On the National Day of the 11th National Day, when the three films "Captain China", "The Climber" and "My Motherland and Me" dominate the holiday, a cartoon called "Snowman Romance" is quietly accompanying the children to celebrate Festive, the children's market blooms with color.
[1. Novel setting] As soon as I heard the title "Snowman Romance", I thought of an animated film called "Snow Monster Adventure" released in October last year, which tells the story of a snow monster and a human being. Friend's story. In that story, the Yeti don't have any superpowers, but they can jump, and they're exactly like humans except for their looks. The advantage of this design is to highlight the characteristics of "snow monsters are monsters in the eyes of people, and humans are also monsters in the eyes of snow monsters", but at the same time, it also makes it become a "superhero" with the name of "superhero". "Proficient in fighting, super physical" is like a pseudo-superpower, which greatly reduces the fun of the Yeti.
One of the highlights of "Snowman Romance" is that the heroine's piano sound can bring vitality to life, and the snowman's superpower can turn flowers into waves. Compared with the boring setting of "The Snow Monster Adventure", which is dressed in a monster coat and is actually no different from people, the film "Snowman" is full of fantasy and childishness. In addition, the film is suddenly humorous, and suddenly the warm and heart-warming plot also brings a lot of joy and healing to the audience in front of the screen.
[2. Poetic beauty] Su Dongpo once mentioned in the article "Shumojie Lantian Misty Rain Map", "When you taste the poems of Mojie, there are paintings in the poems; when you observe the paintings, there are poems in the paintings." The "Moji" here refers to Wang Wei, a poet and painter of the Tang Dynasty, through which Su Dongpo put forward the artistic point of view that poetry and painting are connected.
Going back to our film "Snowman Romance", the film has two main lines, one of which is to help the heroine to find her dream. In the film, the heroine Xiaoyi loves music, and carries with her the relic left by her father - a violin, which she will play when she is emotionally fluctuated. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is the heroine standing in front of the Leshan Giant Buddha, playing the violin facing the sea of clouds and trees, and remembering her father. The elegant and moving melody of the violin is accompanied by the sincere emotion of the heroine, which makes flowers bloom all over the mountains and fields. So far, Mr. Wen Yiduo's "three beauties" propositions have all been reflected.
The so-called "three beauties", namely the beauty of music, the beauty of painting, and the beauty of architecture, are Mr. Wen Yiduo's advocacy of new poetry. And this scene in the film just conforms to the standard of new poetry, which can not help but remind people of Su Dongpo's artistic concept of poetry and painting. The fragment of Buddha playing the qin makes the film full of poetry, showing a strong oriental color.
[3. Lack of story support] 1) The story lacks ups and downs. As mentioned earlier, this film has two main lines, one is the heroine's pursuit of dreams, and the other is to escort the snowman back home. To be honest, this kind of plot is quite old-fashioned in my opinion. A group of monkey children meets a cute monster, and there is a group of villains behind the monster hunting it. This kind of plot seems to appear in many movies. Like "Pokémon", "Monster Hunt", "Tracking Matthew the Long-tailed Leopard"...there are countless. Even in films of the same routine, the content and way of telling the story of this film are very ordinary, without any waves. This is destined to have a good reputation.
2) The story fails to advance the theme. In addition, most movies express a theme through a story. For example, "Mulan" expresses the theme of "who says women are inferior to men" by joining the army on behalf of her father; "The Devil of Nezha" "Children Come to the World" expresses the theme of "resisting fate" by fighting against thunder, and what theme does "Snowman Romance" want to express? Do you want to express the heroine's pursuit of music, or use music and snow monsters to express the praise of family affection? The answer should be the latter. It's just that the film splits the two story lines too far. Although the heroine's violin is compared with her father many times, it still fails to make the theme of family affection more prominent and obvious.
In this regard, in 2017, Pixar did a good job in an animated film called "Dream Travel". The film is also fantastical, and also tells the protagonist's love for music and desire for affection, and successfully The pursuit of music and the theme of family love are combined to achieve the effect of complementing each other. The story of "Snowman Romance" mainly focuses on the battle of wits and courage with the villain, ignoring the creative principle of relying on the story to promote the theme, and the script lacks a story that directly faces the theme. It is difficult to show the theme of family affection.
4. Flat character creation 1) The female villain will tell you a secret. I really didn't plan to watch this movie at first, but I just accidentally saw the name of my goddess Wan Qian on the list. Anyone who has watched "Sound Immersive" knows that Wan Qian, who was born as a singer, has a high degree of plasticity. She is good at capturing the sharpness of the voice and giving vitality to the character.
And the character dubbed by Wan Qian is also the best portrayed in this scene. Dr. Zara, voiced by Wan Qian, is a caring zoologist who was hired as a consultant by the boss Bo who wanted to capture the snowman, but she repeatedly expressed her desire to protect the snowman. At first glance, this looks like the exact match between the evil doctor and the good female assistant in "Tracking Matthew the Long-tailed Leopard", a very conventional combination. Unexpectedly, Boss Bo is actually kind-hearted, and the female doctor is a wolf in sheep's clothing. This reversal is like the ewes in "Zootopia," and it's hardly a novelty, but it's an unexpected turning point in this unremarkable film.
2) Parents pay great attention to the influence of family on their children. In Hollywood animations such as "Dreamland", "Crazy Primitives" and "Snow Monster Adventure", parents are usually not good characters. They are often stubborn and stick to the rules, which limits the development of their children's personality. And the children in these films are often "disobedient", always rebelling against the rules set by their parents and finding new paths on their own. It reflects the American education's emphasis on children's "individual development".
The domestic film and television drama is just the opposite, paying attention to "don't listen to the old man's words, the loss is in front of you". Look at those old men with long hair and white beards in the costume films, either with great martial arts skills or a lot of tricks, these old men always condescend and play a role in guiding the protagonist. And "Snowman", as a Chinese-Western co-production film, maybe the producers didn't know whether to criticize the parents as stubborn American images or praise them as experienced Chinese images, so they made a compromise, which greatly reduced the mother Their role with their grandmother made them dispensable in the film. They only appeared when the whole family was eating, and played a role in gathering the number of people for the family to have a reunion dinner.
5. Summary: A glass of lemon-flavored soda. When I was in college, I read the novel "Sunrise Hotel" by the British female writer Victoria Hislop, and there was such a joke in it that impressed me: "If you can taste fresh lemons, Who would drink lemon-flavored soda." As soon as the movie "Snowman Romance" came out, everyone saw a lot of animation shadows. After the main film was released, it was found that it was widely used for reference and learning. This is like a glass of sparkling water mixed with lemon flavor, which ensures stable quality. At the same time, it also makes the film lack its own unique personality. Perhaps this is also the case. The word-of-mouth box office of the film is quite satisfactory, and it cannot be as eye-catching as "Nezha's Devil Child Comes to the World" to achieve a blockbuster effect.
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