A very...very strange piece of work...
First of all, you say this is a children's film, some plots are too heavy
But you have to say it's an adult movie, and the whole story is quite insulting to IQ
The reason is that this is a remake of a 90-year-old children's film, and the fairy tale world that our generation saw back then was so heavy and simple.
There may not be many people who have actually seen the original version, but from our own works, such as "The Adventures of the Sloppy King", "The Cube Mansion" and so on, we can see that the creators of fairy tales in those days did not feel scare to scare children. What's the big deal.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Although many people will ridicule that they have childhood shadows, but when they grow up, they really regret watching these heavy-duty works and how many people have come into contact with those cruel storylines. ? The task of a child is to grow up as much as possible in a safe environment. Should he wait until he sets foot in the society to experience all kinds of fear, sadness and helplessness?
The creation of fairy tales should not have any shackles in the first place, but when I watch this work that is more restored to the novel, I still can't help but think "it seems to be too much to write like this". Why is this?
Maybe each of us has become more or less like the mother of a little fat man, and we can't help exclaiming and screaming when we see things that do not conform to our daily understanding. There is no right or wrong, times have changed, that's all. We’ve been castrated by today’s content censorship for so long that we’ve forgotten what it’s like to run wild in front of our eyes without our control.
Just like in the film, the only grandmother who can understand the mouse child is also a voodoo priestess from the old times, and she will eventually die with the short-lived child, leaving only a group of children who seem to join the MLM group holding up. Dangerous potions hunt witches all over the world.
Cruel? If I were a kid, I'd probably find it more of--fun. Children's works need to be able to attract children's attention, and in this regard, the script itself has a lot of success. In the plot, where the creation is convenient, the mechanical serenity, and the logical incomprehension, it is completely okay to explain it with a child, and it should not cause any sense of disobedience.
But where is the problem? Let me only give him three stars. That is……
Now that it's time, why do you want to remake it?
I saw some comments complaining that it is 2020, and there is still a remake version that will not score as well as the original.
I don't know which time line this comrade is from, the remake is no different from dancing in shackles. Because the ones that can be remade are basically classics under the big waves, and there are fans who become more stubborn with the years. In today's social environment, the atmosphere of creation almost kills any deviant. If it weren't for the original plot itself, it would be so bizarre, it would be a fool's dream to put such content on the children's screen.
So I would say that our understanding of the same story has changed, it is the times that have changed, not the times that have progressed. There are so many things, now you have to have successful examples, people, knowledge to endorse you, and then you can exist. It's like this movie, because it's being shot now, you have to use CG special effects to show that the technology has improved, no matter how cheap or sad the special effects look.
If you go to the original version, you will be more accepting of some of the more clichéd plots and scenes, because the entire shooting technique and special effects style are in line with that era. But now, this half-baked "modernization" makes the flaws in the plot particularly eye-catching and hard to ignore. If you want to give an example, Stephen King's "The Mist" was originally planned to be made into a black and white version. Those who have seen it can imagine whether the effect will be more felt.
So, such a movie, which will be shot this year, is really an unexpected freak. I don't regret watching this movie. After all, its own existence adds a footnote to how strange the world I live in can be.
finally:
This film once again proves that Hathaway can't hold some roles, it is purely a matter of aura, and it has nothing to do with hard work.
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