The summer file needs a family movie, which is a common topic, and there is no need to deliberately explain it. This year’s summer file "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" produced by Sony Animation is the latest interesting work. It maintains the moderation and novelty of the first two works. It also successfully topped the North American box office charts. It is a standard Hollywood industrial product. .
However, the wisdom articles contained in the word "standard" are still intriguing. It not only refers to a popular, secular and mass-produced film industry development mechanism, but also contains aesthetic considerations that constantly update itself with the progress of the times. "Hostel of Spirits" treats the classic vampire image Dracula that originated from the European Medieval Archduke into a warm family who runs the Hotel of Spirits, constantly experiencing adventures, and experiencing the life and emotions of real humans. Thirty years ago, the British animation classic "The Adventures of the Strange Duck" changed "Dracula" to "Duckula", which is a model of sprouting the dark image. From the production of "Hotel Wizard" to the third part, Dracula's desire to rebuild a complete family is also unprecedentedly strong. This is the setting of the role in the film itself, and it also very clearly represents the typical position of the film in the Hollywood film industry, that is, it also reflects the American society's continued affirmation of family values.
Therefore, how to innovate in the existing role setting and value orientation will directly determine the success or failure of "Travelling Genius 3". From the perspective of the traditional method of play, it is obvious that as a cartoon with universal significance, it is difficult for the film to get rid of too much cliché in the play, or on the other hand, it is basically impossible to get rid of the "chase-adventure-" Reunion" format. In fact, it is true from the perspective of the film. The main emotional thread that runs through the film is the love process between Dracula and the cruise captain Erica, supplemented by the long-standing entanglement between Dracula and the Van Helsing family, to evolve romance and The interweaving of love and hatred, this main thread will eventually come to a successful conclusion. It is a fact that audiences familiar with almost all family carnival movies of this schedule can subconsciously judge. On this basis, how to make the adventure process full of ups and downs has become the focus of the narrative. What is reflected in "Hotel Wizard 3" is not limited to the ups and downs of the attractiveness of the drama, because such ups and downs are also difficult to make new ideas. . On top of this, the film is quite bold in reorganizing the narrative clues, pushing the various monsters of the elvish hotel to the foreground in turn, showing the embarrassing and cute actions of various monsters of different shapes and traits in the clues of the male and female protagonists. The occasional jokes effectively compensate for the fatigue that may be brought to the audience in the process of advancing the old story.
As a descendant of Dracula's old enemy Van Helsing, the heroine Erica's change of mind from revenge to true love seems far-fetched, and the search for the ultimate weapon makes the two of them feel more anxious. "Hotel Wizard 3" does not focus on the main melody of traditional genre film routines, but to create entertainment effects with a "appreciation of ugliness" style of reverse aesthetic scenes. The above-mentioned various monsters’ display of their own special forms and characteristics is part of it. The flight with extremely poor service experience, the assassinations that Erica has been unable to succeed through several mistakes, the misinterpretation of the conspiracy revealed by words by friends, all kinds of traditions The specious "paradox" of the misunderstanding of the film shows the comedy idea of the film reversing the normal life of the film. Therefore, if the main theme of the film is simply regarded as "evil does not suppress the righteousness" again without suspense, it does not seem to be a good summary of the main creative intentions. Like the final reversal and the transformation of the black hand behind the scenes, Erica's indiscretion is both abrupt and in line with the essence of "appreciation of ugliness". It is an attempt to reconstruct dreams abnormally. The audience as the comprehension side may be inspired by the song that triggered the final victory. The most straightforward tactile logic constitutes the biggest advantage of this movie: simplicity.
At the same time, this is also a link where Hollywood animation, which is increasingly stressing not only to enhance the visual experience but also to challenge the complex emotional functions of the drama, is increasingly weakened. It is becoming a myth of the old age with pure innocence, but it is definitely not out of reach. The fish head waiter blankly added tea and water, and the wolfdog couple unsuspectingly lowered the group of cubs, representing an unexcited rhythm and attitude, and the film established a joyous atmosphere based on an anti-regulatory aesthetic mechanism (film Characters appear in a wide variety of characters, there are no standard handsome men and women, reminiscent of "Monsters University", "Shrek"), like "Monsters University", "Shrek"). The play also assumes similar functions. The "different appearance" of the appearance also highlights the multi-faceted character of the characters in the comedy. It also has a similar effect in "Hotel Spirit 3".
But is Sony Animation still fundamentally different from Disney's works? Compared with the many works that are dominated by the latter that are full of extreme crazy big-screen experience, "Hotel Wizard 3" seriously neutralizes the weird experience, while rejecting the crazy rhythm and image. In this sense, it has the same goal as its high-profile competitors. In fact, this is the mainstream value of American society that has not changed for decades. It is not shaken by the changes in politics, race, gender, and other issues. The film's success in the North American box office is too logical. Lung, the final happiness is still pleasing, even if it doesn't seem to go so smoothly.
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