This film is always reminiscent of "Microcosm", showing the world from the perspective of an insect. This kind of feeling of seeing the big from the small also includes "Toy Story", "The Villain Arrietty", "Arthur and His Miniature" Kingdom” and other films, but “Insects” adopted the method of live-action shooting + CG animation, first went to Provence National Park in France to shoot the location, and then used computer animation to create those insect characters in the film, and in the later stage through the exquisite But realistic image rendering is added to the film. In order to achieve a realistic three-dimensional effect, the film pays special attention to the presentation of 3D effects. It should be said that the final quality is good. Sitting in the theater will have the illusion of insects flying around.
The protagonist of "Insects" is a cute red ladybug, and the supporting roles are mainly red and black ant kingdoms. The film can be called a "minimalist" movie like "Gravity" - "The Center of the Earth" Gravity is basically a one-man show, while this film has no lines, but it is not as interesting as "The Artist". Kids watch, more brainy than those popcorn blockbusters.
The story is not complicated. To put it simply, it is a battle caused by a sugar jar. The little ladybug and a group of black ants who went out for food poured down a jar of sugar cubes on the grass, and they went back to the ants like a treasure. Wo Go, all the way up the mountain and down to the sea for a lifetime, I didn’t expect that after sending it back, it attracted the long-coveted red ants, the red ants gathered an army to fight, and started a thrilling battle... The director of the film said that he wanted to create a movie The insect version of "The Lord of the Rings" is really like this from the perspective of the story structure. Of course, the final scene cannot be compared with the magical epic after all, but the imagination is very rich. On the one hand, the entire scene is basically shot, all the places where insects appear, and there is no special space; on the other hand, due to the perspective of insects, some of the original daily utensils are instantly spectacled due to the expansion of the volume. We rushed out, such as cotton swabs, matches, banknotes, etc. Finally, at the critical moment of the war between the two armies, the paper plane made of banknotes roared out with our hero Piao, retrieved the precious matches along the way, and then Set off fireworks and firecrackers to defeat the vicious red ants.
When the red ants came surging with a can of pesticides, when the fly gangsters "drag-car" against the spider web with the hero, when the "wise men" in the black ant colony played numbers games alone, even The small audience in the theater can't help laughing too - it seems that a good film narrator can use images to convey meaning without using lines at all, let alone those rambling voice-overs? It is worth mentioning that there are several bridges in "Insects" that pay homage to the classic movies. The aforementioned scene of chasing the fly and the scooter is a tribute to the movies of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, and The plots of classic movies such as "Star Wars" and "The Psycho", I believe familiar movie fans can also find familiar passages in the film.
When the summer season is coming to an end, "Insects" really shines.
View more about Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants reviews
