The plot is very similar to Disney's live-action "Aladdin"

Leonard 2022-04-05 09:01:08

After watching "Wish Dragon", this animated film known as a family fun, in fact, the main audience is still children, and the plot is quite similar to Disney's live-action version of "Aladdin". They are all poor boys and girls with high status, they are all funny and funny wishing gods in an ancient vessel that can make three wishes, they are all poor boys who made a wish to become rich and handsome to approach girls, and they are all girls from different families. This kind of hidden crisis needs the help of poor boys to solve... There are many similar details, but what I want to say most here is the difference between them at the end: about the fate of wishing gods. In "Wishing Dragon", it is the dragon who sacrificed himself to be in the future of the fairy class, and is willing to be a creature in a thousand-year-old pot again to complete the protagonist's last wish. In "Aladdin", it was the protagonist who used his last chance to make a wish and gave Lantern the freedom he wanted most. It seems that the aura of the protagonist in the domestic film is relatively large, right? But in fact, this choice also reflects the attitudes of China and foreign countries towards "extraordinary power": Medium: Although he has lost his freedom, he can still have mana for another thousand years. F: I'm glad I lost my mana, because freedom is the most important thing! Can't say which is better, but, anyway, the protagonist got what he wanted. It should be a happy ending.

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  • Doug 2022-04-04 09:01:08

    After reading it, I felt that it exceeded my expectations, or it may be that my previous expectations were not high. It's not easy for an adult to feel bored without a single episode in an animation. As for the film itself, it is still a Chinese story made by Dalaomei, but I can really feel that there has been a lot of progress in localization. At least a little less embarrassing. The dragon dubbed by Jackie Chan is really cute and has a lot of extra points. Finally, dragons? Shouldn't they be oviparous amphibians? How can you have mammalian hair?

  • General 2022-04-11 09:01:07

    6/10. The desert and Islamic castle in Aladdin and the magic lamp are transplanted into a picture of the city of Shanghai alternating old and new. Ding Siqi confessed to Lina's high-end billboard, and the fairy stood on the suspended wooden door and floor and handed the magic pot to Ding Siqi , The demolition of illegal buildings where the villains snatch Shenhu and the neighbors in the Shikumen residential area. The confrontation between the rich and the poor in the metropolis contrasts with the living environment of Ding Siqi and Lina. From this point of view, the film is just an inheritance. In the original work, the values ​​that broke the concept of family status and the cultural connotation behind the story were also dispelled by the mixture of symbols. For example, the villain's wish to turn things into gold came from the ancient Greek King Midas, covered with pink hair and cute expressions. Dragon and The brutal and greedy emperor status in his lifetime is a combination of American cartoon images and ancient Chinese emperors, and the universal ethics of Qingbi Jinjian has not effectively surpassed the theme of the story and explored national characteristics. The most important thing is a dragon who has traveled through a thousand years and served ten masters to achieve freedom. Finally, he took the initiative to return to the divine pot where he imprisoned himself, and fulfilled his master's desire to exercise personal power. Doesn't this dispel the spiritual core of freedom and equality?

Wish Dragon quotes

  • Long: Din!

    [looks around in confusion]

    Long: Whats happening?

    Pipa God: Welcome Longzhu.

    Long: What's going on? Where am I?

    Pipa God: Congratulations! Your service as a Wish Dragon is complete.

    Long: Complete? But I haven't finished, I haven't finished my tenth master!

    Pipa God: You have put the needs of another before yourself, and shown us that you understand the meaning of life. You are now free to enter the spirit world

    [Spirite world doors open and trumpets sound and confetti sticks to Long]

    Long: Is that... a parade?

    [Smiles]

    Pipa God: In your honor.

    Long: No no no! I can't! I have to go back!

    Pipa God: Back?

    Long: Turn me back into a Wish Dragon, I have one more wish to grant!

    Pipa God: Th-that's ridiculous, the laws of heaven forbid it.

    Long: You're ridiculous! You're an old man in a skirt!

    Pipa God: This isn't a skirt!

    Long: Send me back!

    Pipa God: [Pipa God plays his instrument and the doors to the spirit world close and the parade disappears behind them] You dare reject the will of the Gods?

    Long: Fine, if you won't send me back, I'll do it myself!

    [Starts digging into the clouds]

    Pipa God: Stop that!

    Long: [Continues to dig into the clouds] Stupid clouds! Ah!

    Pipa God: Stop! Stop that this instant!

    Long: Ah! My friend needs me!

    Pipa God: Fine! We will permit you to return, but only under one condition.