Perhaps for fear of causing ambiguity, even though the storks in the lines are still translated as a bird, the Chinese film title has such a name that even domestic animations would despise. Don't bother to care about Dou Bird Gaiden, why do you want to fly all over the sky with a cute baby, for fear that the audience will not know what this movie is about, not to mention that the original Chinese translation name Send Ziniao is appropriate enough.
Fortunately, the film is quite interesting, the comedy and jokes are creatively presented, the pictures are excellent, and the story is slightly touching. I haven't seen the logo of Warner Animation for a long time, and I miss it quite a bit. This time, I didn't disappoint. It's just that for domestic audiences, it is very likely to be misled by the bad Chinese title, thinking it is a copycat domestic animation.
The theme of the film is probably to get back to the original heart. Child-delivery Bird, who started the global express delivery business, got back the original intention of sending children, and found the original intention of accompanying their children to grow up for the work-mad parents. A very low-key and ordinary idea, like the master of dinosaurs, may not be able to create such a grand and powerful presentation, but it is like a trickle, which makes people cry from the details. If I remember correctly, Pixar used to have a short film called Violent Cloud and the Stork, a short but wonderful work. And this film is to interpret this Western legendary infertility artifact in a funny and cute way.
The picture is a very bright feature, but in terms of people and objects, it is still a cartoon-style design. The characters are a bit like the style of DreamWorks, and the various birds have the feeling of angry birds. Especially a few penguins, like the big red bird in Angry Birds. However, the details of the environment can reflect the skill very well, and the level is close to the level of fake and real in the dinosaur masters. One of the scenes that impressed me the most was Junior and Xiaoyu crashing on the edge of a glacial cliff. The details of the water flow and glaciers are very delicate. But the film still has no 3D effect. Among so many big animation studios, perhaps only Lighting Entertainment and Sony can be called 3D guarantees, and they have hardly missed a beat. Let's take a look at the movie Sending Birds, the depth of field is not very obvious, and everyone's favorite out-of-screen is not at all. However, there are many broad scenes and big scenes in the film, and watching IMAX can also bring a good experience.
Needless to say, all kinds of cute babies, once there is such a cute character in an animation, most of the eyes will be drawn away unexpectedly. There is no difficulty level at all. It has become commonplace in recent years, and even some fans' laughter is getting higher and higher under these repeated impacts. However, the creative comedy effect I mentioned earlier came from the wolf clan, which I never expected, perhaps because I had not seen any trailers or promotional materials for this film before. The wolf clan made a fierce debut, but unfortunately, in front of Mengbao, they turned into a loving mother and father in an instant without any resistance. Just relying on the author to mention here, the wolves have the Transformers talent that makes people laugh out of their glasses, and it is estimated that it is difficult for you to imagine what the situation will be. They can turn into a bridge, into a speedboat, into a submarine, into an airplane (although it failed), into a van, still fully functional, and finally into a broken heart! If the film is a little more twisted, maybe this group of wolves who change their faces every minute can play more tricks. There is also a fighting scene that can also reflect the fun. The penguins are set to be natural babysitters, so when Junior went to take back the baby, he fought with the group of penguins. The baby happened to fall asleep. In order to prevent waking the baby, they turned off the sound, and even created silence in order to cooperate. Ambience, even the soundtrack stopped, all sounds were tinny.
The story of this movie is lost in China, which is quite suitable. A child, Nate, who wants a younger brother because of loneliness, forces his parents to have a second child. And sending offspring birds is to solve the problem of infertility and fertility in every household. Their child-making factory will generate the corresponding babe based on the type of child they want depicted in the letter, and then send it to their hands with free shipping worldwide. Nate wrote the letter under the guise of her parents. For his parents, don't miss out that their child's most precious childhood is the work they need to get done most, not their incessant phone calls and endless keystrokes. In the process of Nate alone remodeling the house to welcome the child, the parents finally wake up and leave the unfinished business. On this little baby's way of delivering children, Junior and Xiaoyu (a child who was not sent out) established a family relationship with the little baby, and at the same time, they were supposed to deliver children but sent express to Junior. In other words, I personally experienced the feeling of the forgotten child delivery, which accelerated the return of all child delivery birds to the traditional business. In this way, the film also uses the role of boss to make a small criticism of the modern workplace and the contemporary industrial and commercial atmosphere. Whatever is popular, traditional things are gradually lost.
This film is the best animation so far this year. In addition to the funny you want, it also brings a touch of emotion. At the same time, through the encounters of the characters, it may be able to arouse some resonance with the parents in the audience. This is a work well worth watching together as a family.
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Text: Shige
September 24, 2016
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