"The great task of two turkeys: travel back to the past and erase the turkeys from the recipes of human Thanksgiving forever!"-Seeing such a brief introduction, maybe you don't plan to walk into the movie theater and show one. I think naive and clichéd children's animation contributed to the box office, not to mention that although the image of a turkey is beautiful enough, the character setting of the movie is still not good enough.
I bought tickets in the mood of "Don't miss the American animated film released". When I wiped the 3D glasses before the screening, I was still thinking about how to hold on for 90 minutes if I was too young, but the story slapped me in the face severely as soon as the story opened. , Can children understand the irony and humor hidden under the appearance of heroism and comical? But if the standard is pulled to the level of adults, the perfunctory solution in the end will really only be believed by children, right?
At the beginning of the film, Ricky, as the only turkey who recognizes that "humans feed us to eat us", has been floating outside the group, and the knowledge of other turkeys about everything is "corn" and The doubt that he thought he was going to "turkey heaven" even if he was caught and taken away by humans made him disgusted by other turkeys. The turkeys were content with the corn they ate, were lazy to think, and became fat and stupid.
When Thanksgiving Day was approaching, when the turkeys finally realized the true purpose of human beings, a turkey shouted "Ricky is right! Humans are to eat us!" ran into the chicken coop, and Ricky came first. Feeling the joy of being acknowledged this time, he called on everyone to flee to the mountain when the door of the chicken coop opened.
Seeing this, I thought it was another "Little Chicken Run", but I didn’t expect...Ricky was thrown out of the chicken coop by angry turkeys. They thought that such a disaster was caused by Ricky’s truth. Throw Ricky to humans and they won't be eaten. Fortunately, Ricky met the media conference for the "Release of Turkeys" during the Thanksgiving Day of the U.S. Presidential election. He was favored by the president’s little daughter. Although the president hoped to choose a larger and more beautiful turkey to be released, he The daughter's tears offensive and the invisible pressure of the surrounding media brought Ricky back to Camp David.
And Ricky, who found himself escaping the fate of death, began the days of calling takeaway pizza and chasing dog blood in the villa of Camp David. He completely forgot about his previous life in the chicken coop on the farm until a very brainless but well-developed turkey Jack would He took him away and told him that they would accomplish a great task under the instructions of the "Great Turkey". Like all American civilian heroes, Ricky at this time was ordinary and cowardly, refused to participate in Jack's plan and thought he had a problem with his brain.
Ricky’s uncooperative misplay caused them to approach the time machine step by step. In the process, the former rebel Ricky kept trying to ask humans for help. When he called "I am a released turkey", he rushed towards the time machine excitedly. When researching the US military in the base, in the eyes of humans, he was just a "cooing" stray turkey, which could be killed on the spot, or as a joke.
——"What flavor of turkey do you like?"——"Cranberry Blueberry."
Ricky, who was unable to escape from the jet gun, was pulled by Jack and carried Ricky on his shoulders, and then focused on the time he was starting. The machine rushed. At the same time, the president and generals in the command room are telling the volunteers about the danger of riding in the time machine (the survival rate is almost zero). When the volunteers expressed regret, the general pressed the mute button of the call and claimed that “as long as there is an image, it’s okay. Up".
The special forces personnel who hunted down the turkey were reluctant to approach the time machine that seemed quite dangerous. Because the experiment was destroyed, the volunteers who wanted to quit also ran out of the time machine as they wished. They were pushed forward by their companions to "retire in only two weeks." Neither team members nor volunteers did their best to prevent Jack and Ricky from boarding the time machine, which allowed them to finally achieve the first step in the great task of heading to the American continent before the birth of the first Thanksgiving Day.
As the first act of the movie, the creators piled up all kinds of crazy nonsensical laughs, but they still couldn't hide the strong irony, and even many laughs were based on irony. As far as the rhythm is concerned, the overly detailed paragraphs make people feel a little procrastinating, but if you prefer the jokes of old-school Warner animations such as "Cat and Mouse" and are willing to think about various metaphors, then this is also a good one. The beginning of the movie.
The story after going back to the past is actually very clichéd: a warrior who sympathizes with each other, a beautiful brave girl, a conservative and stubborn chief, a bad guy who knows he is a bad guy by looking at his looks...rescue, sneak attack, accident, sacrifice, self-blame, escape Then the brilliance (in fact) made a comeback.
The love between Ricky and Jenny (& the base love with Jack), the base love between Standis and Jack (I think their dance and the two squirrels fighting for the pine cones in "Ice Age 3" are similar to each other = = +) The old chief’s love for the tribe, the blind sacrifice and the father-son love of the silly son... Carefully recall that this movie has a lot of interesting short stories, a lot of laughs, tears are also very strong, at least for me Say so.
