A slightly flawed Japanese excellent commercial animation film

Wade 2022-03-21 09:02:52

Another excellent Japanese commercial film. The scene is very grand and the picture is very beautiful. However, the plot is thin, the narrative speed is too fast, the duration of the film is not properly controlled, and the transitions are not handled properly, which makes people have the illusion of time confusion-the audience can hardly tell the progress of time in the nearly two hours. The whole film is in a fast rhythm, and the too fast rhythm makes people overwhelmed, dazzled, and has no time to breathe.

There is a big problem in character creation. The male protagonist has gone through so many things and can't see any growth; the female protagonist only retains an unruly character and is very thin; emotional intersection.

The final plot is almost the same as the scene of the movie - disaster. Inexplicably, grandpa wants to move the steam city to the middle of the Thames; Dad inexplicably disappears from his seat; inexplicably runs out of a character who operates a mechanical arm; the inexplicable male protagonist puts on a flying suit; the inexplicable male protagonist suddenly hugs the princess The heroine; the inexplicable grandfather and father both ran away. The funniest thing is the last sentence of the male protagonist, who somehow thinks that both grandpa and dad can run away. But this is not a problem for commercial films, and the thin plot is actually an advantage. After all, in just two hours, with the huge sound and brilliant colors, it is difficult for people to concentrate on the plot, and the overly complicated plot is a hindrance to viewing the movie.

The film is not speculative enough, and the ideological depth is not enough. The debate between father and son on the use of technology in the mid-term is not discussed further in the film, and it only remains on the surface. The most comparable is Hayao Miyazaki. For example, Hayao Miyazaki's discussion on the relationship between man and nature is rooted in and runs through the entire film of Princess Mononoke, not just a tool used to create dramatic conflict and highlight dramatic tension. .

In fact, a movie, let alone ten or twenty years, only needs three or five years, and people will almost forget it. No matter how wonderful it is, how beautiful it is, or how grand the scene is. The only thing that can really stay in people's hearts is the thought. Because you can use it often, and every time you use it, you can recall a few words of the movie, and you can recall the name of the movie.

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Extended Reading
  • Ashlynn 2022-03-25 09:01:17

    Vision is greater than imagination, but it is an unprecedented visual feast! That summer, the hearty Xintiandi UME.

  • Carrie 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    (8.5/10) 1. From the earlier nuclear threats in "Akira" and the post-war cyberpunk-style dark depiction of the future of humanity, Katsuhiro Otomo returned to the industrial steam era hundreds of years ago. Depicts the conflict between human and technology in the Victorian industrial heyday and technological turmoil era. 2. A typical Hollywood "high-concept" blockbuster, Otomo's ambition can be seen. You can completely change the lines into the English version. There is no sense of contradiction. The soundtrack is magnificent and compact. The picture is very cinematic and the action scenes are huge. Values ​​and plots. The characters are almost all Hollywood style, universal, old-fashioned, and typical, with external conflicts greater than internal conflicts. The commercial blockbusters in the animation are exquisite and beautiful, and can almost be taken into real-life versions according to the model, and the level of scenes can rise. 3. Every minute, every minute I see funds burning, money and ambition expand imagination, and the depth is not enough, so the picture comes together.

Steamboy quotes

  • Dr. Lloyd Steam: And what would men do with this new technology? Plunge the world into war and chaos?

    Dr. Eddie Steam: But that very chaos would transform us. the heart adapts to reality.

    Dr. Lloyd Steam: [Points a gun at Eddie] But the heart comes first, Eddie!

  • James Ray Steam: There's no time. I have to stop it now.