one. The whole story feels like it’s hard
to admit that in the whole plot of the movie, the original work is a well-known novel, which is actually very unsuitable for making a movie. There is no big ups and downs, no complicated character relationships or role conflicts, just a boy and a tiger in a small boat, in addition to survival, it is difficult to imagine what should be used to fill the whole story, absolutely. It's not just a common movie rule-
if we haven't read the original book, or haven't understood the introduction of the movie, the audience will be curious about how he can be with a group of animals at sea, maybe meet other interesting people and things, maybe be able to Experience more magical scenarios. Such a story, from a certain perspective, may be more attractive to the audience than the original work, and it is more in line with the movie in the general sense. Just because it is an adaptation of a famous book, it is almost impossible to not spoiler. Even if we have not read the novel, we also know that the protagonist will survive and other animals will die quickly. Therefore, after a brief animal fight, the audience is only concerned about It is how the protagonist survives with the tiger. This kind of factor makes an open event more closed and more difficult.
Fortunately, due to the beauty of the technical effects, the specific scenes of drifting on the sea, and the magical power of the animal characters themselves, they all make up for the monotony of the story. Although the movie will look good, if it is too realistic, it will inevitably become "Ocean" or "Survival in the Wilderness". Obviously Ang Lee is aware of this problem, and has made a lot of technical modifications in the plot structure of the entire movie. In terms of the temporal and spatial structure, the present tense where the protagonist talks with the writer, the childhood and youth's growth background before sailing, and the sailing adventures of the teenager and the tiger make the whole movie present three temporal and spatial sequences. The flashback opening, the rambling foreshadowing, those fragments about family and growing up, adjusted the rhythm of the story, and none of them came up with a big mouth and a shipwreck storm. On the one hand, these efforts made "The Boys" look different. So eager for quick success and quick gains gave Ang Lee's display of family concepts, customs and customs. On the other hand, it also stretched the story more far-reaching, that is, the ancient topics on the spiritual level—faith, destiny and meaning.
Generally speaking, this direction is not only to support the film as a last resort, but also has a good artistic effect. Although in the 130-minute film length, the title almost makes people feel too procrastinated, although this kind of "procrastination" played a good role in the subsequent plot-when the boy’s first love buried the god of love in the forest, and When the lotus with human teeth emerges in the floating island behind the movie, the meaning of fate is shown in the most splendid and wonderful picture. The concept of survival and animals that the protagonist's father conveyed to him is also the basis for the "regrets" of life at the end of the story. As for those Indian past and family warmth, there are even more personal preferences of the author. Ang Li was obviously aware of the fragmentation and procrastination of the front end, so he quickly turned the story to the topic directly through the mouth of the narrator-don't worry, we will talk about it.
Interestingly, after the magical adventure is over, it is obvious that the protagonist’s survival cannot satisfy the audience. Therefore, in addition to exaltation, the director arranged a cruel, false and true second story for the audience and The character judges for himself. In the second human-to-human story, the imprint is exactly the same as that of the animal world. The protagonist is the tiger, and the human heart is like a trapped animal. It should be said that this kind of seemingly open-ended and selective "fake" makes the whole film more credible, which means that it is true or false.
In addition, the author personally thinks that although the second cruel story behind makes the whole movie look more mysterious and makes the tiger's love more real, but from the psychological perspective of the audience's curiosity, it pulls a flying fantasy journey. Back to the ground. If it were changed to a more weird and more open ending, it would be just a few imagery flashbacks, such as a larger ship with completely different animal status, allowing the audience to imagine a more spectacular world on their own. interesting. This kind of treatment actually shattered the imagination of the audience being mobilized.
So I don't really emphasize that it must be the second true and the first false, how cruel and dark the reality is. Although there are hints in the film, I prefer to think of it as a story about belief in spirit and unbelief. Elephants are born from the heart. Some people see the animal nature, some see the heart, and some see the whole world.
