The Everest Snowman, a mysterious creature with the same name as the Loch Ness monster. For hundreds of years, people have been arguing about the existence of a snowman. As a occult fan, of course I have an attitude of "preferring to be honest". Isn’t a large part of nature’s attraction to people living in reinforced concrete stemming from these looming and non-existent existences?
"Snowman" fulfilled the wishes of some occult lovers and brought this legendary creature to the big screen. After the Loch Ness monster was adapted into a movie several times, the Everest Snowman finally became the protagonist of the story. But unlike the gloomy and terrifying water monster, DreamWorks has turned the snowman into a “cute” as an animated film featuring family fun. The long soft snow-white fur, the clear and ethereal eyes, and those small child-like movements that were deliberately designed...In the film and television market where "cute things" are popular, the image of the snowman easily won the favor of the audience.
Moe, symbolizing harmlessness, is naturally easy to be classified into the camp of truth, goodness and beauty. When the collective social emotions become more and more tense due to the high-pressure living environment, the cute thing means a moment that allows us to take off our defenses, an outlet that can flow through the hostility to the world. Therefore, Grout, the tree character in Guardians of the Galaxy, captured a lot of popularity with just one line.
If Snowman Big Mao wants to be loved by the general public (especially women and children) in the mainstream aesthetic system, "selling cute" has become an indispensable skill. It is chubby and hairy. It will open its eyes and tilt its head to listen to you. It will stick its head out to blow the air when riding a train. It is loyal to friendship and does its best to maintain the personal safety of its friends... These characteristics, and "the best of mankind" "Friends" dogs are exactly the same.
Movies about the friendship between humans and animals are almost always tear gas. People who have pets are especially vulnerable to being hit by this ammunition. Because this emotion is not ambiguous and not complicated, without the ingenuity in our daily life, only the things that are most cherished and scarce for human beings are left-loyalty, tacit understanding and love. The relationship between Snowman Damao and heroine Xiaoyi is like this: the two souls that need to be redeemed meet each other, a tiny movement and look melts each other’s armor, and since then there is a solidarity between life and life. The bond.
Compared to films that simply talk about cross-species friendship, the theme of "The Snowman" is obviously more fantasy. Now that the form of animation has been adopted and the legendary mysterious creatures of Mount Everest have been moved out, it might as well release the imagination more thoroughly.
When Xiaoyi, Ajun and Pengpeng jumped on the cargo ship and determined to escort the Snowman Damao home, "Snowman Romance" officially opened the valve of imagination. The difference between a snowman and a dog is that the snowman has a powerful magical power. This setting not only helps the protagonists in the crisis again and again, but the tone of the film is also full of romanticism.
Almost all adolescents have had a dream about going out on a long journey. They traced one line after another on the map, hoping that one day they can measure it with their feet; there are also many teenagers who have had a dream about a mysterious friend. Cool friends can lead him to a more colorful world; maybe there are some teenagers who have dreams about magic...
The process of watching "Snowman Romance" is like a process of a teenager's dream come true. I believe that the moment Xiaoyi jumped on the cargo ship to follow Da Mao, the audience experienced countless similar psychological struggles in reality: they turned their heads and returned to the original track, and continued to live a boring but safe life; still regardless of the consequences. Jump out of the siege and decouple from the ordinary life?
The story of the film is set in China, and the places where the protagonists take their adventures are also well-known tourist attractions in China. Mountains and rivers, places of interest and historical sites, in the film are no longer highly saturated "net celebrity" photos, and no longer crowded scenes of crowds of people, Da Mao's magic power to turn familiar places into wonderland, it is indeed a kind of magical illusion. Breathtakingly moved.
When hungry in the wild, Da Mao uses magic power to let the blueberry tree bear fruit earlier. However, the magic is out of control, blueberries are bigger than football, the protagonists have to start a "blueberry escape".
When they arrived in Huangshan, they happened to encounter a hunting team. Da Mao turned the dandelion into a huge parachute, and carried a few children farther and farther.
Afterwards, the Gobi was amused, the bamboo forest talked, and the sea of rapeseed flowers turned into real waves, transporting the boat carrying the protagonist from the small town of Yunnan to the foot of the Leshan Giant Buddha.
At this point, Xiao Yi finally understood that it turned out that Da Mao was not only escorting Da Mao along the way, but also Da Mao silently helping her fulfill her long-cherished wish. The Leshan scene is the most beautiful scene in the whole film. At this point, A Jun's "baby boots" turned into real boots after dripping the mud. Xiaoyi also untied the knot of his father's death and played the violin again. The heavy rain fell in response to the sound of the piano, and Maitreya Buddha's eyes were full of rain, as if crying from the sorrow of the music. After the rain passed and the sky cleared, the moss of the stone carvings was actually full of small white flowers, like the rejuvenation of life. The protagonists are on the road again, the Buddha lowered his eyes, his expression is compassionate, as if watching them leave.
Finally, the group arrived in the Himalayas, the snow-capped mountains covered with clouds. The final battle between the two factions is also unfolded here. The big villain fell to the cliff under the magic power of Big Yeti Mao, and the "pseudo-villain" Boss was also saved and helped Big Yeti Mao on his way home. .
The protagonists have traveled all the way and experienced various landforms and climates in China, but in the setting of "Snowman", they don't need to pay attention to the dangers of the environment, are not bothered by food and water sources, and even on the snow-capped mountains. Worry about altitude sickness and drop in body temperature. To a certain extent, the unpredictable nature in this movie is not only a pleasing background decoration, but also an important role standing in the protagonist's camp. The only thing the protagonists need to fight against during their adventure is the evil in human nature.
It is worth mentioning that "The Snowman" was released on the National Day file. Compared with other impassioned major production movies, this family carnival animation seems a bit special. But peeling off the coat of fantasy adventure stories, the core of the film’s expression is the family view that resonates most with Chinese people. While the beautiful landscape paintings of fairyland convey the impression of China to the world, they also evoke Chinese people in a very gentle way. Pride.
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