Throughout November, the most anticipated movie in the world is probably Frozen II. A sequel animated film has received such a high degree of attention. The success of the previous film is naturally a foreshadowing, and Disney's father's financial resources are a solid guarantee of quality. can do whatever they want.
picture
For an animated film, the performance of the picture is almost equal to its ability to burn money. In Frozen 2, every frame we felt on the big screen was a taste of money.
Since the acquisition of Pixar, Disney's animation works seem to have gradually changed in terms of creativity and style. From the perspective of the picture alone, in addition to the usual gorgeous and colorful, the color and luster are more full, and the character image, character performance, etc. All tend to move closer to the Pixar style. This transformation is also reflected in "Frozen 2". When you watch this movie, you will definitely be moved by the vivid expressions on the faces of the two princesses Elsa and Anna, from the slight upward curvature of the corners of the mouth to the rustling of tears in the bottom of the eyes, every freeze frame is as lively as if Can jump off the screen. Not to mention the mouth movements of the characters when they speak, even if the camera shows the profile of the face, the sound and picture are almost 100% synchronized, which is amazingly accurate.
Compared with the first film, which featured ice and snow, the scenes of "Frozen 2" are richer. Although the main story location is only a magical forest, due to the introduction of the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth, the different styles of scenes that can be displayed are multiplied. In fact, for animations, games and other works that require CG production, the performance of "water" has always been a difficulty, and the water element in "Frozen 2" is natural and agile. In a flash, the milk tea is reminiscent of the famous Brandoyin flood in the "Lord of the Rings" movie - even compared with the first series of the series, the visual expression of this sequel movie can be called Fully evolved.
story
If the visual expressiveness of "Frozen 2" has reached a new height, compared to the previous work, its story has a sense of returning to the original - this is not accurate, it should be said, "Frozen 2" " is more fairytale--and telling a good fairytale is exactly what Disney is good at.
In the previous story, whether it is Elsa's innate magical ability, or the ice and snow castle that has been trapped inside after her magical power runs rampant, or even Anna's bizarre journey to save her sister, there is a "fantasy" everywhere. ” style, which is closer to the Moana feel in Disney’s feature-length animation work in recent years. The sequel starts with the legends that the sisters heard from their parents when they were children, and leads to the big stage of the story, the Magic Forest, and then the four elements, the spirit of nature and other settings gradually unfold, accompanied by conspiracy and redemption, growth and self-awareness. The story ushered in a vigorous climax and ended with a big reunion, and the movie presented us with a wonderful fairy tale in a standard mode that can almost be called "kingdom", like "Tangled", "Brave" Brave, as well as a host of other Disney/Pixar "traditional" titles. Aisha and Anna's adventure this time, all the way through thorns and tame the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth, Aisha finally learned the dusty truth and also upgraded by the way, acquired new skills and new skins - the audience does not seem to be watching a movie, Instead, I am experiencing an RPG game with only a main story. Although it is a bit simple and rude, it is indeed fascinating.
At the end of the story, the two princesses have their own belongings, and Princess Anna even (should) get married. According to the current setting, Milk Tea is sure that this series will continue to develop, the main story is over, and the origin is also told , the next one, it is estimated that it is the turn of Princess Elsa's sweet love scene.
music
One of the most important elements of Disney's animated feature films is music, and this is especially true for the "Frozen" series. It has been five years since the first "Frozen" was released in the mainland, but I believe that the melody of "let it go" is still fresh in the memory of most people. In fact, throughout Disney's animated feature films over the years, music itself has always been a key consideration. For decades, Disney has indeed contributed to us such as "Beauty And The Beast" ("Beauty and the Beast", 1991) and "Beauty and the Beast". Can you feel the love tonight" ("The Lion King", 1994) and other classic and enduring famous songs. However, in the past ten years, Disney's animated feature film production scale has become larger and larger, and the soundtrack of the film that can be sung for a long time has become less and less, until "Frozen" appeared in 2013. In the 2014 US billboard list, the OST of "Frozen" beat Taylor Swift's new album "1989" to win the global sales championship that year. In addition to the version, it was also made into 43 language versions and circulated, and it even became the Japanese NHK red and white song combination song.
Zhuyu is in the front, when audiences go into the cinema again to watch "Frozen 2", the original sound of the movie will inevitably become an important criterion for the public to judge the quality of the film (it may even be the only criterion for some audience groups). Sadly, this movie is a bit sloppy when it comes to music. On the one hand, the high expectations of the public also gave the production team a lot of motivation. When you hear the first episode of the film "All Is Found", you can clearly feel the intention of the production, and the theme song "Into the Unknown" is more than a thousand times. Baizhuan is extremely complicated, but maybe it is because the production team wants to make songs of higher quality. Although every song is good in this episode, it seems that the highlights are sacrificed for safety; the theme song is too difficult. Not good for singing. Overall, the film music of "Frozen 2" can only be said to be unsatisfactory. On the other hand, the production team was too eager to output the original sound of the film. Almost every episode in the film was sung in its entirety, especially in the first half of the film, which inevitably made people feel like dancing: what they are watching is a An animated movie, or a movie soundtrack MV?
All in all, audiences who walk into the theater for music are expected to be disappointed. This movie still maintains the consistently good quality of Disney's animated music, but it's just a hit like "let it go", and there won't be another one this year. .
Having said so much, to sum up, "Frozen 2" is still a pretty good sequel, without smashing the predecessor's signature, and it also has the quality to continue the series. For Disney, this film can bring them at least two bonus points: one is to consolidate the quality status of the emerging IP of "Frozen", and follow-up sequels can expand the past and present life of the world of ice and snow; the second is predictable , some of the newly added animated images in the movie can give birth to a large number of official and authorized peripheral derivatives. Milk Tea can't wait to include the cute fire elf in the bag.
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