The series of living history has finally come to a tragic end. Of course, it is not ruled out that in the future, the old fox will continue to go out and make money. However, if you count so many animated series in Hollywood, none of them can become the historical witness of the development of 3D animation technology like the Five Parts of the Ice Age.
The first film debuted in 2002, spanning 15 years. By the release of the final chapter this year, we can see the beginning, development, resurgence, prosperity and bottleneck of Hollywood 3D animation production level from the picture level of the Ice Age series. At the same time, the themes of these five films are also related to the popular themes and topics of the same period. In fact, the most miraculous thing about this series is that a certain passage in the first Ice Age actually accurately predicted the number of episodes and the content of each sequel to the series; in other words, Blue Sky Studio released a 15-year-old It is also patient enough to catch this big fish with a long line. After all, the long series faced the fate of being cut in half every minute, and they were able to persevere.
Do you still remember that in Ice Age 1, Sidney and his party passed a glacier cave on their way to send the little girl home. There are many windows like museum showcases, showing four kinds of frozen images:
Piranha, corresponding to Ice Age 2: Melting Disaster;
Tyrannosaurus Rex, corresponding to Ice Age 3: Dawn of Dinosaurs;
Evolution map, corresponding to Ice Age 4: Continental Drift;
UFO, corresponding to Ice Age 5: Interstellar Collision, which is the film.
The whole series can be combed with different indexes. If you regard Manny as the absolute protagonist, you will find that the whole series happens to be the story of the Manny family, and every movie takes a lot of time for him. The first is looking for a lost tribe, the second is Romance, the third is a first taste of being a father, the fourth is about the education of a rebellious daughter in adolescence, and the fifth is to meet the father-in-law Manny.
It is not surprising that this film will have this plot. According to the stage of Manny in the first four films, this film can only tell this story, which happens to be in line with the typical development of Hollywood. In addition, if there is a sequel, it will definitely be Manny being the grandfather, but the story of the little grandson actually repeats the part of Manny being the father, so it is wise to accept it in the fifth part. At the same time, since the movie has a larger mission and theme, it is impossible for the plot to fully revolve around meeting the father-in-law, and the interest in this aspect is dull.
In fact, the author really hopes to make a biography for the unfortunate squirrel. If all the scenes of the squirrel in the five films are cut out, it will be enough to form an autobiography of the squirrel, which can be called "The Genesis of the Squirrel". The squirrel must be the incarnation of God in this series. The first part suffered and became holy, so the second part melted the glacier and caused a great flood. The earth environment, the fifth part is even more powerful, creating the solar system, lighting up the sun and moon constellations, making each planet go its own way, creating extreme climates for the earth, and even waving to wipe out the Martian civilization.
An unremarkable little squirrel who exudes a diaosi and even abandons love for the sake of acorns, is actually a series of hidden bosses, too dark! Who let Sidney rob his acorn in the first part, so he caused a catastrophe in each of the following parts to get revenge. In this film, the squirrels, who have the mercy of God and perform the duties of God, have to cause a great collision between the heavens and the earth again. Destroy all. It's a pity that Sidney, Diego, and Manny are all too hard to die.
The structure of Ice Age 5 is similar to the fourth Continental Drift. It all starts with a squirrel performing a miracle, and then it is a story of harmony between the parents, the dissolution of family conflicts after a disaster, and a bachelor who finds love. Of course, the domineering grandma is still a world-shattering move. The fourth part feeds the whale to turn the tide and falls below everyone's glasses, while the fifth part is much easier, with a lot of pride and vanity. The most coincidental thing is that both films released the essence of the opening paragraph as a preview, so there was no surprise when watching the film. The film also incorporates classic film clips: 2012 Doomsday Prophecy, Indiana Jones 4 Alien Civilization Relics, Peerless Catastrophe Meteor Shower, Heaven and Earth Clashing Comet Hit Earth, Interstellar Traveling Long Way Home, and the beginning and end of the War of the Worlds The narration of a young male voice, and an interesting temple of thinking, especially the opening scene looks like a poster of Interstellar.
However, Ice Age 5 is more like a pot of stew, with all the main characters in the first four games, plus the new characters in this episode, the number is bloated. There is a serious imbalance in the distribution of scenes in the length of the short film. The main and secondary characters cannot be distinguished, and the main conflicts and secondary conflicts cannot be highlighted. It seems that every character is the main character who wants to snatch the scene. Family topics and world disasters are also competing for space. dominance, but the Simon Pegg voice role eventually overwhelmed and succeeded in taking the lead. The entertainment of the film is seriously lacking, the spoofs are pure chaos and nothing new, the plot is simpler, the plot twists have no logic and no basis, and almost destroy the film, especially the many cold jokes and word games, even if the squirrel scene increases a lot. I can't make a few bursts of laughter, and the look and feel of the whole film has weakened a lot.
Blue Sky Studio is like Universal, eating an IP to the point of vomit, this time the bleak ending, the old fox must have never expected it. If you don't find another way out, the old fox will no longer have the capital to compete with Pixar DreamWorks.
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Text: Shi Ge
, August 23, 2016
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