Deconstruction and persistence, innovation and childlike innocence

Alejandrin 2021-11-26 08:01:44

Times have really changed, and they have changed for more than a year or two. Think of how many people watched Disney's "The Lion King" back then. The classic and traditional Hollywood story model is simple and innocent, and it makes people enjoy In the warm relaxation, get some emotional encouragement. Today, Disney’s "Princess and the Frog" is nominated for an Oscar animated feature film, and it has to arouse scolding and conspiracy theories. I think it is not taking care of Disney’s face. List a few animations selected by tribes and think that it will replace Disney. Is the right way. Everyone's tastes have changed. They want to spoof, to deconstruct, and to realize their dreams in an animation closer to reality. Therefore, when Disney was lonely, on the one hand, the deconstructed and black humorous "Amazing Daddy Fox" continued to be well received, and on the other hand, the "Flying House" based on real dreams was already popular in the Pixar brand. In the praise, routinely won the Oscar.

In my opinion, "The Princess and the Frog" is a well-made animated film with interesting stories in terms of production and positioning. Disney is trying to make some changes, but some innocent, classic temperament still runs through, you can hardly say whether this is persistence or stubbornness. In this animation, Disney also played some deconstruction. It used the fairy tale of the Frog Prince as a carrier, but only used it as an introduction to tell a somewhat anti-traditional fairy tale. But, in essence, this story is still Disney-style childlike and infinite, warm and affectionate. Of course, Disney-style singing and dancing are indispensable. Nowadays, the simplicity of the story and the reunion are often reasons for a movie to be criticized, and "The Princess and the Frog" has also been criticized in this way. In fact, "simple" and "complex" are just two styles, and there is no distinction between praise and criticism, not to mention that "three-stage", "parallel deconstruction", and "circular narrative" are better than "simple". They are one style. A style, an attitude, and simplicity does not mean copycats and shoddy. This is a love story of a lonely prince and a Cinderella-like girl. There are also classic and exaggerated villains in the middle. Of course, the big crocodile is indispensable, but as a funny character, But under this simple story, the interesting sections and delicate pictures all reveal a kind of sincerity, which is a respect for the audience who likes simple style. And "Reunion" is just an attitude. This is Disney's way of realizing dreams. Even if the fireflies die in the film, they must be with the "sweetheart" in Skyrim forever. A few years ago, the Disney movie "Enchanted", which had a good box office in North America, once gave me an interesting discovery, that is, there is a clear distinction between what I like and what I hate. I also thought it was a "bad movie" at the time. Thinking, why can't the prince and princess simply fall in love with each other, and can't be together forever? Disney's persistence is also a respect for a class of audiences. After all, someone must build their dreams for them.

Compared with "The Princess and the Frog", "The Great Fox Papa" is more like replacing the role of an excellent black humor drama with an animal character, maintaining the plot mode and style that fans love here, and at the same time. With the style of stop-motion animation, the combination of the two makes it easier to arouse fans' appreciation. This animation still has a strong Wes Anderson style. Even a life-and-death battle between an animal and a farmer is slow and light. There are also dream-catchers and a man with some personality defects who are not understood by others. This kind of spirit reminds me of the marine explorer who looks for tiger sharks in "Aquatic Life", and the teenager who chased his teacher and made his love rivals crazy in "Youth and Youth"; and the estrangement between family relations and relatives is also related to The incomprehension between the three brothers in Darjeeling, and the repression of the "genius family" in the "Genius Family" coincides with the split. Father Fox also has a spirit of a tendon. His personal hobbies appear to be "selfish", disregarding family and son’s feelings, and brought great trouble to the community. Anderson continued his warmth and reversal style, and finally remained the same. The Wei-style emotion that brings us full of aftertaste, there is no complete reunion, but there will always be reconciliation and understanding with a taste of compromise. In fact, when it comes to dreaming and ideals, the big crocodile in "The Princess and the Frog" that I like very much has something in common with Daddy Fox. Daddy Fox is not willing to live a leisurely "columnist" life in a house. , This is too boring for him, so he would rather do something sneaky. He didn’t listen to his wife’s words and suffered a disadvantage. Daddy Fox’s repeated troubles made him look childish like a child, but he also showed the excitement and excitement of his life. When he finally showed a "mature" appearance, it was hard to say. This is a good thing. The big crocodile is much luckier than the fox father. He is also a non-mainstream in the crocodile world. He doesn’t take the sun to find a living thing. He is in love with jazz. He wants to squeeze into the human music circle, but he can only scare people out of their ass, which can be described as loneliness. But helpless. It wasn't until innocence meets innocence, dream meets dream, and together with the troubled frog couple, that it became a lovely musical crocodile.

Whether it is a fox father or a jazz crocodile, what he embodies is a kind of reckless conflict and reconciliation with the real world. The story of Daddy Fox borrows the nature of animals. For example, foxes are instinct to steal chickens and dogs, but they have become non-mainstream and evil under the standards of human society. In this way, it actually shows how our innocence and dreams are swallowed up bit by bit under the current social order of mankind, until we become a mature man of the Gu family who works well. The jazz crocodile borrows the human nature and attaches human characteristics to a crocodile. His passion and frankness in loving music are also regarded as heretics by human social standards because it is a cannibal crocodile. , What do you do with music? The innocence and dreams of others are often ridiculed and avoided by us as aliens from the sky, and then swallowed until he becomes a mature crocodile swimming well. The two films have the same goal. Both films reveal some innocent dreams, but the posture of "The Great Crocodile Dad" is more joking and closer to reality, while "The Princess and the Frog" is a direct dream building, which is popular today when the "fading childhood" is popular. The children have also accelerated to a stage where they no longer like fairy tales. Therefore, the situation of "The Princess and the Frog" is very embarrassing. The audience group has shrunk sharply, but its insistence on some classical traditions has made me even more admired. I have also been watching it. When "Shrek" laughed, I thought that Disneyland was scumbags, but sometimes, I also hope to rest my brain in this innocent story. After watching this innovative but childlike animation, I I am also reflecting that the so-called conservative is not necessarily derogatory, and when I think that Disney should also be separated like Pixar and DreamWorks for animation, in fact, I may have fallen into a conservative mentality. I hope Disney will continue to explore the balance between persistence and change, give viewers a more beautiful dream, and give itself a bigger box office.

