2013 was the year when Hollywood animation broke out. We are all complaining about the lack of creativity in Hollywood animation. It goes without saying that "Speed Snail" and "Forest Warrior" were played; "Monsters University" and "Despicable Me 2" are not prequels. It's just a sequel, it's hard to talk about new ideas; "Crazy Primitives" just changed the shell, and it is still tirelessly repeating the narrative structure of the Hollywood classic (old) classic (set). By the end of the year, Disney's "Frozen" turned out, and it continued to set new box office records in global siege locations, and its reputation remained high. The secret is the return of traditional song and dance animation with the support of new technologies. As an adult viewer, at least in terms of personal experience, there is always an awkward feeling when watching these cartoons. The technology is getting better and better, and the pictures are beautiful, but they always convey similar emotions and themes. , The audience is more like being trapped in a set of sophisticated business formulas. With the arrangement of publishers rather than creators, they laugh less and less, and their emotions become more detached and withdrawn as they get older.
"Turkey Story" is a typical example of self-abandoning martial arts in marketing, old-fashioned poster design, weird character modeling, casual publicity copywriting (I don't know who came up with "the greatest turkey movie in history" Such a bad slogan), and the unattractive dubbing lineup, is completely a posture of rejecting the audience thousands of miles away. Coupled with its weak box office in North America, it is difficult to expect it too much. However, with the mentality of "see what you want" and overcome the visual discomfort caused by the technical shortcomings of the film, the story of "Turkey Story" is solid and makes people laugh, and the setting and arrangement of the script can be regarded as very careful. And it fits well, at least it's poking my weird and elusive smile.
The story of crossing is no longer new, and it is simply a stinky street in the motherland. But "turkey" travels back to the past, changes history, and avoids making one's own ethnic group a Thanksgiving meal idea is very interesting. If this is a good start, then the two weird protagonists in the film, Ricky and Jack, basically kept the surprise to the end. The film inherits the characteristics of a series of British black humor films from the previous "Relativity Film Industry", playing with all kinds of cold humor, bad taste and high-end black. For example, the neurotic turkey called Ricky a weird man, the babbled "first daughter", the boring jokes of the "biochemical suit guard" in the secret base, the old-eyed turkey elder, Jack babbled strangely, especially no matter what. Talking to the camera in spite of himself, as well as the male-filled confrontation with the "friends", all make people laugh. Of course, these jokes are not so true "humor", but more like the kind of "weird chicken"-style self-deprecating. Chess moves and dangerous moves, encountering a small partner on the right path, the natural effect is obvious, the "laughing fruit" is good, but for those audiences who just want to watch the orthodox entertainment animation or children audiences, these tricks may not win a good impression.
However, the film did not completely abandon the traditional narrative routines. Under the big frame, the movie is still quite a Hollywood theme story. When the protagonists travel back to North America in the early days of colonization, the plot inevitably slips into the cliché narrative again. The boring love between the ordinary kid and the princess, the tricks of the soldiers making great achievements, the frustration of neglecting Jingzhou, the last-second turn of defeat, and the stalk of the unsuspecting "turkey prophet" all let us smell Hollywood cartoons again The strong smell of instant noodles. But since a masterpiece that has gathered elites from a large number of companies, which took many years and spent countless years, is unavoidable, why should we demand such a novel test of the waters?
Regrettably, judging from the current situation, the "turkeys" do not yet have the potential to challenge the big names, nor can they emerge as another new "Ice Age", "Despicable Me" or "Kung Fu Panda" brand. In half an hour, I was laughed by a group of strange-looking turkeys. In the end, I didn't have to worry about the happy experience of life principles, but it was worth recollecting again and again. We just want to relax, without burden, heartless, and having fun. Isn't this the original intention of entering the theater?
PS:
1. The voices of the two protagonists are Owen Johnson and Woody Harrison, and their noses are really similar.
2. REEL FX, the production company of this film, is a special effects company. This is the company's first animated feature film. The film was originally scheduled to be released in the second half of 2014, but the schedule was adjusted for unknown reasons, which was a full year ahead of schedule. It leads to all kinds of rush work, and the effect can be imagined.
3. The director of this film has also directed "Horton's Adventures".
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