When watching "Nezha's Devil Child Comes to the World", the biggest feeling is that this is an animation that is dressed in a spoof like "Shaman's Diary", but inside it restores the spirit of the original work like "The Legend of Wukong". In terms of horizontal comparison, from the overall drama level to the special effects production, it is better than the animation "The Return of the Great Sage", which is also themed on mythology, and is comparable to "The Wandering Earth" at the industrial level.
Ahem, maybe you think the words are too exaggerated, so let's go through them one by one.
Perfect and smooth industrial production level
"The Wandering Earth" has reached the top level of domestic films in terms of industrial production, and the same conclusion can also be placed on "The Devil Child of Nezha" (hereinafter referred to as "Nezha").
As an animated film, I have to talk about visual effects first . "The pinnacle of visual presentation in domestic 3D animation" , I had this feeling while watching the movie. The characters are flexible and dynamic, the daily light and shadow effects, and the material texture specific to each item are naturally nothing to say. What impresses me most is the special effect of water in the film:
The Yaksha demon of Chen Tangguan will turn into a pool of flowing water and become invisible. This clear water flow is vivid, invisible and tangible, and people can't help but think of the crystal waves when interacting with the heroine in "Ocean Romance". And Ao Bing, Nezha, and Yasha fought in the sea, and the sea was sparkling in the sunset. Ao Bing instantly froze the sea surface, and the texture of the ice layer was very realistic. In the pictures of Shanhe Sheji, Taiyi took Nezha to play a "water park" amusement ride, and the water waves that braved the rapids were also exceptionally clear.
By the way, there is also the final battle between Nezha and Ao Bing, where Nezha's fire spells fight against Ao Bing's water spells, Ao Bing tries to bury Chen Tangguan alive by drawing in the water from the sky, and the whole town is shrouded in a flood that hangs in the sky, and his life is hanging. The first-line scene seems to have the feeling of watching Gaara's ninjutsu "Sand Waterfall Burial" in "Naruto"!
The ubiquitous and exquisite water special effects in the film are very prominent in the special effects and visual effects of the whole film. The last time I saw such a realistic and beautiful "artificial water" was in Disney's "Pocahontas". "Frozen" and "Ocean" Disney have spent years to create an engine that expresses the texture of snowflakes and water. I never thought that in just a few years, I would be able to see top Hollywood animations in domestic animations Corporate visual effects.
As a viewer who loves watching cartoons in cinemas (half of the cinema viewing records are animations), I think the visual effects of "Nezha" are similar to the American 3D animations of the same period (such as "Toy Story 4", "Love"). The Secret Pet 2") is not inferior. Visually excellent industrial standards, "Nezha" did it!
As a feature film, another key point is the script . Compared with the original folk mythology, "Nezha" has made many adaptations. We will leave this to the second part to elaborate.
What is film industrialization? All departments are excellent at their own level. The finished products handed over are not as whimsical as the author's movies, and often have inspirations, but they must be maintained above the standard, so that ordinary people look smooth and comfortable.
The viewing experience of "Nezha" is the most standard Hollywood animation mode : easy and funny in the front, tense and suspenseful in the middle, climax battle at the end, grand and magnificent music with high-burning lines, plus a sensational sublimation. In the end, happy ending, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves, and left Easter eggs. I'll tell you when I'm not finished, if you want to know what happens next, please pay attention to the next one!
The whole process was relaxed and joyful, with laughter and tears. The children would laugh in the funny scenes, and the adults would also secretly wipe their tears during Nezha's final decision. When I walked out of the set, my mind was full of high-burning clips, and I was content with Amway 666 in the circle of friends, and spent a happy weekend. After a week of tiring work, everyone goes to the cinema, isn't it just to relax, to laugh, cry and burn? What do you need a bike for?
The script of "Nezha" has reached the top 8 points of industrialization in my opinion, but it lacks some "unexpected" originality. But at the same time, I also know very clearly that "Nezha" must be more in line with popular tastes. Just rushing everyone to eat the sensational and burning of "The Wandering Earth", the box office of "Nezha" is definitely not bad. Although the first half is a little longer (the animation is 110 minutes long, Nezha will learn at about 60 minutes, and he will fight with Ao Bing at 90 minutes), but it does not look boring, and the climax of the final battle of about 20 minutes is also hearty enough. , it will not give people a top-heavy feeling of "just ignited and gone".
After talking about the most important visual effects and drama of the movie, I would like to praise the excellence of "Nezha" in other aspects. Anyone with basic knowledge of animation production knows that storytelling, performance, and painting are extremely important in animation . Although there is no "painting" in 3D animation, modulating models, motion capture, etc. are also very laborious. Otherwise, even if there is a great picture, the mirror performance is not good, it is just a beautiful ppt + soundtrack poem recitation.
