bids farewell to the tree god messenger who floats in the air like a dandelion in "Avatar", and welcomes the huge and strange mushrooms in "Alice in Wonderland". Different from the fictional world and traceable ecological doctrine shown by the former, the fantasy world in this film does not pursue logically dripping water, nor is it a humanistic spectacle. For Tim Burton, through Alice His sleepwalking constructs a time and space with rich colors, absurdity and strange colors, and it is more pursued.
[The charm of the story stops at special effects] The
original work is a well-known children's book, and it is adapted into various literary works year after year, from the kindergarten completion performance to the large copy of the film and television works sold around the world, and different versions of the prints Enduring. However, what remains constant is loyal to the original, which means that the plot is always conservative. Attentive audiences can find that the film is still trying to find an emotional touch point, but this time it not only starts from the audience and the market, but instead allows the protagonist Alice in the story to find this in another visit to the old place. A clue to a character's emotions. I think this is a very novel entry point, at least for this classic fairy tale. Taking the topic of "old news" from the nostalgic conspiracy of the commercial society, throwing back the story and unfolding reasonable imagination is not novel, but it is very sincere. It’s just that this movie has a rather absent-minded temperament. Except for the blurred Cheshire Cat, some of the fictional characters in Wonderland are exquisite and exquisite, pleasing to pleasing, individuality to individuality, which are the key passages in the promotion of the plot. They all feel deliberately deliberate. In the "propelled" plot, the charm of the story stops at special effects.
Visually speaking, "Alice in Wonderland" has done its job, and even for some viewers, the 3D effect of this film is much better than that of "Avatar". But if you re-examine the original work and this adaptation, you will find that "Alice in Wonderland", as a text, does not seem to have too many plots that can be used on the subject, and there are no obvious emotional clues. Perhaps there is room for discussion on the psychological gap of returning from the wonderland as in "Home of the Beasts", but this film did not make a big splash on this topic. Instead, the original uncle Mad Hatter, whose head was simply broken, ran into us. Alice's sister is flirting, she's so careless and ambiguous, which is quite confusing. Coupled with Disney’s usual iron fist and dog blood, director Bolton did not abort the film amidst the chaos, but came up with such a complicated but still incomprehensible movie. I really don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse. . "Sleepwalking" is also dramatically embedded in a seemingly inspirational frame. This trick of swallowing a swollen face and filling a fat man is probably not what Mr. Bolton is good at.
[Except for capital, it is preference]
Tim Burton's visual communication can be described as the culmination in a certain field, or he has achieved this kind of dreamy style with a little Gothic, and made it sufficiently commercial. Just one step away, Director Bolton has all the talents for creating cult movies, and even at this level, it can make some arty consumers feel uncomfortable. His strength is not in telling stories, but in designing a certain hypothetical situation. , And then complete the shape through a non-taboo whimsical device. From this perspective, Tim Burton is an installation artist. In the bizarre and popular experiments, he showed unrepeatable heavy makeup, incredible industrial design, and almost impulsive emotional resonance, which also made us realize: Freedom is so important to a Boltonian creator.
This kind of freedom may also get out of control, and the result is like letting Donnie Yen use his muscle-filled brain to smash the movie, which is not necessarily a good thing. Obviously, this kind of freedom also creates more audience-friendly characters. It is easy to find preferences in creation, the preferences of the director, the preferences of the screenwriter, the preferences of the camera, the preferences of the actors, the preferences of the art, and so on. Favor it or not, the degree of intention will never be the same, and the time given will not be the same, so everyone should be able to understand why the Cheshire Cat appears frequently. This is the same as Puss wearing boots in "Shrek", "Ice Age The saber-toothed squirrel Scrat in "Madagascar", the four penguin brokers in "Madagascar", and Dug in "Flying House" are the same.
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is really not easy to play tricks in established fairy tales, and it is nitpicking to think about such subjects. Let's talk about special effects. Cameron and his "Avatar" undoubtedly made extraordinary contributions to 3D technology. They promoted the development of film technology with one person, and they have been known as masters throughout the ages. And the ever-improving cartoons will not return to stick figures because Miyazaki sighed after visiting the museum. Therefore, human performance can be done solely by sound, and soon even the vocal cords can not participate in the performance. The effect that computer technology can achieve is obvious to all. The virtual characters are almost unreal, and even more lovable, so what is the use of an actor's face? If you still need an actor, it is limited to good acting skills, so let the staff handle the appearance, such as the Red Queen in the film.
But this may only be an orientation of the movie. I personally think that ordinary movies that tell the ordinary life of human beings are still the mainstream. As for the "Alice in Wonderland" we see today, it is just a lace news of the original work. As a fairy tale, it does not give How many surprises people have created some imaginative shapes, and these will always change and never end. Just as 3D is just a fancy transitional product at best, when will the era of "Final Edit" come, when will life be more sci-fi, and when will it be over.
2010.3.23 Su Fang, Beijing
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