As a former small-town girl, the first time I watched a Disney animation blockbuster in the cinema was in high school. In "The Incredibles I", Jiang Wen and Xu Fan dubbed the male and female protagonists, with typical American animation images, which did not violate at all. and.
I just watched the screening of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" in another city, and the feeling that I had ten years ago came back - fresh, natural, and cordial. You can indeed see a lot of déjà vu in this animated film, Disney-style character modeling, Japanese blood, and, of course, oriental philosophy from ancient mythology. When these three come together, you can see where this generation of Chinese animators is headed. Growing up in the context of cultural integration, it can not only serve foreign countries, but also integrate the thinking of the times while sticking to it.
More importantly, domestic cartoons finally speak human words.
Who is Sun Wukong? This well-known superhero at home and abroad has been endowed with too many connotations, brave, rebellious, smart, and practical, which are of course the reasons why he is admired by thousands of people. However, in many interpretations, people have annotated the word "sorrow" for him, such as "Journey to the West". He is omnipotent like the Monkey King, but he still has the helplessness of wanting to love but can't love. Short of breath.
In "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", Sun Wukong seems to be unable to escape the fate of a tragic hero. In the movie, Monkey King often looks tired after fighting, just like Zhang San, Li, Si Wang and Wu who are working hard beside us. They are burdened with expectations and are eager to use their struggle to give themselves and their families a better future, no matter what the outcome is. , the hero needs to fight, and the stance of resistance is above everything else.
A hero is a brick, and it needs to be moved wherever it is needed. In this respect, China's Great Sage is actually quite similar to the American Superman. But when they are not so bright, they are sometimes troubled and sometimes lonely. This is the truth of the hero - the dream begins in the dust and returns to the fireworks.
After watching "The Return of the Great Sage", I got a disease of "I'm in a hurry if others don't know about this animation". I think that's the beauty of a good animated narrative, it's not rigid and preachy, but it lets you accept the story in the most naive way, where you can see simple wins and losses or complex rules. The audience is no longer just ignorant children, adults can also be touched.
After all, who does not have a great saint in his heart?
In this sense, a good animation can be both a child's heroic dream and an adult's ideal country. Like a good movie, it should be able to bring the unthinkable into reality, and then approach it and warm you in a eloquent way.
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