And "Nezha" does a lot of work in action scenes, especially fighting scenes. There are two things that impressed me the most. One was the first time Taiyi took Nezha into the Mountains and Rivers Sheji map. Taiyi used his pen to transform a piece of real objects. Taking Nezha with him was like playing in a water park. I have experienced it in the pictures of the magical mountains and rivers. The two roamed in the realm in a boat, and the whole rhythm was smooth and smooth, reminiscent of the climax in "Penguin Highway" - the paragraph where the male and female protagonists rushed into the penguin world together, it was very refreshing to watch.
The other part is the master-disciple duel between Nezha/Taiyi vs Ao Bing/Shen Gongbao in the final battle. In many animations, even two people fighting can't be filmed well, not to mention four people coming and going. It is said that this long shot took the director 2 months, and it took the director little by little to design the details. "Exemplary. (PS Marvel, have you heard it! What the hell is the group fight in "Avengers 3, 4"! I haven't learned yet)
Personally, I would like to praise the voice acting again . It is said that the director originally wanted to dub in all dialects, but the effect was too strange after trying it, and only Trump of Taiyi Zhenren was retained (in history, Taiyi Zhenren's hometown is indeed in today's Sichuan). At first, I thought Trump's voice was very inconsistent, but after hearing it, I had to admit that his current voice is one of the most suitable. Nezha's voice is not stingy in the capital's grandfather's voice, and Ao Bingsu's gentle son's voice is very suitable!
Many people don't like Ne Zha Niang's voice acting, but I think it's very good. She is a gentle mother who is common in animation when she cries, and she is a cold female general when she goes into battle. The most touching part is playing with Nezha. It is very lifelike, like a female friend around us who loves children and complains, so that I feel very much about her parenting problems.
Restore Nezha's soul like "Wukong Biography"
At the beginning, when I watched "Nezha", I initially thought it was a parody like "The Diary of a Sand Monk" (it is estimated that many children don't know what "The Diary of a Sand Monk" is? Expose age = = ), I didn't realize until the end that this was actually a "Wukong Biography"! Just like "The Legend of Wukong", it magically changed the original plot, and like "The Legend of Wukong", it magically restored the essence of the original.
First of all, it is clear that the prototype of the character "Nezha" comes from the third son of the king of Bishamon in the Buddhist scriptures, who usually holds the pagoda and follows the king. King Bishamon is not Li Jing, and naturally he does not have two sons, Jin Zha and Mu Zha. The image of "Nezha" with three heads and six arms is likely from the esoteric religion, while the classic props such as the hot wheel and the fire-point gun were "copied" from the red boy and others. (For the specific research on the source of the image of Nezha and his son, please refer to "Li Tianfei's Journey to the West")
That is to say, when we talk about how the adaptation of Nezha in later generations does not conform to the original plot, don't forget that the "Legend of Nezha" is a hodgepodge of folk piecing together ! Many people questioned where Jin Zha and Mu Zha in "Nezha" went, but Nezha in the prototype of Buddhist scriptures does not have two brothers, Jin Zha and Mu Zha!
What is the original? Why edit? Nezha in "Fengshen Romance" is a folklore version borrowed from various places and pieced together. If you want to take this as "orthodox" and "hand-tear" all the adaptations that do not conform to "The Romance of the Gods", then it is just like a "history lover" who has only read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and completely ignores the official history. What's the difference?
I just want to say so much. The "Nezha" in the novels "Romance of the Gods", "Journey to the West" and the animation "Nezha in the Sea" and "The Legend of Nezha" may be a widely circulated literary image, but it is not What "historical orthodoxy" exists, let alone "completely inadmissible to be adapted" . From the third prince of Bishamon Tianwang to the third prince of Li Jing's family that we are familiar with, there is still "the third prince of electronic music" in the temple fairs in modern Taiwan. The image of Nezha is always changing.
The characters in "Nezha" are based on "Nezha in the Sea", and some changes have been made. But the essence of the story of "Nezha Raising the Sea", I think it has been preserved in "Nezha", and even after modern romances, some of the incomprehensible parts of the original work have been clarified .
For example, in the original work, why did Nezha go to the East China Sea to bathe & stir the sea? Why do you want to cramp and peel when you see a dragon? Why is Li Jing so inhumane? I was puzzled by these questions when I was a child, and even now as an adult, I can only forcefully explain "he just wants to do it", "he has to do it" and "the plot needs it". But if I got such an answer when I was a child, I would definitely turn my eyes away: This is not explained at all!
