Walking into the theater, I was surprised to find that almost all parents brought their children to watch, or students who were on vacation came together. As a loyal fan of animated films, I have always believed that these animations with arbitrary imagination and extreme anthropomorphic effects are clearly made for adults to watch - most children have fun, and adults can enjoy them.
Unexpectedly, I gave the first "The Secret of Pets" a four-star evaluation, and I almost didn't get much emotional resonance and touch in this one. There are cats and dogs on the screen, as well as hamsters, rabbits, and sheep, all of which are cute, but cute is cute, but I don't know what else to leave behind after reading it.
【Explore the characteristics of pets】
How popular are cute pets? Just look at how many people on the Internet like to "suck cats", "suck dogs" and use cute pet emojis. Contemporary urban life is fast-paced and stressful. Not only the retired middle-aged and elderly people like to keep pets as companionship and pastime, but more and more young people voluntarily "go into the pit" and buy their favorite cats, dogs, and other pets to accompany them.
Usually, they call themselves "cat slaves" and "dog slaves". The reason why it is called "slave" refers to the fact that pets have a higher status at home than themselves. On social networks, it is often seen that some young people live in rental houses and eat takeaways all day long. They live quite frugally. If you are worried that your pet is at home alone during the day, a camera is specially installed to monitor the dynamics of your pet in real time in the office. In their opinion, these furry cuties bring indispensable spiritual comfort to a tired and busy life.
The English name of the newly released film is the secret life of pets, which literally translates to "the secret life of pets". Obviously, the target group of the movie is people who have a love for pets, so all kinds of pets take turns to fight, regardless of their appearance and body shape, they all have watery eyes, and they are coquettish and eccentric, all showing cuteness. . I have to say that this movie with pets as the protagonist has a clear understanding of the characteristics of various pets, such as cats who ignore people, are naturally curious about cups and lamps, like to chase the light, and stretch their paws a few times. Consciously easy to break things; another example is a dog who is enthusiastic about people, likes to "parkour" at home, and likes to drive with its owner and enjoy sticking its head out of the window. Seeing these clips, the audience smiled and called them "cute".
But is cuteness enough? If there are only a few episodes of the movie that are impressive, it is better to download some gif animations and watch them on your phone. Whether a movie is good or not depends on the overall narrative, that is, the ability to tell a story.
The key word in "The Secret Life of Pets 2" is "rescue": the protagonist dog Mike saves the lamb; Pomeranian Tweet saves the little bee toy; Rabbit Snowball saves the circus tiger. The director used a multi-line narrative method to let the characters go on their own adventures in three separate ways, encounter difficulties, and finally overcome psychological obstacles and gain courage with the help and guidance of other characters. The last three lines come together and the ending is the climax of the plot.
This narrative method is not uncommon, but telling the story well is not so easy. When the film deals with the three dilemmas, it does not focus on digging out the inner feelings of the characters, and the setting of obstacles is too flat, almost for the setting. What is presented to the audience is more dazzling action scenes and "cute". "Lens. The final three-line merger did not give people any surprises. Without the foreshadowing for people to catch and smack, it was almost predictable from the beginning to the end. To a certain extent, the film is very similar to many genre action films, like the pipeline operation of filling in the blanks in a fixed format, and its moving degree is greatly reduced.
[The dubbing is a "bonus item", but it is powerless to return to the sky]
In recent years, there have been many good animated films with animals as the protagonists, the most famous may be "Zootopia" produced by Disney Pictures in 2016.
With its grand animal world imagination and delicate individual character characterization, this blockbuster movie of the year earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and won the 89th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Its success is not only because of its excellent visual effects, but also because of its accurate and humorous restoration of human world issues and human emotions. This restoration reminds the viewer of his own life, and generates rich interpretations and reflections between hilarious laughter and hilarious crying.
As a film critic said: The typical symptom of classic works is that there is room for interpretation from multiple dimensions, and these interpretations have already overflowed the author's original intention, and they have combined into a broader symbolic world.
"The Secret Life of Pets" did not try to be a "heavy" movie like "Zootopia", it showed itself from the beginning to be a small and lightweight film. However, "The Voice of Joy", which is also a lightweight player, obviously put more effort into the script and achieved better results.
The story of "The Voice of Joy" is actually quite cliché. It tells that the protagonist held the "Voice of Joy" talent show in order to save a failing theater, which attracted many animal contestants. They came with trouble and confusion. Harvest their own growth. Whether it is a gorilla, a porcupine or a mouse, different animal images inspire people not only by their animal characteristics, but also by their personalities, their views on family, friendship, love, family and career.
Some people may say that the other ace of "The Voice of Joy" is the dubbing. The film's dubbing lineup is very strong, led by A-list stars Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson. It is undeniable that the dubbing of animated films is well-chosen, which is often a "bonus item". When movies enter different countries, finding suitable dubbing personnel in different language and cultural contexts is a major event that affects the local box office. For example, in the Chinese version of "Detective Pikachu" not long ago, Pikachu dubbed Lei Jiayin, and the Pokemon Pikachu with a northeastern accent suddenly attracted a lot of attention.
However, in the face of an unremarkable script, no matter how outstanding the voice is, it is still powerless. Rabbit Snowball, one of the protagonists of the two "The Secret Pets", is dubbed by the black actor Kevin Hart. The rhythmic speaking characteristics of the black actors form a strong contrast with the white and cute screen image, which adds to the audience. Lots of fun watching. If the image of the rabbit as the villain in the first part is still relatively full, then in the second part, it has completely become a mediocre protagonist who has a superhero dream but a fairly average fighting power. In this case, no matter how good the dubbing is, I am afraid it will be difficult for people to love it.
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