Unable to hold back the heated discussion on the Internet, Mr. Basai washed his eyes that were scorched by the teaser with water and watched the screening of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes to the World". I don't regret it after reading it, at least it is not a problem to be worth the fare.
Expectations are not high when not watching. Although it is said that Journey to the West is China's largest IP, but now this treasure trove has been rotten by huge capital and film and television workers who have gone on and on. Whether it is a drama or a movie, with the increase in quantity, the quality is also declining year by year.
The unparalleled hero Monkey King's seventy-two transformations can't stand such a disaster.
And to be fair, the original Journey to the West itself, as a folk literature, is actually quite ambitious. It belongs to the kind of things that are aimed at the public, but are written for the elite at heart. There are countless interpretations of "Journey to the West", so I won't make a fool of myself. It is well-deserved to be ranked among the four famous books.
Therefore, in today's traffic and entertainment, in fact, Journey to the West does not belong to the kind of cool text that can be liked by the public, and monkeys are not as stubborn as they are interpreted in film and television works. suffocated.
It's because the protagonist is the old enemy of the monkey - Nezha.
Minor spoilers below
I'm sorry, this is Nezha
Nezha in Journey to the West and Nezha in Fengshen Romance are completely different styles.
In these two literary works, Nezha is between soy sauce and third-tier characters, neither embarrassed nor embarrassed. Although he has a brilliant record, he has not many scenes. If it weren't for the fact that Nezha has always been the righteous god of traditional Taoism and enjoyed incense among the people, it would have been forgotten long ago.
What really made Nezha famous all over the world was "Nezha Nao Hai" by Shanghai Film Studio.
That was the most glorious time of Meiying Studio, and it was also the most glorious time of Nezha. He went from the ancestral hall, from the opera, to the big screen. That majestic and majestic navy... um... the heroic appearance of slaughtering dragons is deeply imprinted in people's minds.
"Nezha: Devil Child Comes into the World" uses the story template of Nezha's troubled sea, but bold adaptations have been made in terms of characters and plots to make the whole story more in line with the aesthetics of the current mainstream moviegoers.
This is closely following the evolution of the audience, the evolution of the writers.
If it is an older generation of screenwriters, or an academic screenwriter, they will scold when they see such a script. Because from a traditional and orthodox point of view, this script is fundamentally "problematic" from the theme of the story to the conflict setting.
But this problem is the most successful part of "The Devil Comes to the World", because he did not try to tell a story that is too profound, everything is so straightforward.
Smile, laugh, give me a laugh.
Tears come, cry, cry for me.
The blood is hot, it's burning me up.
Simple and rude, but very effective, because those laughs are really funny, and those tears pull back the audience's emotions in a timely manner. When it should be serious, it should be serious.
As for the theme of the film, it was already written on the poster when it was announced: My life is up to me! My life is to refuse to accept it!
This is a very mindless, rogue, but also very powerful theme. When watching the film, I even suspected that the screenwriter may have been writing online articles.
Because this theme can resonate with everyone, and it can make almost all the young people who have read male frequency online articles boil. As for what the sky is, how can he refuse to accept his fate, the processing method of the film is the same as that of the online article, which is very bachelor-hit!
Fire-point gun, in hand, foot on the hot wheel, Nezha changed his life against the sky, burning unnecessarily.
As a demon boy with divine power, Nezha even fights against the indiscriminate people, and the protagonist can actually beat the people! But this part is very cool to watch, because the protagonist has never played like this before!
But it doesn't make any sense, because most people can't beat their bosses in the head.
In reality, it is impossible to solve the problem by force, which is precisely the cool point of the online article and "The Devil Comes into the World".
Because the vast majority of people go to the Internet and watch movies, they just want to be distracted and have a good time. Which boy has never imagined that he would hang up those gangsters in front of all the girls in the school and make a show of it?
Violence and sex are the most direct and rooted catharsis of human beings.
You don't need to talk about big truths, you don't need to satirize social phenomena, Yu Shiming said, warning the world that something doesn't exist, and it's cool enough.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the monument of domestic art films has been there, and no one who wants to take the path of realism can overcome it.
The overlord has already bid farewell to his concubine, which master is still alive on this yellow land?
The evaluation of art films and the evaluation of commercial films are two standards. Of course, there are both, but that is rare in the world.
As a commercial film, "The Devil Comes to the World" has done a great job.
Moreover, it is really an animated film that really belongs to young people, not the kind of film that the older generation thinks suits the tastes of young people.
The criteria for judging commercial films are actually very simple. To paraphrase the editor-in-chief of "Dream Eater": as long as it is interesting enough, it can be successful.
Although Nezha in the film is an image of a child, his mind is not a child, and even his thinking and his decisions are more wise than many adults on the big screen.
A protagonist with a brain, this is quite likable, because as an audience, I really hate the serious consequences caused by the stupidity of the protagonist, it seems very aggrieved, and there will be no "cool" effect.
In "The Romance of the Gods" and "Nezha in the Sea", Nezha is actually very aggrieved. This short but tortuous story has the tone of Shakespeare's tragedy.
The old Dragon King forced Nezha to death at Chentang Pass, it was miserable and humiliating.
How can a "cool" movie be so embarrassing? Therefore, "The Devil Comes to the World" has to be cool all the way to the end, and the aggrieved character can have a supporting role.
So "The Devil Comes to the World" has a character born that subverts the original - Prince Long San.
This dragon's third prince, Ao Bing, is white, literally white.
Ao Bing: I want to be a good dragon.
Destiny: Ask the judge if he will answer?
Ao Bing in the story is kind, and was born with a golden key. He is completely the configuration of the protagonist of the golden finger web article, and he hangs as soon as he comes out. But the fate is so unfair, he who bears the fate of the dragon family has to stand on the opposite side of Nezha.
It can be said that every character in "The Devil Comes to the World" is very interesting, and the main characters, Nezha and the Third Prince Long, are endowed with certain levels and contradictions.
Compared to other films in recent years, these characters are already solid.
No wonder Nezha was embarrassed to say in the face of rave reviews: I am so good, in fact, thanks to the support of my peers.
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