Before watching this movie, I have been thinking about a question: Before the 21st century, animation has always been dominated by 2D, but in recent years, animation has become more and more 3D, and it is difficult for us to even see the United States in 2D. Animated movie. But in the past few years, there are still many 2D animations that have made us feel bright with their unique picture styles, such as the following:
While 3D animation in the United States replaces 2D animation, it also makes the picture style tend to be unified. And when people watch these 3D animations, they are more amazed at the real texture and vividness of the characters. Are they not so substitious and believe in the soul of these animated characters? "Dream Quest" shows us some new possibilities of 3D animation.
When I first saw the images of these two characters, I was very pleasantly surprised: the grandma here is the most ugly 3D animated character I have ever seen, and the male protagonist is not too cute. It is precisely because the images of these two characters are closer to the more real characters, so these two characters look more credible and more recognizable.
The image of this dog has completely abandoned its beauty: the hair is bald, one ear is drooping, the other is missing, the teeth are sparse, the tongue is too long, and the two eyes are often not in the same direction... The design of the image is very courageous, not only close to the real image of the Mexican hairless dog, but also allows us to imagine the hardships of this stray dog's living environment.
In addition, in my memory, the American 3D animation with the most special cultural background that I have seen before is "Rio Adventure", but that movie only shows the fanatical Brazilian style on the surface, but "Looking for a Dream" "Journey Around" is completely different: its entire story is derived from Mexican culture, and the style of architecture and music in the movie, including everyone’s speech and behavior, has a strong Latin American style, even their English is very serious. The accent, all this makes the temperament of the film very special.
And the scene from the undead world in the movie:
Of all the new films I have watched this year until now, only the big bazaar in "Interstellar Agents" is more spectacular than it.
And given that the cult level of this film is comparable to that of "Hotel Wizard", it shows us the unique advantages of 3D animation in this era when CG special effects are becoming more and more powerful. If this movie is made into a live-action special effects version, every minute Become a horror movie, and can't be released in China, believe it or not?
But I also want to talk about its shortcomings.
The plot of the film is very obvious: the family prevents the protagonist from doing something, but the protagonist takes the road resolutely, and finally opens a new world of story setting. We used to be in "Brave", "Pocahontas", "The Little Prince" I've seen it in other movies; in order to highlight the protagonist’s later growth, I don’t hesitate to make the protagonist immature to a bit annoying level before; the protagonist has stunts and dreams, but suffers from no chance to achieve it, and it is a vulgar plot. ; And we know that as long as the protagonist is on stage, he can succeed, even if he seems to fail, he can succeed in the end, just like "Happy Voice"-but in my opinion, the protagonist's hard work is far more moving than the final success; Although the treatment of returning to the family is also very clichéd, it at least makes the film go beyond the category of inspirational films, which is a kind of sublimation.
In addition, I feel that in the third act of the movie, the narrative rhythm is too fast, resulting in a lot of plots that have not had time to unfold. Even the reversal of the image of the god of song is so important that the audience knows from the movie clips that happen to be playing. This is somewhat perfunctory.
In short, Pixar Studios finally ushered in a rebound after the previous three-game losing streak of word-of-mouth.
But I think this movie can only be regarded as a masterpiece, and it is still a certain distance from Pixar's works such as "The Flying House" and "Robot Walli".
Finally, let me talk about what touched me in this film.
I used to be like the hero at the beginning of the movie. At that time, my father even took me back to his hometown for sacrifices every year on the Qixi Festival. I think this behavior is simply a remnant of feudalism. Besides, I have never seen any of those ancestors.
Later, when my father passed away, I didn't feel so disgusted with offering sacrifices during festivals, because when offering sacrifices, I felt that he hadn't gone far. Then I gradually understood that when he returned to his hometown during the holidays, perhaps he wanted to go back to see his dying and dying hometown, and to reunite with his parents and elders who only existed in his memory.
After all, even if a person dies, the past he will still exist in someone's memory; but if no one remembers the person anymore, then he really disappears in this world.
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