A gorgeous group comedy

Florine 2022-03-21 09:01:21

If someone asks me which one I'm looking forward to more between "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Plus 4", it's hard to say without watching the films separately. Both films are series films. According to the huge popularity accumulated by the previous works, the competition before the release is naturally evenly matched, and either one is likely to become the favorite of movie fans. But if you ask me the same question after the release, I think I will say that I prefer "Kung Fu Panda".

There is no doubt that compared with the previous work, "Kung Fu Panda 2" is more attentive than the previous work in terms of scenes, characters and plots: the film highlights the deep father-son relationship between Abo and Duck Daddy, Abo's life experience and Abo and The deep hatred of the Peacock King has become the main line of the film. In addition to the main line, he also lightly exaggerated the little affection between the panda and the tiger. How come the screenwriter has seen Qiong Yao and is so familiar with his romantic film mode? Small rendering but not expanding, not overwhelming, the insertion of small affection is just right, such as the light sweetness in the rich flavor, which makes people aftertaste. Chinese ideas are reflected everywhere in the film: the master has always emphasized letting Abo "calm down", which is actually the idea that Chinese Taoists have been advocating, reflecting the return of the core of Chinese themes; Fighting scenes and Chinese-style details are interspersed everywhere, and each point is in the hearts of Chinese fans, so the overwhelming victory in the PK between "Panda" and "Pirates" is also expected. It's just that the fly in the ointment is that it is also an adoption, and it is also a problem of raising tigers. The grievances between Yang Xiangu and the Peacock King are exactly the same as the story of the first master in the middle and the wolf, which makes people feel that the screenwriter still exposed the trick of hot and cold rice.

In the second part, there are a lot of bright spots. This is something that everyone who has watched "Kung Fu Panda 2" admits: the film just started, and it still starts with "Long Long Ago", and each character appears in a paper-cut shape. , the appearance of traditional Chinese folk art added a touch of surprise to the audience sitting in the theater; the dialogue between Abo and various characters and Abo's hilarious shape looked like an animal. ”, compared to the Spring Festival Gala, the number of paragraphs is more than one level higher: the paragraphs are everywhere, the baggage is everywhere, the laughter in the theater is one after another, even the screenwriter between Abo and the big villain Peacock King also carefully designed the jokes: Abo stood on the tower to denounce the evil deeds of the Peacock King, but he was too far away, and the Peacock King couldn't hear it at all - the whole play is a group cross talk with Abo as the protagonist, but this group cross talk is not Pretty cool. The gorgeous fighting scenes and sound effects in the film made the audience's blood throbbing, especially the highlight of the "Heroes vs. Peacock King". The use of special effects combined with dazzling fighting scenes and explosion scenes made the audience hooked. The Peacock King's hometown, "Phoenix City", was specially taken by the crew to Sichuan to capture the scene in an effort to restore the original flavor of the Central Plains. In addition to the protagonist, the pigs and rabbits in the play also impressed the audience: the old rabbit who was playing the piano regardless of the fights around, the litter of little rabbits thrown around when Apo and the wolf leader were fighting, and the one who was tied into a steel bell The pigs in the movie are all called "golden supporting roles". Without them, I don't know how much baggage the film would lack. Chinese elements that should belong to Chinese films have been used to the extreme by a foreign film. Are you embarrassed about these so-called screenwriters in China?

The triumph of "Panda" directly reflects the disappointment of "Pirate". The fresh blood in the "Pirate Team" cannot prevent it from becoming cannon fodder under the threatening comeback of "Panda". The most talked about in "Pirates" is the joining of Penelope Cruz and the amazing mermaid array, but despite the strong CG support, the plot of the main line "Fountain of Youth" could not detonate the audience's adrenaline. People who go to the theater are just consuming the strong popularity of Captain Jack in the first three films, and it has little to do with the plot itself. At the end of "Pirates", the screenwriter clearly pointed out the appearance of the fifth film, but if the next "Pirates" does not find enough new ideas, it can only be reduced to the same as the next "Harry Potter". "It's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to throw it away".

At the end of "Panda", the screenwriter also used the appearance of Apo's father to herald the existence of the third film. "Panda", which carries more and more expectations from the audience, will inevitably become a series of movies. Whether it will become a classic or a tasteless rib, it is too early to make a conclusion. The audience, as I have to do, is: look forward to it!

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Kung Fu Panda 2 quotes

  • Mr. Ping: So, how did it go? Did you save China?

    Po: Yep.

    Mr. Ping: Well, I knew you would! That's why I had these signs made! "My son saved China - you too can save! Buy one dumpling, get one free!"

  • Mantis: I didn't have any problems with my dad. Maybe it's 'cause Mom ate his head before I was born...