Long-necked Shrek from Loch Ness?

Stone 2022-03-21 09:02:42

This is a so-called warm film that is too stereotyped. Almost every sensational scene can be compared with the original source, such as the setting of the little male protagonist who is lonely and autistic and has to pin his feelings on the adopted animals, such as the nosy bulldog in the well-dressed officers' dinner. Running on the table, such as a little boy with freckles riding a water monster on the water and underwater...

One is very similar to the legend of the Earth Sea, and the other iconic small tentacles on the head are completely a silicone version of Shrek in the water— - This is my first reaction after entering the theater and seeing the 2 promotional posters.

Pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, even lions, tigers, wolves and bears, the themes of terrestrial creatures that can be pets in real life have long been filmed by directors with love and no love, and unknown alien creatures are also in Disney and Warner's cartoons Li showed his skills. Over there, Toei has just released the story of Nobijia dinosaurs, which has been expanded from a short story to a long magical adventure because of its great acclaim, and Colombia has been busy tinkering with a similar water horse.

They call this thing that can't see the shadow of a horse from head to toe as a water horse, a creature that looks like a green and fattened giraffe from a distance, and a giant sea lion from a close up... Sorry, I probably felt water as soon as I came out. The slippery saliva that is unique to the creature is mixed with a damp, nauseating smell. Yes that disgusting egg with multicolored mucus, that totally uncute thing with a huge fish tail, it's hard to imagine a child keeping him as a pet.

Adoption, release, memory. The three steps that everyone and wild pets must have in the movie, this movie is no exception, but there is no evil businessman who is greedy for profit, and there is no villain in this movie (well, if you should say that timid and cowardly) The playboy officer is the villain, and I have no opinion), so in the end, with the cooperation of the army and the people, the water and horse returned to the sea without any suspense, and there was only one left who was still obsessed with him until he was old and told everyone about this so-called "true" story. Angus. In the end, another unhappy blond boy found another Easter egg that was also covered with black scales such as seaweed and drooling in the kelp bushes in the tideland. This hypocritical story has to be repeated again, right?

By the way, the scenery in this film is well shot, with picturesque lakes and mountains, ruined castles, Celtic underwater stone formations and ancient houses, and the furnishings and layout of the big house of the Lord’s family are full of strong ethnic customs, which are worth seeing.

Other than that, nothing else.

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The Water Horse quotes

  • [first lines]

    Female Tourist: What is that?

    Male Tourist: It's a famous picture of the monster. But it's fake.

    Female Tourist: How do you know it's fake? It looks real.

    Old Angus: Oh, it's fake alright.

    Male Tourist: Of course it's fake. Everyone knows that.

    Old Angus: We'd know, son. There's more to that photo than meets the eye.

    Male Tourist: Oh ho, really.

    Old Angus: Well, if you'd like to know the real truth.

    Female Tourist: Yeah, I wanna know. Come on, it'll be fun.

    Old Angus: [starts telling the story]