But, with so many emotions mixed together, "Box Monster" may really be the first time. This is why the film feels so fulfilling. What's more, the film also introduces the "box", an interesting and innovative prop, which not only gives the characters a full sense of imagination and animation, but also appropriately metaphors everyone's heart that the guts to hide in it. hermetic space.
It must be admitted that the light processing of the film continues the usual dark path of Laika Studio’s stop-motion animation, that is, most of the scenes occur in the dark night, which to a certain extent makes the audience feel a little bit of psychological depression, and also writes off a part of it. The attention of children’s audiences; but it must also be admitted that the film can bring a lot of thinking to adults. This is a profound work, not just for the whole family’s entertainment.
From a social point of view, there is no doubt that the people in Cheese City's stereotype of the box monster came from the only mass media at the time-the street propaganda of an careerist. Just as our impressions of other countries and other countries always come from their respective media propaganda, facts have proved that such propaganda can easily distort reality and blind people's eyes. What's more interesting is that this careerist also filmed the propaganda of the rumors as an open-air show, which reminds people of the essence of the so-called literary works. In the end, a enthusiastic, hot and righteous little girl and an ignorant but wise human boy adopted by a foreign race became the key to breaking this deception. Fear always makes people tend to believe those alarmist words, and this is easy to be used by careerists.
From a human perspective, the little girl’s father left a deep impression on me. Selfish, indifferent, and regard white hats as a symbol of status as more important than anything else. When the little boy confided his life experience in public, he only cared about how much it would cost to salvage the cheese that fell into the sea due to the little boy's fault. On the one hand, you will feel that his indifference is ridiculous. On the other hand, you will not only fight a cold war on your own, but don’t you just happen to be full of such people in your life? Will you sometimes play such a role? The irony of the characters in the film is quite similar to the sense of current evils of comics. The luxurious appearance and indifferent heart of the nobles are really embarrassing compared to the enthusiastic box monsters living at the bottom. No wonder from there. The little boy who came out would be ashamed of being called a "human boy".
There are many details in the film that are worthy of recollection. For example, when the special cheese rolled down the stairs, the noble housekeeper opened the door nonchalantly. What a rigid and mechanized butler, if he used his brain a little bit, the cheese would not fall into the sea. However, his rigidity is precisely a satire of the various red tapes of upper class society.
Laika Studio has achieved the ultimate in stop-motion animation, which is even so close to CG animation that it is difficult to see the traces of freeze-frame from the expressions and rhythms of the characters. When the little boy and the little girl met in the dark night for the first time, they squinted each other's eyes and looked down at each other's micro-expressions. It was hard to believe that this was a puppet animation. From the perspective of stop-motion animation, this is a great work, but it is also a work that is too CG-like and somewhat loses its stop-motion flavor.
I actually look forward to the film being able to fully explain the relationship between the little boy and the box monster father Fish, especially when he learns his true identity, his psychological gap should be greater, so that The turbulence of the relationship between him and Fish, which is maintained by true affection, is even more touching. There is a feeling in the current film that he finds a human father so he can dilute the relationship with Fish. Although blood relationship and family affection are not a choice in the film, they must be emphasized.
Unlike Laika's previous films, "Box Monster" is full of humor that makes people laugh. This is vividly reflected in the scene where the little boy raised by the box monster enters the upper-class dance party and makes a variety of "faces". I even think that scene is the most exciting part of the film. It reflects all kinds of human feelings through the expressions and behaviors of the little boy.
The final breaking of the rumors of careerists benefited from communication and the collapse of information barriers. The terrible cannibals turned out to be such a cute, lively, and enthusiastic group of little creatures. The truth is not far away from us.
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