We might watch the entire Ice Age 5 with a smile on our faces, but the moment the credits show up, that whole smile is on our faces in a stiff way, which is embarrassing In fact, the situation is not because the jokes of the movie are not right, but we may have been fed up with the jokes in the movie, and even have doubts in our hearts, is the comedy creation of Blue Sky Company going too far?
Animated comedies, especially those of American studios, have always used exaggerated expressions, humorous lines, inappropriate behaviors, and various tributes or parodies to increase the saturation of laughs in 3D animated comedies. "Routines" can be found in Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." series, as well as in DreamWorks' "Kung Fu Panda" series, and more can be found in Disney's "Crazy Zoo", an old animation production company, so , Blue Sky's "Ice Age" series is no exception.
This series tells the adventure story of friendship, love and family affection revealed by Mammoth Manny, Saber-toothed Tiger Diego and Sid the sloth at the end of the Ice Age, every time they face survival and destruction. Since the first film was released in 2002, It was a huge hit, and by the fifth part of this year, it has gone through 14 years. It is quite a coincidence that, just like Universal's commercial action blockbuster "The Bourne 5", which was released at the same time, the latter was born. The year, the number of sequels so far, and the release date of the fifth part are all consistent with the "Ice Age" series, but the difference is that it does not continue the solid and playful performance of the third part like "The Bourne 5". Stable, even surpassing the previous game in some respects.
"Ice Age 5"'s bloated laughs and dense cultural stalks are actually a kind of lack of confidence in the plot arrangement. The huge group of characters all appeared in the fifth part, except for the protagonist Manny and his wife, Diego. With his spouse, Sid, two funny rats, Sid's nasty grandmother, and new characters like Manny's daughter and her lover Julian, and the third tough weasel, Buck (this time actually The protagonist), as well as the villain's three egg-stealing dragons, and a bunch of animals in "Topia", and of course, the squirrel of the thousand-year tragedy, such a huge group of characters are placed in a 100-minute animation. How to effectively deploy the relationship between characters? How to develop the main line and arrange the auxiliary line in a controlled manner? How to make the audience laugh happily and feel the warmth of family with tears? These are all very important points of integration, and the ability to combine an astonishing number of group-like characters with a coherent business narrative is arguably the key to the success of this animation. However, "Ice Age 5" did not do arrive.
Just as the colorful scenes of fireworks are used to satisfy the visual desire of the viewers, this film also makes each character "play in turns and play tricks, each laughs and sings", making the movie like fireworks in the dark night Because the audience is overwhelmed, they choose "sudden laughter" in a panic, but after each laugh, they have to pick up the tricks of the next wave of characters, otherwise there is a risk of masseter muscle collapse.
The same over-fullness is also reflected in the cultural stalks everywhere. Buck's opening is indeed a highlight of the film. Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" was performed in Buck's hands with a kind of robber-style joke. A very thoughtful parody. With the continuous switching of the scenes in the jungle, in the smooth camera movement, we can see that Buck grabbed the egg for the Triceratops with a kind of romantic chivalrous elegance. However, the film did not stop the abruptness of cultural symbols because of this excellent parody. This kind of abruptness is spread throughout the film. In the opening paragraph of the squirrel, the opening song "Chara" in "2001: A Space Odyssey" is quoted. Thus Said Tuxtla", and the "Black Apocalypse Pillars", also from this film, also appear in the objects Buck is looking for later. After that, Pythagoras, R2D2 in "Star Wars", Einstein's modeling, etc. have become a symbol of technology. The appearance of this kind of icon will naturally improve the overall atmosphere of the movie. , but if it is piled up too much, it will be a filling of elements, so that the movie can't come out of the parody.
As for the family warmth that has always been in this series, the focus of this discussion is the contradiction between Manny and his daughter. Of course, this contradiction is an inevitable result of Manny's making friends, falling in love, and giving birth to a daughter. That is - to marry a daughter, but this kind of family warmth is carried out interactively in the context of facing destruction. Of course, this is in the same vein as the core narrative of the "Ice Age" series, which ends the internal crisis through an external crisis, but this time the external crisis The leader of the crisis has been replaced by Buck the Weasel. Diego and Sid in the trio have basically no driving effect. Only Manny has a subtle connection. This arrangement is of course related to the too many roles mentioned before.
It is gratifying that the family carnival mode in "Ice Age 5" has not changed much. The continuation of this style will at least not affect its audience too much, but it cannot be ignored that this series is already at the end of the line. , it is difficult to say that there is much development. Take this fifth film as an example, it is also based on the popular space science fiction movies in recent years, such as "Gravity", "Interstellar", "The Martian" and other annual blockbuster movies make "Ice Age 5" also succumbed In the production mode of commercial films - the hotspot of material.
There are rumors that this "Ice Age 5" is the last film in the series, but it's hard to say, although the protagonist Manny has a complete life: the housewife is by the side, the daughter is married, and the buddies are surrounded, but after all, he can still be a grandfather, after all, Di Brother Ya can still have a baby, after all, Sid has only got a girlfriend (his virtue can cause the woman to dump him in minutes), so if Lantian plans to continue filming, it is okay, although the dinosaurs have been troubled and the meteor has come, but The story of an earthquake can still go on.
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