Suddenly, like a spring breeze, the Pixar animation, which stunned all of China as soon as it was released, almost booked the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film at the beginning of next year.
Well, it is really tearful, but it is only tearful. The film technology under the Hollywood industrial system has no flaws, especially the wrinkles on the face of the old Coco, which can be faked. However, the story itself is not very new, and the protagonist Miguel's journey of chasing his dream is too easy, and it ends without a climax. Maybe it has something to do with the Chinese version of the title.
As for the gimmicks of Mexico's Day of the Dead, there are not many bright spots, because the "Book of Life" released in 2014 may have a more detailed description of the Day of the Dead. Unfortunately, this animation was not introduced in China at that time.
Unlike Pixar's sleight of hand, The Book of Life's characters are ugly, at least in the eyes of some viewers. For me, it's okay, I felt a little weird at first, but this weirdness is what the Day of the Dead should look like. If the world of the dead is just a replica of the world of the living, what's the point? A square face, a square body, and even the heroine's pet pig looks square.
The love and killing of two gods, the childhood sweethearts of the three protagonists, the story of "The Book of Life" is not complicated at all, but it is really beautiful, not to mention, the episode "ILoveYouTooMuch" is also very good.
The two animations have their own strengths and weaknesses. If "The Book of Life" is shot for the whole world, then "The Book of Life" is the happiness that the Mexicans have kept private. Its gorgeous and treacherous painting style has the taste of Aztec. .
The story begins with a team of elementary school students learning about traditional Mexican culture. The stories in the story are always extraordinarily interesting. After all, the original intention of Mexico's Day of the Dead is to let everyone not forget, the story is told again and again, and the memory will be passed down from generation to generation.
I love Pixar very much, because there is no 3D animation that can replace the "Toy Story" series in my heart, which happens to be Pixar's pioneering work, the third of which is from the director of "Dream Travel". A hand of Lee Unkrich. But Pixar's production is not omnipotent. For example, the "Dinosaur Master" is really not on the table. Even Pixar itself didn't promote it at the time. I actually read it hard.
So, when I saw that the slogan of "Dream Hunting Travels" was also a subtitled egg at the end of the film, I was excited, but I was somewhat disappointed after reading it. American film companies told the story of Mexico, always a little nervous.
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