Not crazy, and not primitive

Violette 2021-10-22 14:31:34


I was completely lost in the sound of praise on the Internet and the bursts of laughter in the theater. So when I walked out of Yaohan, I suspected that I didn't understand it at all.

But it’s not like it. I can reproduce the whole plot simply without going to the film reviews: the family used to hunt for a living, living a barely living life, the father was the main labor force, and the daughter was dissatisfied with the status quo and wanted to go out and watch outside. world. One day, my daughter ran into a handsome guy with a dexterous mind. The handsome guy told her that the world was almost over, and the world was really over (really a broom star). Then, in the new world, a world that advocates hybridization, my dad was getting along with the handsome guy and with each other. The stubbornness and pedantry were abandoned in the battle of this kind of monster, and the family affection became deeper. If such a story can be sold for a price, Hollywood can make thousands of such movies a year.

You said that you can't just watch the story when watching anime? Let's take a look at the characters and worldview of this movie that lacks a fascinating story. The setting is weak. Did the heroine Eep squash the head of Pocahontas and then make it into 3D? Male pig...Please read the Disney Yearbook by yourself. Grug...please take out the photos of Whitebeard Captain Diamond Joz and compare them yourself...oh no...sorry...there is no comparability. Let's look at the animal part again, all kinds of blunt hybrids because of lack of imagination-elephant-toothed tiger, crocodile-headed baboon, ape-breasted weasel, elephant-headed rat, dragon-toothed mosquito, parrot-nose crane, etc. Please think about the parts that are not photographed. repair. The most unbearable is the huge eagle-headed cat-are you sure that the creators have never seen "My Neighbor Totoro"?

With such a bad character setting, where can the worldview be so good? This world is a place for this young and old to escape, but in the end, everyone either gains family affection or gains love. You can comfort yourself while you are in a panic-it's hard to escape in vain. (Speaking of which I sympathize with Feng Xiaogang, I made a few grades higher than this level of escape films, and I was criticized like that...) Anyway, I don't think there is any beauty in this world where this family is a hybrid freak. I mean, you can show me a beautiful world, you can also show me an ugly world, but at least please show me an interesting world, show the audience a world where except the protagonist is a freak, too It makes no sense.

Compared with the "General Mobilization" series, the protagonist's family here is obviously not crazy, and even most people are very timid. They do not have rich personalities, but only have a single symbolic setting. The daughter is rebellious and the father is stubborn. The younger brother’s dementia is obviously a far cry from "humanized characters". Characters with no personality are of course not "crazy". They are just forced to embark on an escape journey. The same escape story is similar to the "Madagascar" series Which is more flesh and blood than it is, in fact, it is clear at a glance. As for the "primitive" point, it could be used to make a big fuss. The differences between different races, the rich body language... are all points that can be explored. But in the end, we only saw a bunch of fools in animal skins talking about them in the modern way of thinking.

Dui! Do you really believe that primitive people communicate like this?

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The Croods quotes

  • Grug: I, AM, A, CAVE-MAN!

  • Grug: What were you doing up there?

    Eep: I don't know.

    Grug: What were you looking for?

    Eep: Nothing.

    Grug: Why did you go there?

    Eep: I don't know!

    Grug: Why don't you know?