When the world depicted in movies is scarier than reality.

Ayla 2022-03-24 09:02:04

I watched a lot of stop-motion animations recently. It seems that with the changes of the times and technology, some traditional things have been moved out as selling points. Model making also seems time-consuming, and it is estimated that it can be recycled, such as skeleton maintenance, appearance changes, etc. Before watching the film, I commented on the Internet that this film is an alternative horror fairy tale. Indeed, after watching it, I found that this film is indeed an alternative, because the world in the film is scarier than reality.

In fact, it is quite normal to say this. Most of the worlds depicted in movies and TV novels are more terrifying than reality. They are full of monsters and ghosts, and the common people live under various dangers. The interesting thing about this film is that if Norman, the male protagonist of this film, lived in reality, his treatment would be a hundred times better than in the animation. Think about it, if there is a child who can really "see the soul", he will Or she will definitely be praised by a large group of people quickly, and the depressed town will become a famous psychic town and become famous, and various scientists will also compete to cooperate with Norman.

In this film, Norman is an unpopular and unwilling little character in the film. It seems that in some European and American stop-motion animations that I have watched recently, such characters are all protagonists. And its ability is also ridiculed by everyone. The film also seems to describe Norman's behavior of "Engong Ye loves dragons". He clearly likes horror movies and can even see ghosts, but when he sees danger, he trembles like an ordinary child. Well, human beings The accumulation of experience in the film is not established.

The story of this film is also good, a little simple, but it is also the routine of traditional horror films. In fact, the key is how to be true to legends and fairy tales. For example, "witches should not be as ugly as described" mentioned in the film. Indeed, witches in ancient times may be tied up and burned to death, but in today's era, witches and gods can be They are all extremely wealthy and popular professions. In reality, those fox fairy masters wear gold and silver and drive good cars one by one. It can only be said that those witches in ancient times were born in the wrong era, hehe. The film also faces up to the way the ancients treated witches incorrectly in the development of the plot. Unfortunately, it is overkill now, eh. . .

The big "witch" lightning girl in the film that appears last is very cute, and the magic effect is also very good, but she doesn't look like a witch, but like a super soldier. Grandma's makeup is very, very thick. The conversation between Norman's sister and his good friend brother at the end was a highlight, hehe. In fact, many films tell a story: the first person to meet in life is a good person or a bad person.

There have been some recent films that feature children as the protagonist but are not very similar to children. Is there really no problem at the box office for this kind of film? . .

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Extended Reading
  • Marcelino 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The plot is simple, naive, and the picture is not very drop. . .

ParaNorman quotes

  • Aggie: Aggie... My name was Aggie... I - I remember... My mommy brought me here once. We sat under the tree and she told me stories. They all had happy endings. Then those horrible men came and took me away and I never saw her again!

    Norman Babcock: Sometimes when people get scared, they say and do terrible things. I think you got so scared that you forgot who you are. But I don't think you're a witch. Not really.

    Aggie: You don't?

    Norman Babcock: I think you're just a little kid with a really special gift who only ever wanted people to understand her. So we're not all that different at all.

    Aggie: But what about the people who hurt you? Don't you ever want to make them suffer?

    Norman Babcock: Well, yeah, but what good would that do? You think just because there's bad people that there's no good ones either? I thought the same thing for a while. But there's always someone out there for you. Somewhere.

    Aggie: I just want my mommy.

    Norman Babcock: I'm sorry, Aggie. She's gone.

    Aggie: That story you were telling. How does it end?

    Norman Babcock: I think that's up to you.

    Aggie: Is this where they buried me?

    Norman Babcock: It's a pretty good place to sleep. Then you can be with your mom again.

  • Neil: So what do we do now?

    Norman Babcock: Uhh... I... I - I really don't know.

    Courtney: Yes you do, Norman. You've gotta get to that witch's grave.

    Norman Babcock: But...

    Courtney: But nothing, you listen to me, buster. We didn't turn away when Daleridge High was slaughtering our volleyball team, did we?

    Norman Babcock: Yeah, we did.

    Courtney: No, we didn't. I have cheered the un-cheerable, Norman. And I'm not letting you give up now.