On the whole, from the perspective of the plot, "Youth School" is in the middle level. It takes a novel that is difficult to tell in a movie and relies on mystery and spiritual guidance to achieve a proper combination of individualization and popularization, although if not When it comes to technology, the story is a bit slow, and the delivery of values is too blunt, but the story is generally successful.
two. Regarding the unique charm of the details and the plot. Regarding
the personal likes and dislikes of the overall framework, the plot of the "Juvenile School" in the adventure part of the sea is very much liked by the author. It may be related to my love of fishing. The first is the depiction of the sea. The ever-changing style, from storms to calmness and deepness, the wonderful creatures in the ocean, the gleaming ghost knives, swarms of flying fishes, whale sharks leaping over the water, yellow flag tuna for feasting, fluorescent floating The sea of jellyfish, the whole film is serious and meticulous about the performance of the sea, and the sea is not cruel. For example, the shark that the audience will worry about only flashes by, and bad weather becomes the place where the protagonist shouts. Look at it, Li Ann undoubtedly respects and loves the sea, and I am afraid that "Youth School" is going to be left in the annals of history as a classic nautical film.
Survival from a desperate situation is another major event. In the middle of the story, most of the audience’s mind is concerned with how the protagonist lives. The protagonist relies on distillation to collect fresh water, makes a raft by himself, and engraves the boat as a mark, and various details of survival. Reasonable, natural and interesting. Hunger, thirst, fear, and survival, these most natural emotions are empathetic.
In the maritime part, the relationship between the protagonist and the tiger is a line of change, which directly reflects the theme of the entire movie, and also directly hits the hearts of the audience. Humans and tigers change from fearing each other to relying on each other for their lives. In the end, the tiger becomes his life-saving for survival. Straw, every audience will deeply remember the tiger roaring and chasing, the failure of the tiger that the protagonist tried to train, the compassion and desire for loneliness when the tiger fell into the water, and the transition from strength to weakness when fighting for fish, and The tiger lies in the protagonist's arms and lives on each other, but the tiger is never gone. The transformation of the mood and relationship between the whole person and the tiger also supports the plot of the film.
And similar to the tiger peeing to occupy territory, dealing with the protagonist trying to use a whistle to train the tiger's bridge, the first three seemingly reasonable piles in exchange for a hilarious turn, this kind of small detail, Ang Lee still understands the audience's thinking What do you want. I didn't take the story all the way to bitterness, but I was emotionally gentle. At this point, I think of Tim Burton, another director who focuses on surrealism. If Tim Burton is a goth, then from "The Wedding Banquet" to "Making Woodstock", I miss Lee Deep in Ann's heart, there must be a sensitive and tender old hippie. I'm very sure of this. Isn't the universe in the opening film about Hindu legends a typical magical portrayal of flying high?
In "Youth School", the fluorescent dancing jellyfish, flying fish, and two very unreal freehand scenes, one is the big explosion of various creatures from squid vs sperm whale, the combination of real and virtual is ingenious and amazing. The other is the entire floating island survival, from the endless mongoose to the melting fish, and the human teeth in the lotus, all give the film a certain freehand temperament, not to mention the discussion of religion in "Youth School", the protagonist Belief in the three religions seems so deliberate, the questioning of fate, the happy dance in the storm, these plots, have made the film drift further on the spiritual level, in the final analysis, Ang Lee still pays attention to people.
three. Three-dimensional technology has greatly changed the concept
of film. In the history of film, there have been some important technological breakthroughs, such as the emergence of editing, color films, and sound films. They have greatly changed the overall creative direction of the era of film, and also changed The key point of conceiving a movie. From this larger proposition, the significance of "Juvenile School" is obviously more important than a mere work.