In "Nezha", these problems can be understood at least by modern logic: Nezha went to the East China Sea to hunt down monsters; he fought with dragon because Ao Bing wanted to destroy Chen Tangguan; Li Jing was strict with his son because Nezha Zha's "magic pill" has a violent temperament and is easy to harm the people. Li Jing has to be cruel to the child...
The unreasonable parts were straightened out, and the soul of the original work actually returned in another way :
In "Nezha troubles the sea", I originally wanted to make a dragon's tendon to make a waistband for my father, but in the end it caused a catastrophe and a life-threatening situation. A sincere father did not understand at all and eventually became unfeeling. What I experienced as a child was the strong unwillingness of the youth to be with him. injustice. And in "Nezha", this kind of grievance is adapted into, as the reincarnation of "Magic Pill", Nezha has always treated people with sincerity and kindness, but is always confronted by unreasonable resentment. Different reasons, the same unwillingness and grievances. That unruly back in the sunset, is you, not you?
Nezha in "Nezha Raising the Sea" faced powerful enemies from all directions, and still resisted fearlessly. In the end, in order not to implicate his parents, he resolutely chose to commit suicide, and he did not owe his innocence. In "Nezha", just because it is the reincarnation of "Magic Pill", he has to bear the "destiny" that the sky is thundering and the soul is scattered. This is the burning point and the tear point in the play, and it is also something that no matter which version of Nezha will say.
Knowing that his father was going to bear the thunder for him, Nezha tore the life-changing talisman into pieces with a smile and tears, "I will resist my own life!" Isn't this another kind of deboning to return to the father and meat to return to the mother?
Nezha vs Ao Bing: Because we are sneaking big chickens!
I have to say that the shaping of Ao Bing in "Nezha" is really a bright spot. In my impression, in the previous works about Nezha, there has never been a more in-depth portrayal of the skinned dragon . In "Nezha", Hunyuanzhu is divided into two parts. Nezha, who is reincarnated in "Magic Pill", and Ao Bing, who is reincarnated in "Lingzhu", are almost two men like Naruto and Sasuke, Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque. main configuration .
The tones on both sides are cold and hot, and the characters of the two are both literary and military, one rational and calm, the other irritable and arrogant, with a strong sense of "Naruto". So that when Nezha shouted: "Because we are friends!" I laughed unkindly - Naruto's famous line in "Naruto" is also "Because we are sneaky chickens (Japanese "Youda" ともだち, meaning friend)!"
Especially in the end, when Nezha was about to be unable to withstand the thunder, Ao Bing suddenly jumped over to help Nezha with the "ten thousand scale armor" made of precious dragon scales. I was full of thoughts: They are szd! They are rioest!
Ao Bing's character design (long design?) is also very interesting. When I first appeared masked, I heard his voice before anyone saw him. I heard the audience take a deep breath: Ao Bing's voice is too soothing! After that, Nezha removed his mask, and the audience was amazed a little again: Oh, what a handsome little dragon boy! Seeing the back, each of the villagers (x) pulled out a piece of the toughest dragon armor for him to help him become immortal and restore the dragon clan.
The incisive darkness and sourness of the former "Great Protector" is very appealing to me, and "Nezha" also has such a dark setting that I like very much : in ancient times, the dragon race followed the emperor to conquer the world, pacifying the Quartet. , and finally ended up with the ending of "cunning rabbits and dead dogs cooking". The Dragon Palace in the East China Sea is not actually a "Dragon Palace", but a heavenly prison that suppresses the entire dragon clan. The scene in the film where dozens of dragons are trapped in the deep sea and writhing in anger is impressive.
The Dragon King and Shen Gongbao are only to give Ao Bing a good "birth", and he will not be discriminated against in the future when he becomes an immortal . Whether it is to fight Nezha or destroy Chentangguan, it is all for the "political achievement" of ascending the immortal . In order to whitewash a good-looking "report card", Dragon King and Shen Gongbao forced Ao Bing to disregard human life and reverse right and wrong. But "good boy" Ao Bing, who was under too much pressure, went astray step by step.
Seeing that Ao Bing has good intentions and new friends on the one hand, and high hopes from the family and the master's pressing step by step, the two faces are embarrassed and painful.
In general, no matter whether it is for a pleasant viewing experience or for the sake of basic love, you will never be disappointed to see "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes to the World". According to the filmmakers, the "Nezha" series may be made into a trilogy. Will the classic metamorphosis be resurrected from the dead for Lian, and the chaos in the Dragon Palace, will it appear in the next movie? I am very much looking forward to it!
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