Even if we meet, we should not know

Palma 2022-04-21 09:03:02

It's very strange, it's very uncomfortable to be exact. There is a kind of dog next door who wears open crotch pants to play urine and mud with you and sings "The sun shines in the sky, I'm going to blow up the school". It looks like it's him, but you're sure it's not him.

The Tom and Jerry series has no dialogue animations. What impressed me the most is the cooperation between the picture and the sound, more precisely, the cooperation with the music, besides the endless battle of wits and courage between the cats and the mouse. Although it is also the sound effect of music, compared to the early "Mickey Mouse music", the music of cat and mouse is obviously more "smart", especially in the episode of the piano concert, music and action, whether it is the trajectory or texture, are in sync. Under the magic of integration, it is as natural as flowing clouds and water, appropriate and creative, interesting and full of artistic sense.

In the movie, the sound effects of this kind of music almost disappeared, replaced by very modern music, but completely out of touch with the specific actions of the picture, losing the original features and highlights.

In addition, Tom and Jerry are no longer the protagonists. Their chaos is put into a story where the protagonist is a girl who runs a train with a mouth full of chaos in the Centennial Hotel. The cat-and-mouse fight is no longer funny and humorous. , has become a time bomb of instability in the story, and the touching cat-and-mouse reconciliation has become a necessary condition for the protagonist to complete his work.

Also, in the original animation, there were almost no human figures. In most cases, the lower camera angle looked at Tom Jerry, and the human only appeared with legs. In the movie, there are a lot of shots looking down at cats and mice, as well as the barriers between the animated characters and the real character environments that are difficult to not perceive, which are very uncomfortable.

Although Tom Jerry wrote himself in the final cast list, it was very unfamiliar. I just want to see the original version of the cat and mouse animation again.

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Extended Reading
  • Gillian 2022-03-15 09:01:06

    It's awkward to die. Can Warner make some bad movies about feelings and money?

  • Jerald 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Real scenes + live actors + animated animal characters. The effect... is full of dissonance. Especially the exaggerated and speechless "animal tornado" is really out of tune with real buildings. The plot logic of the live-action part is messed up and embarrassing. It is better to make the whole film into animation. Tom and Jerry are making a lot of noise in New York hotels, streets, and so on. Why would it be better to have fun in the garden of the cottage? The film also parodies several classic scenes from Warner's own "Matrix". Flying Tom and Jerry both cosplay Neo's handsome Pose, which may be the most interesting design of the film. One and a half stars. The general manager of the PS hotel looks exactly like Saddam in the South Park movie

Tom and Jerry quotes

  • Terence: Don't say 'over', this isn't Star Trek.

    Kayla: [whining] That takes all the fun out of it, what's the point of walkie talkies then?

    Terence: I can still hear you.

  • Ben: [playing simulator golf] I haven't seen this many shanks since I was in prison, white collar, but still...