On the macro level, when the spectacle of the screen audition is so marvelous, it can really make up for the audience's attention to the plot, and further expand the demand for the physical vision of the whole movie. Movies are not only authentic and credible, they can also win the world simply by hunting for novelty. Similarly, the idea of what a good story is, I am afraid that this will give film creators new choices. Just to mention, if a scene that does not promote conflict and relationship between characters, if the bridge itself is breathtaking, is it worth keeping? For those stream-of-consciousness works that are difficult to be filmed by traditional movies in the history of literature, can a single lens take a full view of the universe?
In terms of genre, "Youth School" is a fantasy story, but its shooting method is not only different from traditional feature films, but also different from the exaggeration of animated films. "Youth School" relies on three-dimensional technology very well. The freehand and realism, the cleverly mingled romance and reality, are seamless. The spectacle of various animals in the film, the eyes of tigers, the reflection of fish scales, the stars at midnight and the fluorescence of marine life, are all based on realistic thinking. Construction, but its effect is saturated and highly perfect, forming a unique aesthetic based on three-dimensional technology. From the standpoint of this kind of benchmark aesthetics alone, "Youth School" also has a unique historical significance.
In terms of some micro-creative techniques, "Youth School" has made interesting attempts at three-dimensional photography, such as the animal wonders in the opening of the film. In several scenes, the cutting of the foreground characters and the background background is delayed. A new technological innovation was created on the transition, and it worked well. These attempts are a kind of contribution from the perspective of creative skills of "The Youth School". I think the advancement of this kind of technical concept is hard to reverse.
4. Add a few interesting
headings. Why use a larger length to explain the origin of the name of the party? In the movie, it was introduced like this. First, it was said that his name was derived from the swimming pool, and his uncle taught him how to swim. Since childhood, swimming was not only a fate of drifting on the sea, but also explained why he survived the huge waves. . Then from the swimming pool to urinating, the protagonist's effort in order to get his partners to call him "Pai"-recite the Pi. When I started watching a movie, I was thinking, why is it so hard to prepare? After watching the movie and discussing with my friends, Pi is actually a very interesting image, endless and endless. Similarly, there is the religious round line pattern, which seems to have something to say about "circulation".
Among the animal shots at the beginning of the movie, one shot is very interesting. I don’t know if you have paid attention to it. A wild boar and a hippo are located in the same frame. They are similar in shape and difficult to distinguish between true and false. Although the shot is not long, it can be regarded as a different one. Allegorical arrangement.
If the previous point is more far-fetched, the other point that all viewers will remember is that in order to educate him about the beasts, Pai’s father used a live goat, which was tied to the outside of the cage, but the next shot, the goat But was dragged away. Obviously, this point also has other meanings. Perhaps from this moment on, the distinction between reality and fantasy has become less clear.
Regarding the meaning of the island, this is close to the second half of the story. Compared with the previous realism, this island is much more dreamy. One kind of understanding can be that this is based on lyrical imagery. Those blindly moving weasels, floating trees without roots, and beautiful petals of tree-growing lotus flowers have human teeth hidden in them. You can think of these poetic and dreamy situations. To a lot of mysterious things. Another kind of understanding is closer to the story. After Pai stood in the storm and asked the gods, it is very likely that this island is completely an externalization of his inner world.
Which story is more credible? Whether to send someone to accompany Mr. Tiger, or to send a simple idle sentence, although this is a matter of opinion, in the current process, the director actually gave some hints. For example, an orangutan riding a banana, how can a banana float on the water? Human teeth, no matter how corrupted, can't grow in the flowers, so when the writer in the story asks the truth or not, Pie's answer is very wise. You like the first one, indicating that you are a child of God. Recall what the pastor said to Pie in the opening movie. In fact, the answer was suggested from the beginning.
There are some strange marine creatures in it. Here are 2 kinds of delicious ones. Who makes me a fishing enthusiast? The first is the golden fillet fish with big eyes, the scientific name Guitou Dao. You can make dried fish, which is a fishery specialty in Taiwan and the Ryukyu region. The other is the round and winter fat fish that jumped onto the lifeboat. It was a tuna, also called a cannonball fish. It was the white tuna in the sushi we eat every day.
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