If only one character is introduced, I will choose Jack-the character I hate the most at the beginning of the movie but the character I like the most at the end. He is also the most successful character in the film. A painful past, firm belief, his changes are obvious and touching. In his childhood, Jack failed to bring out the hope (three turkey eggs) entrusted by the family. When the big tree of the turkey tribe was lit by fire, he saw him carefully holding a pile of unhatched eggs and small turkeys for the first time The way they ran away from the sea of fire instantly wetted my eye sockets. In addition, his incomparable brain damage is probably barely considered one of the cute points.
The final ending of the film is extremely cheating-"Pizza saves the world".
Yes, that's right, "Pizza"! "save"! "world"!
That horn-sized gunpowder was like space equipment. I had to put so much gunpowder into it. I could bear it, but when a battle charge similar to "Brave Heart" appeared, I was nervous (formerly known as "Free Birds"). It also feels like "Brave Heart"), suddenly the time machine appeared and sucked the cannon and the big bad guys. The soy sauce Indians, colonists and turkeys sat happily together because of the takeaway pizza ordered by Ricky. A fight turned into a jade silk, "Thanksgiving Day" was established because of this, the turkey on the menu was changed to pizza, and everyone lived a happy life... It was really unbearable. At that time, three words came to mind: "Rotten It's over".
If the focus of the first part of the movie is on "satiric metaphors", the middle part can be regarded as "rich and dramatic" if it is not effective. At the end, if it sounds good, it means "hurried". If it sounds bad, I think of "castration". word. At first I thought it was another classic "Animal Farm", but it turned into "(Children's Simplified Version) Back to the Future" at the end. Perhaps this psychological gap is the biggest cause of disappointment.
Out of curiosity, I searched for production companies and animation studios. There is not much information and may not be accurate, but I think it has certain reference value.
The description of satire can basically rule out excessive interpretation. Most of the films produced by the American Relativity Media Company are not purely tuned. The most famous "The Social Network" is a good example, and they produced another animation. The movie "Robot No. 9" is also quite different (so the irony and metaphor of "Turkey" are so common).
Although the name of Reel FX Animation Studio sounds unfamiliar, in fact, as a one-stop production company for nearly two decades before 2010, it has always been DreamWorks Animation Company ("Guardian League") , Fox, Warner Bros., Universal Studios and other companies produce animation content for movies, attractions, activities, and interactive projects, and have won many awards. When I see this, I want to talk about the production of the movie. "Turkey Story" cannot be said to be bad, but I can really feel the gap with DreamWorks and Disney. It is obvious that other studios have also worked for DreamWorks. It should not be There is such an obvious gap!
Then I searched for the following information: "Time Chicken Battle" Reel FX was originally planned to be released at the end of 2014. When the film was almost half completed, a blockbuster film vacated the November 2013 release schedule. Reel FX decided to advance the production schedule of "Chickens of Time" by a full year in order to catch up with the important timing of the early Thanksgiving holiday! The new schedule means that the studio needs to convert more frames in a shorter time. The extremely complex scenes in the movie can be produced quickly and reliably through pipeline operations. These factors are critical to success.
Kyle Clark, chief operating officer of Reel FX, said: "For a typical animated film, when the production is nearing the end, 35-40, or 50 shots need to be produced per week. But in "Chicken Time", because the time is compressed we need to make up to 200 shots per week. So we use technology must be excellent and stable, any downtime is dangerous for us. "
These are YORK posted 2013-11-15 on" Dell's end End technology helps Reel FX studio to create animation” report. Although the focus of the article is to promote Dell’s computers, I saw the actual movie release date on November 1, 2013. I both admire and feel unwilling to the creators. They can Do it better if you have time. By the way, most of the TV series that Ricky watched in the villa were still pictures. At the time, I thought it was a style deliberately created by the main creator. Now it seems that it is more likely to be forced into helplessness. To make a film about the time machine, but the most lacking is time. It is a bit sad to say this kind of thing.
"Turkey Story" has many shortcomings, but it is undeniable that its highlights are also outstanding. If you can calm down and feel the story, at least you won't feel wasted time. A knowing smile or sad tears are the accumulation and hard work of the chief creative staff and Reel FX studio for more than 20 years. Under the bloody surface of the typical American heroism in the movie, there are various unspoken words. Some choices are compromises to the market, and some choices are compromises to time. However, the compromise is not to give up, but to make the final move forward. Hope that Reel FX will make better animated movies in the future.
PS: The title of the movie "Turkey Story" is really super vulgar, and it hasn't been translated to the point at all.
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