciated, and there are places to pay tribute, but the protagonist of our comment today is 3, so we will not expand too much here.
The most exciting climax of the first part is that Dr. Lantian, Kabu, Chino and others from Hot Spring Town showed their skills on the field, scaring the so-called professionals who thought they were right to the ground. Pushing the king of the cart to walk the whole journey, he has taken an important step in personal growth.
Every time I see this scene, I can't help but cry.
Cars 2: Tolerance
I heard that the box office of the second film was not good. I don’t know why, but I personally have a very high evaluation of the second film. Many friends may not have seen it. ” short film, in which Die-ya played a lot of various roles, which shows that Die-ya’s popularity is very high, so in the second part, he became the protagonist who is not the protagonist, resulting in the protagonist McQueen’s sense of existence is a little weak.
The second part focuses on exploring such a core idea: tolerance.
It is reflected in McQueen's tolerance of die, the tolerance of sound cars to defective cars, the tolerance of cultural differences, etc. From the water tank hot spring town to the display of scenes in Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, etc., the interweaving of spy wars and racing cars, it feels like It's like a variety show with extremely rich content, but it doesn't make people feel cluttered. It makes me feel that the director's skills are extraordinary, and the portrayal of characters is still impressive and unforgettable.
The connotation of the second part obviously can't surpass the first part, but the transcendence in technology and scene can basically be equal to each other.
Cars 3: Inheritance
has said so many 1 and 2, and finally we want to talk about our protagonist—— 3.
There seems to be an unwritten agreement in Hollywood that when a series of films reaches the third film, there is always a feeling of farewell. And Cars 3 reminds people not only of Toy Story 3, but also the growth of age and the farewell of heroes, but the difference is that the farewell in this film is obviously too hasty, really too hasty.
The reason why I said so much about the first two films is to illustrate one point. The racing series has a good accumulation of plot rhythm and character depiction, but in this film, these two major features are completely absent.
First of all, it may be to rectify the name of the series. This film emphasizes that McQueen is the authentic male protagonist, and there is basically no role for Banya. Sally only showed a few faces, and even the biggest opponent, Black Storm, is playing soy sauce. form of existence.
The film spends 90% of its energy on depicting McQueen, and 90% of it repeats one thing, McQueen, you are old, you can't do it, you have to retire.
This is the most annoying thing about watching this film. It's like watching "Wolverine 3", watching Uncle Wolf's weaker and weaker performance, more and more unable to bear the pressure, it feels really uncomfortable, after all Wolverine, who was so arrogant at the time, is now going to drive an online car-hailing car and raise a family. This is a mid-life crisis. In the end, he struggles to death. This is the age of a hero.
But McQueen is clearly not.
Judging from the overall rhythm of the film, I think the elimination of McQueen was handled too hastily. He was still alive and well in the second part, but in the third part, he became like a classic car and was despised in all kinds of ways. This is very unreasonable. , After all, McQueen has won so many Piston Cup championships and is a legendary figure. Just because of the black storm won a few races, McQueen's racing career can't go on? This will come sooner or later, but the process is a bit too blunt and lacks foreshadowing.
Then there is the character characterization. The rest of the film is given to two characters. One is the biggest foreshadowing: Sister Cool, and the other is Dr. Lantian's mentor: Somkey. It is understandable to deliberately set this up in order to increase the reversal of the ending, but the latter is really inexplicable. Dr. Lantian died in one sentence, and then suddenly there was such a behind-the-scenes super mentor, he and his old friends. Friends - the former champions lived in seclusion in remote towns, but these characters have not been mentioned in any previous works, their personalities are not obvious, their roles are not obvious, it is hard to remember, and they cannot be compared with the roles of the characters in the first two films. .
Next, let’s talk about McQueen. The McQueen in this film is a bit like Tony in Iron Man 3. He is full of unconfidence and confusion. Before the absolute power surpasses his own black storm, he can’t improve his limit no matter how hard he tries. At this point he had few options.
As he himself said, if he can't race, what else can he do?
He never thought about how he could be successful, but he never thought about his failure.
So encountering such a setback is indeed unbearable for him, and it will indeed cause him to be extremely disappointed, and we, the middle-aged men, often have similar feelings?
I think this mental process is still well described, but the problem is that it is repeated over and over again, which makes people feel a little bored. Since McQueen realizes that he is really old and really can’t do it, then you have been sarcastic and sarcastic all the time. , is this interesting?
So if this part of the play can be exchanged for more sister Ku, maybe the final handover will be much more natural, and the whole film has only a monologue for the inner description of Sister Ku, which obviously does not allow the audience to be prepared enough to accept this. A new protagonist. Even if she has done all the training with McQueen, it does not mean that she will be able to play the game directly, and finally use the difficult skills that McQueen has never used to win the game, which is really unacceptable.
In contrast, the handling of Wolverine 3 is very delicate, and the whole film is the most paving the way for the final handover, so the audience will not feel surprised and blunt.
And this way of handling this film, I seem to be familiar with it, oh, I remembered, that was the final battle of Shalu in "Dragon Ball", Sun Wukong fought half, replaced by Sun Wufan, and said that you are the real The protagonist, you can defeat Sharu, go on kid.
This scene is also eye-popping. Akira Toriyama also intends to use this method to complete the inheritance of the protagonist and end the Dragon Ball series. But what happened to the result, the audience didn't buy it, so Master Toriyama had to continue to withdraw from the tasteless Buu chapter, and Sun Wukong was still the protagonist.
This is because the characters are not enough, and the plot insists on inheritance and alternation. The audience must be confused. This is really if you can do it, you can do it, you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it.
The whole film is 102 minutes long. I suspect that the director must have performed more than this time in the feature film. There must be some content that we don't know has been deleted. I hope that there will be a director's cut version in the future to supplement the lack of character portrayal.
Having complained about these, let’s talk about what this film deserves to be affirmed about.
The first is the idea. When McQueen realized that under the gap of absolute power, he could not defeat his opponent no matter what, he finally understood the truth of inheritance-inheriting all the skills of Dr. Lantian, Smokey and himself in a powerful Powerful people, let TA continue to realize their ideals and break through the limits. This is the mind of a man, and this is the meaning of life continuation. It is undoubtedly very suitable to end the whole series in stages.
Fortunately, Cars is a cartoon without an absolute villain. Unlike Star Wars, it might be passed down to a black-bellied person, which will lead the Force to the dark side.
So when McQueen put on the headset, he finally understood what he should do. The moment he saw Sister Cool winning the championship, he still showed some slight loss. After all, it should be his glory, but he He quickly adjusted his mentality, and he finally completed the last stage of a man's growth - realizing that the pleasure of giving is higher than the pleasure of getting.
From this perspective, McQueen has been reborn and rediscovered the meaning of life, so he is not a hero.
I think this is also what the director wants to convey. Everyone has to face aging and death, no matter how strong they are, and inheritance is the correct method. When you no longer have a strong physique, you can Continue to guide young people with wisdom.
There are not many impressive bridges in the film, probably the collision car race is one, and the rest are somewhat unremembered. The music is quite satisfactory and did not leave a deep impression on me. The level of the department is also much lower. The director is well-intentioned, but unfortunately the story is not well told, so that the film is not as good as the previous two, at least I think so.
By the way, I don't know if anyone is waiting for the easter egg at the end of the film, but after watching this easter egg, it will make you feel powerless.
I wrote so much without knowing it. Actually, I am a little suspicious. This film was caused by a lot of manipulation. The original director's shooting should be very different from the current version. It's purely a guess, and I will revisit 1 and 2.
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