So, we have to cut to the thematic content of the movie. Before it was released, when I watched the trailer of the movie and its promotional elements, I found that the official always grabbed Snoopy's cuteness to attract everyone's attention when promoting the movie, so I judged that the movie might just focus on Entertainment, apart from bringing laughter, it is estimated that there is not much ideological nourishment in it, which was very disappointing at the beginning. And when I, a mortal who grew up in the country, first visited a city movie theater, watching "The Big Movie" on the big screen in a comfortable theater seat and wearing 3D glasses, all the previous bad assumptions were Overturned - Naturally, it wasn't the surrounding environment that changed my perception of the movie, but the content of the movie was indeed beyond what I expected to judge.
The film begins with the children of Peanut Village getting up, but quickly brushes it off, shifting the focus to the protagonist, Charlie Brown. After learning of Blizzard's closure, the kids went to play and Charlie tried to fly a kite in the freezing weather, but ended up hanging from a tree. Immediately afterwards, the newly moved family caught the attention of their partners (by the way, the name of the moving company was actually a tribute to the late director Bill Mendez and producer Lee Mendel of the animated version of "Peanuts". pine tribute). Unsurprisingly, it was the red-haired girl (hereinafter referred to as the "red-haired girl") family. Different from the comics, the red-haired girl appeared in the children's field of vision as a transfer student, and Charlie Brown fell in love with her completely after seeing her for the first time.
So, we can quickly deduce the main plot of "The Movie": Charlie Brown wants to chase after the redhead and try to impress her. However, as he even had an accident when flying a kite, Charlie Brown would always encounter obstacles and failures in everything, and even his friends were not happy to see it. Even so, Charlie decides it's time to make some changes for the girl he loves. In this part, the most interesting is the series of nervous reactions that Charlie Brown made after facing the red-haired girl. In his heart, he rushed out of the classroom after seeing her for the first time, and ran to the school doctor's office to tell the doctor what he was thinking (and scared an unknown student waiting for a doctor away). This level of obsession with emotional engagement was previously seen only in the 1981 animation "Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown."
Like the previous animated works, Snoopy appeared in the plot as a special cute point in "The Big Movie", and this also inherited the characteristics of the previous animated version of "Peanuts". When it tries unsuccessfully to infiltrate the school, it accidentally finds an old typewriter in the trash can on campus, so it and its friend and secretary, Muppets, come up with a legendary novel about a World War I ace pilot. In this, the perspective of the movie shuttles back and forth between Snoopy's fantasy world and the real world of Peanut Village, seemingly unconnected but subtly combined. Prior to this, the movie's preview promotion also emphasized Snoopy's girlfriend "Fifi", which caused heated discussions for a period of time. And when I saw it later, I realized that this Feifei was just a fictional character created by Snoopy in the legendary novel. In reality, it still lives alone.
Of course, let's go back to Charlie Brown. After deciding to date the red-haired girl, Charlie also came to Lucy's psychological clinic to ask her for advice, and Lucy gave him a "Success Guide" at the end. In "The Big Picture," I think Lucy has the most unique personality among the secondary characters, but it's different from the original. In the comics, Lucy's character can be described as irritable, and she has rarely cared about Charlie Brown; but in the movie, Lucy has become the so-called "knife-cut, tofu-hearted" "Ordinary people have a bit more arrogant personality, which adds a bit of cuteness to a certain extent. And when she thought she had caught Charlie Brown's handle and gloated, she appeared at the scene wearing a fancy dress to support Charlie. But in general, I think Lucy in the movie actually misses Charlie very much.
For me, the episode where Charlie Brown came first in the exam was the unexpected part, and it's the one I'm always thinking about. At first, I hardly believed this to be true. I thought it was just like the dream of the heroine Akaza lamp in the Japanese animation "Swaying Lily". It was just a scene that Charlie imagined himself. However, this incident is not only true, but also has far more influence than I expected: for a time, the old man who was once revered and kept away from him suddenly became a great man who was worshipped as a god; his sister also exploited this. "Tourism Routes" trace the trails of great men and even sell Charlie-related memorabilia at the commendation conference—a irony to the idolatry of this world that is self-evident. However, the halo was only temporary. When Charlie Brown found out that the full score was from Peppermint Patty, he confessed everything in public and quietly exited the stage, and was later "stayed away" by people.
As for the dialogue between the little red-haired girl and Charlie at the end of the film, many Peanut fans and I reported that they were moved. And for me, when I'm watching this part, I can't help but think of "Peanuts" author Charles Schultz, and the red-haired girl he didn't fall in love with. If at that time, Schultz really got Donna's favor as he wished, would we still be able to see the "Peanuts" handed down to later generations? Thinking that the production team of "The Big Movie" also has the participation of Schultz's descendants, I think this ending setting has a kind of meaning that it was a kind of wish at the beginning. Of course, the past cannot be changed after all, but we will work hard to move forward and sail against the current until we return to the beautiful and innocent past years and regain our beautiful feelings.
Naturally, "The Big Movie" also has some shortcomings, the most obvious of which is the blurring of other characters. Except for Lucy, the other Peanuts characters who appeared on the stage basically did not have many appearances except for specific lines on a few occasions, and the story almost concentrated on Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the red-haired girl. body. However, as a film that is only 90 minutes long, it is obviously unrealistic to want to show the 50-year essence of "Peanuts". But Blue Sky Studio can extract jokes from different periods and different eras from the original work, and put them together to form a coherent plot story, which is also worthy of our praise. And while I was watching, it can be said that there was almost no situation that made people sleepy-the plot burdens one after another kept arousing my interest in watching.
In general, this film is perfect in terms of conception, music and even pictures, but there are also shortcomings. Peanut fans always emphasize that there are Easter eggs hidden in the back of the movie, but unfortunately at that time, most people left after watching the movie, and they had to leave the theater at the request of the staff. So the last part may only be released after the release of the DVD, I can really know it.
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