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The Princess and the Frog quotes

  • Tiana: [while standing on the balcony, she sees a wishing star; sighs] I can't believe that I'm doing this.

    [looks up]

    Tiana: lease... Please... Please.

    [looks down and sees a frog sitting on the balcony]

    Tiana: Oh, very funny. So, what now? I reckon you want a kiss?

    Prince Naveen: Kissing would be nice, yes?

    [Tiana screams and backs into Charlotte's room]

    Prince Naveen: 'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

    [sees Tiana about to launch stuffed animals at him]

    Prince Naveen: Wait, wait, wait, hold on.

    [Tiana starts throwing the stuffed animals at him]

    Prince Naveen: You know, you have a very strong arm, Princess. Wait, please! Put the monkey down.

    Tiana: [throws a stuffed monkey at him and lifts up a book] Stay back, or I'll... I'll...

    Prince Naveen: Please, please.

    [hops ontop of a table]

    Prince Naveen: , allow me to introduce myself: I am Prince Naveen

    [Tiana squashes him]

    Prince Naveen: ... of Maldonia.

    Tiana: A prince? But I didn't wish for any... Hold on, if you're the prince, then WHO was that waltzing with Lotte on the dance floor?

    Prince Naveen: The only thing I know, is that one minute I am a prince, charming and handsome, cutting-a-rug, and the next thing I know

    [trips over his feet]

    Prince Naveen: ... I am tripping over these.

    [points to his feet and Tiana lifts the book again]

    Prince Naveen: Wait, wait.

    [catches sight of the book's title]

    Prince Naveen: Wait a moment, I know this story! The Froggie Printo!

    Tiana: [hands the book to Naveen] The Frog Prince?

    Prince Naveen: Yes, my mother had the servants read this to me every night.

    [begins to flip back and forth between the last two pages of the book]

    Prince Naveen: Yes, yes, this is exactly the answer! You must kiss me!

    Tiana: Excuse me?

    Prince Naveen: You will enjoy it, I guarantee. All women enjoy the kiss of Prince Naveen. Come, we pucker.

    [his throat bulges out and then returns to normal]

    Prince Naveen: That's new.

    Tiana: Look, I'm sorry. I'd really like to help you, but I DO NOT kiss frogs.

    Prince Naveen: But on the balcony, you ask me.

    Tiana: I didn't expect you to answer!

    Prince Naveen: Oh, but you must kiss me. Look, besides being unbelievably handsome, I come from a fabulously wealthy family. Surely, I can offer you some reward or a wish that I could grant, perhaps?

    Tiana: [reluctantly] Just one kiss?

    Prince Naveen: Just one. Unless you beg for more.

    [licks lips; they lean in to kiss, but Tiana flips at the last second, Naveen sighs]

    Tiana: All right, all right. Get it together, Tiana.

    [she turns around quickly and kisses Naveen, who lets out a disappointed sigh, upon realizing that he is still a frog, then looks down and gasps in horror and epeaks Maldonian]

    Tiana: [gazes up at the table] Well, you don't look any different. But how did you get way up there? And how did I get way down here, in all this...

    [gazes up at the table]

    Tiana: Well, you don't look any different. But how did you get way up there? And how did I get way down here, in all this...

    [sees her hands are webbed. She looks in the mirror, sees she is a frog, and screams]

  • Tiana: Where are you taking me?

    Prince Naveen: Oh, I just... wanted to show you a little something to celebrate our last night together as frogs.

    [tugs her up and she sees his set-up of a table and wine bottle]

    Tiana: Oh... All my years. No one's ever done anything like this for me.

    [glances at Naveen and sees he is wearing a butterfly as a bowtie]

    Prince Naveen: Oh, heh, i - it is too much, isn't it? Um...

    [clears throat]

    Prince Naveen: Thank you, Bow.

    Bow: I thought it was a nice touch.

    [flies away]

    Bow: Pretend you did not see that.

    [leads Tiana to the table]

    Bow: Please, please sit down.

    [sets a platter in front of her]

    Tiana: What's this?

    Prince Naveen: [lifts the lid and shows food] Ta-da!

    Tiana: You minced!

    Prince Naveen: I did!

    [Tiana giggles]

    Prince Naveen: You have had quite an influence on me. Which is amazing because I have dated thousands of women and -

    [cuts himself off in panic]

    Prince Naveen: No, like two, three... just other women! A-and anyway, you could not be more different! You know, you are - you are practically, heh, one of the guys!

    [Tiana looks shocked]

    Prince Naveen: No, no, no! You are not a guy! Let me begin again! Uh...

    [leans on the table and he slips to the floor, the food spilling on him]

    Prince Naveen: Ha... I am not myself tonight. Tiana!

    [stands up]

    Prince Naveen: Sorry, that was loud.

    [Tiana laughs]

    Prince Naveen: This is a disaster.

    Tiana: [laughs] No, it's cute.

    [Naveen chuckles]