When I accidentally saw the brief introduction of this film, I was attracted by the film's creativity. This is a purely entertaining film. We do not explain clearly or explain the background of the story itself. After all, this is something that cannot happen in reality. However, when you can talk face-to-face with what you admire, what kind of feeling will you feel? This movie satisfies people's curiosity.
We can imagine that when you are in a museum one day, you turn around and suddenly find that unprecedented prehistoric creature skeletons, ferocious ancient warriors, annihilated tribes in civilization, rare African animals, legendary heroes in history...all All of these have come alive, those things that only exist in your memory, when you suddenly stand in front of you alive, what kind of mood you will be, excited, scared, excited, hesitating... this film is just for realization Such a dreamlike dream, as the director Shawn Levy described: "People have this strange ability to sense. When you pass by a portrait, you feel in a daze. The eyes have been following you...After that, you will feel whether you are a little nervous, but at the time, everything is incredible. And as a filmmaker, sometimes more like a magician, the only thing to remember is that In the silver world, nothing is impossible.” When
I was watching a movie, I suddenly had a very strange idea. If in a relatively small space, Qin Shihuang would win the government, the Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu, a generation of heroes Cao Cao, Genghis Khan, who opened up an infinite territory, Li Shimin, the founding leader of the country, and Chairman Mao, the founding leader...When all these great historical figures gather together, what kind of scene will it be like; when prehistoric creatures such as dinosaurs, modern gorillas, giant pandas, Even when the various creatures on the bottom of the sea touch a piece, something will happen. Although these things cannot happen in reality, when they actually appear on the screen, you will definitely Can't restrain the desire in my heart, want to see what happens.
For this movie, I like its creativity and theme very much, it is simple and clear. It is not like the movies that have complicated plots and deep meanings and then broke the story in these days (such as "Very Suspect", "Born Murderer", etc., it is not meant to give us serious preaching, nor does the story have a plot. So complicated, it is to give a kind of laughter, a childhood dream. However, this film also uses the mouths of some great historical figures to explain to us the meaning of life and the value of self through their experiences. Let the audience be happy While smiling, I can reflect on ourselves and life, and integrate education into entertainment. We don’t need to spend too much brain cells to interpret the director’s intentions. The ideological connotation conveyed by the story is very approachable and easy to understand. This is a movie for young and old. A friendly film.
There is no bloody and violent scene in the film. The director will add a lot of childish quarrels between those "magic creatures". The scary prehistoric animals also have a cute side. It will pose a threat. On the contrary, those creatures that are so small and naive are a bit evil; an ordinary human being has truly become a "great man" (in stature) in front of the great man in history... When we look at these of course these In the scene, I can’t help but smile.
In terms of ideological content, in addition to the dazzling computer stunts, the film also carefully portrays Larry, who is like all fathers living at the bottom of society, hoping that his son will worship him like a hero. The common psychology shared between father and son is a very profound display of the estrangement and emotions between father and son. At the same time, in the process of "subduing" these special "characters" by Larry, through the mouth of Roosevelt, the beloved president of the American people , Let Larry realize his own value, let him also believe in his own ability, let him complete a transition from "inferiority complex" to "confidence".
After watching this film, I saw that many netizens on the Internet did not like this film very much. Some film critics said that this film is "lively, noisy and nonsense." "The director's imagination on the handling of various exhibits in the museum Power is also quite lacking. Although there is a dinosaur skeleton, let it erase the domineering that was when it ruled the earth and make it like chasing bones like a puppy. This spoof is obviously the most flattering and laziest setting; although Rome The Legion and the Cowboys were all dispatched, but the battle scenes between them and Larry were obviously not as good as my poor imagination, let alone "God's Whip" Attila the Hun. He was not only portrayed as a Without speaking human words, the whole set of skills is just to bring the idiots of his subordinates who take pleasure in tearing people. In the end, Larry’s childhood shadow psychoanalysis is even more boring and disgusting. Maybe only between Octavian and Owen Wilson. The emergence of comedy chemistry, but these comedic reactions are like their height, too short.” Some netizens said, “Why does this movie, whose average audience age is no more than 13 years old, have such a good box office? Uncle’s boring and funny will have such a big attraction? Why am I not attracted?” (――Netizens comment, author unknown.)
But what I want to say here is that this is a comedy movie. "Serious" historical figures and scary animals (of course, this is a habitual thinking of people) are treated as "cute". I think this is also the director's cleverness. Our understanding of those historical figures and scary animals Most of them are learned from books or movies. Who can say with certainty that they have no "cute" side? When these characters broke away from the constraints of time and space, died and resurrected, and got together, now that this more bizarre thing has happened, what else can't happen? Why be obsessed with the kind of "preaching" in history books!
Wouldn't it be as untenable to say that the movie "Uncle Ben's boring and funny" is as untenable as saying that "a sixty-year-old man likes cartoons"! Is the performance of this stride in the film boring? If that netizen just imagine, what would you do if you were in that situation? Are you bored? I personally feel that they just lack a childlike innocence and playfulness.
Yi Gu/Text 06/28/2009
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