Paddington: Stranger in a Stranger Land

Billie 2022-03-24 09:02:01

A cute bear who can talk and travel alone in England, always reminds people of that cute and cheap big fat cat. Compared with the Garfield series of movies, you will find that this film has a little more fun. Garfield arrived in a relatively ancient London from a modern American city, and used his American-style modern thinking to turn England upside down, mostly a spoof and vulgar joke; while Paddington is the first time to enter a modern civilized city, all things It was a brand new experience for him, the conflict of living habits was bigger than Garfield going to London, and the difference between the backward and the advanced was more interesting.
But these joke-making plots are the surface and skin of the movie. The core of the movie story is more like the classic soft sci-fi movie "K-Star Stranger" by the great actor Kevin Spacey.
Paddington himself died unexpectedly due to the earthquake's family damage to his uncle, so he went to England alone to find the British adventurer who had visited the mysterious Peru. The wandering feeling of being a stranger alone in a foreign land and the ideal of looking for a home make this kind and simple bear lose his smile in the dead of night. The Brown family, who adopted him, also had various problems. Brown's father, who was originally full of life enthusiasm and adventurous spirit, has become cautious because of the birth of his daughter; Brown's mother is full of adventures, but lacks inspiration when creating the protagonist of the comics; her daughter is worried about integrating into the new school, and even dare not put it together. The boy he likes to take home; the younger son likes to invent but is bound by the careful father everywhere. Although the days of Paddington living with the Brown family were full of frictions, and even led to the outbreak of conflicts in the family, he was gradually accepted by the family. And after the event where the Brown family worked together to rescue the bear, the family's life crisis and mental predicament were also lifted. The plot design of this film is quite similar to Mr. Bean's classic work "The Catastrophe of Bean".
However, as a Garfield-style lighthearted comedy film, it will not be as detailed and profound as "K Star Stranger", but it is enough for the audience to see what the director and screenwriter want to express. thing.
In the end, this film is also a British cultural promotion film and a London city image film. Many typical British symbols are presented in the film. At the same time, the film also conveys to the world Britain's tolerance for different cultures and races - which is a theme the film wants to convey: everyone, regardless of race, can find a home in London, although we don't know this Whether this kind of tolerance is just an illusion of happiness formed by everyone being forced to change themselves to integrate into this society.
But none of this will prevent us from enjoying such a family-friendly light comedy with a British accent and full of familiar faces.

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Paddington quotes

  • Paddington: Dear Aunt Lucy. I'm sorry I haven't written sooner but so much has been happening. I even met the explorer's daughter, but she tried to stuff me, so Mrs. Bird threw her off a roof. Millicent Clyde. The Judge didn't think that prison would do her any good. So instead he gave her community service...

    Millicent: No Please! Anything! Anything but that!

    Paddington: In the petting zoo.

  • Mary Brown: He's about three foot six, he's got a bright red hat on, and a blue duffel coat... and he's a bear.

    Policeman: Its not much to go on.

    Mary Brown: Really?