The new version of "The Witch" in 2020 is adapted from the children's novel of the same name. It describes the story of a boy who was turned into a mouse by a witch and his friend and grandma against the evil witch.
In 1990, the story of "The Witch" has been adapted into a movie. Like the old version, although it is a children's story, the witch takes off her gloves, takes off her shoes, and takes off her wig. There are still many scenes showing her hideous appearance. Childhood nightmare.
After all, the beauty of Anne Hathaway turned into a big split-mouthed bald head in a blink of an eye, not to mention the bright bald-headed gatherings of Wu Kezheng all over the room. This picture is extremely appetizing just thinking about it.
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The main line of the new version of the movie is basically the same as the old version, except that the old version of grandma and children have become black. In the new version, most of the protagonists, the characters in Memories and the waiters in the hotel have become black actors. It can also be seen that the trend of Hollywood has changed over the past 30 years. At the beginning, the manager of the hotel still starred in Mr. Bean. Although it was a comedy, it was rare that Bean was quite serious.
After the death of his parents, the little boy and his grandmother depended on each other, but the dark haze came quietly. The cruel, child-abominable witch quietly tempted the little boy into her embrace.
In order to avoid the witch, grandma took the little boy to a luxurious hotel for vacation. Unexpectedly, the little boy accidentally hit and walked into the witch’s assembly. It was discovered that he and his friend Xiaopang were turned into mice by the witch. At this time, it was discovered that Daisy, the boy's original pet mouse, was also a little girl who was turned into a mouse by a witch.
So the three little mice went back to grandma’s room after all the hardships. Although grandma could not change them back, the little mice still wanted to stop the witches’ conspiracy to poison other children, so the little mice were in the soup that the witches drank. He was drugged, and finally outsmarted the evil witch leader, turning them all into rats.
Although there is no way to become a child, the mice are not discouraged and continue their journey of "hunting witches".
The new version of "The Witch" is generally well-regulated. After all, it is adapted from children's books, and some old and unreasonable sections need not be taken too seriously. For example, the great witch played by Anne Hathaway can fly and use lightning magic as soon as she comes out, but in the final duel, it is both talkative and procrastinated, which is a typical case of the villain's death due to a lot of talk.
However, even if compared with the old version of "The Witch", the new version has made a big leap in addition to the special effects, but it is not quite satisfactory in many places.
For example, in the new version of the movie, an example of "changing chickens" is used to describe the witch cruelty to children. In the end, the end of everyone eating eggs is chilling. However, the effect of this meticulous and terrifying plot is actually not as good as the picture in the old version. The story of a little girl.
In the old version of "The Witch", the little girl who was deceived by the witch disappeared, but she appeared in a painting. Her father could only watch the girl grow up in the painting day by day. I think this story has effects and special effects. The blessed cock is better than that.
Another thing is that the ending in the new version of the movie is that the little mice have not been able to change back, which should be consistent with the plot in the original novel. But this time I have to mention the changes to the old version of "The Witch".
In the old version of the work, there is a witch who is not evil, but is forced to follow the witch. Fortunately, she did not drink the dinner soup and escaped. After that, she sneaked to the little boy and grandma's house and turned the three mice back into children.
I think this kind of family carnival is more like the end of a children's movie.
Of course, this ending is not only good for a happy ending, it also shows that there are not only evil witches in the witch community, but also good-hearted witches. Knowing this, the dreams of the children after watching the movie, in addition to the ugly evil witch, can also have a little magical brilliance.
Speaking of the movie itself, the performance of the actor of the grandma in the new version of "The Witch" can be said to be very eye-catching. When the child is in the pain of losing his parents, her singing and dancing, food and kind guidance all make the child out of the pain. Muddy.
In comparison, the little boy performed very averagely. Fortunately, the child became a little mouse. To be honest, the child became a mouse much more pleasing than his human form.
Let me mention the performance of the 1990 version of the little mouse. The new version is naturally all cg mice, but nine years before the release of "Little Elf Mouse", it is obviously unrealistic to use cg to make lively mice. However, the old version of the movie still uses a mix of real mice + model mice to make the adventures of the "little mice" not inferior to today, and it can be said that it is still very successful.
The other protagonist of the film, the witch played by Anne Hathaway, whether it is the exaggerated shape of the special effects or the slightly artificial accent and performance, is too exaggerated, but after thinking about it, this is also quite in line with the film "Magic "The theme of.
Torn corners of the mouth, sharp claw blades, bald head under the wig, default toes, snakes entwined between them.
There are also six Swiss chocolates.
If the children can be a little clearer when faced with the temptation of strangers because of Anne Hathaway's image of a bald witch, probably this film is not a pile of meaningless special effects.
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