Some time ago, the author watched the movie "Galaxy Tutorial". I lamented that Deng Chao and Yu Baimei finally stopped taking the vulgar comedy line, and because he was moved by Deng Chao's acting skills, he added 1 point to the objective drama of about 3.5 stars (7 points), and gave 8 points of encouragement. (As a result, the hand skating got 1 more star, and it became a full score of 10).
This extra star has attracted criticism from the "water army" on the Internet, and was accidentally selected for a national newspaper. However, when the author read "The Reincarnation of the Devil Child of Nezha", which was well received on the Internet, I found out what a sin this extra star is—
Undifferentiated tolerance is equal to the indulgence of bad films.
I'm not saying that "Galaxy Tutorial" is bad, but after self-reflection, I think it should still be given 7 points, while "Magic Child Comes into the World" can objectively get 8 points, and the sentiment points are added 10 points.
To put it bluntly, when the author first saw the promotional film of "Nezha", I gave the film a bad first impression. Without him, the IP of Journey to the West was almost rotten and stinky in China at that time. All kinds of "Journey to the West: XX" and "XX Biography" are varied. In a word, the characters are absurd and absurd. After being bohemian, they get lost and save the people. The difference is that they have changed a batch of fresh faces to make money. The rich political implication and strong tragic color in the original work of "Journey to the West" have been completely abandoned, and even the remake chapters are piled up with three dozen white bone spirits, making troubles in the heavenly palace, and the familiar passages of the daughter country. The less popular chapters like Chechi Kingdom, Wuji Kingdom, and Baoxiang Kingdom are not mentioned at all.
So what is the relationship between Nezha and "Journey to the West"? Although Nezha was a character at the end of the Shang Dynasty, he became an immortal. Li Jing and Nezha and his son were among those who made troubles in the Heavenly Palace to arrest Sun Wukong.
At that time, the author was not afraid to speculate with considerable malicious intent that this was a new way of stealing money opened up by the screenwriter’s poor skills—I stopped filming Monkey King, and I shot the person who captured Monkey King. When people have prejudices, they will find evidence by themselves. No, this Nezha is so ugly, just like Journey to the West. (Although Wukong is ugly in the first place, but Nezha is not ugly as I remember) "Killing people without blinking, eating people without putting salt" is a bit embarrassing, um, it is undoubtedly a bad movie.
After seeing the film, the author was slapped in the face.
The first thing to be beaten in the face is of course the visual effects. Although the progress of Guoman since "Kuiba" is obvious to all. From the picture of "Big Fish and Begonia", to the darkness of "The Great Protector", the feelings of "The Return of the Great Sage", and the norms of "White Snake", Guoman's exploration of local culture has become more and more popular with "Havoc in Heaven". ", the classical style in the period of "Tianshu Qi Tan". However, the exquisite scene design, excellent character modeling, and smooth lens language still make the author feel the superb level of domestic 3D animation. Here are a few poster pictures to enjoy the scene construction of the film:
How about, have you been attracted by this vivid and colorful photography? In fact, not only the scene construction, but also the character modeling in the film is also very amazing. Below are photos of the twin flowers: the enchanted Nezha and the blackened Ao Bing.
Of course, an excellent anime must not only rely on "good-looking" to conquer the appetite of tricky audiences, but must also have a strong script.
The core setting of the film is none other than the setting of Lingzhu and Magic Bead. The Primordial Pearl is divided into two parts, one is the Spirit Bead and the other is the Magic Bead. Due to the villain's tricks, the two are replaced by the correspondence between good and evil. As a result, Nezha, who was supposed to be born with divine power and a pure heart, became a little devil in the world. However, the Lingzhu, which was supposed to be pure, was forced to blacken because it took on the burden of the race. As a result, they were each other's only good friends, but they had to meet each other in battle.
What amazes me most here is that the destruction of the magic bead is inevitable, and the demise of Nezha seems irreversible. Friends who are familiar with screenwriting routines will know that Nezha will never die, at least not in a complete sense, but the way and degree of ending is very important. On the one hand, it tests the screenwriter's ability to set conflict points, on the other hand. It is also a great test of the audience's immersion experience. Audiences with increasingly rich viewing experience have long been immune to the results of routines, so how can they come up with new ideas? The author sells a small pass, but what can be revealed is that the screenwriter did a very clever job, which happened to be a wave, a three-fold discount. As for the twists and turns, it remains to be discovered by the audience.
In addition to the core setting of the film, the author is most impressed by two points, the reconstruction of the image of the dragon family and the speculation on human nature.
As we all know, there are huge differences in the image of dragons in the East and the West. Dragons in the West are often mysterious forces with powerful power, and there are often evil dragon images appearing. For example, in the six parts of Middle-earth directed by Peter Jackson, the second The Hobbit "The Battle of Smaug" is a human being. the opposite appears. In the Chinese mythology system, the dragon is a collection of many animals, a perfect unity of divinity and beast, and often exists in the form of a god or even beyond the six realms. For example, the dragon holding a candle mentioned in the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy IV" is the existence of a god with eight extremes of heart. Another example is Qiongwu in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", who is also the rain god who walks clouds and rains. In the film, the dragon clan, as a force imprisoned after being attached to the heavenly court, is forbearing, cramped, and humiliated. Under the Dragon Palace, there are dirty political methods hidden... On this point, Du Yuesheng's "toilet theory" seems to have a similar meaning.
The speculation on human nature is more realistic. In the film, Nezha himself is close to human beings and longs to enter human beings, but due to the ignorance and narrow-mindedness of mortals, there are irresolvable contradictions and estrangements that cannot be relieved, and eventually drift away on the road of "devil". The person here is more similar to a real person, a complex person. Because the little girl was rescued, she was grateful to Nezha and was close to him; ordinary people kept away from Nezha because of information asymmetry (the girl couldn't explain the reason clearly), and even everyone shouted and beat him. The reason why Shen Gongbao disrupted the situation is essentially "species discrimination": and Taiyi Zhenren is uniquely endowed because of "racial advantages"; the rebellion of Dragon King and Ao Bing is rooted in the power reshuffle after political struggle... In the same story In the novel, different characters hold different positions, which seem to have irreconcilable contradictions, but are rooted in each person's thoughts and behaviors from their own positions. Real life is sometimes like this. Unlike literary and artistic works, there is always a winner or loser. Real life is often neither black nor white, but transitional gray.
Having said all that, it's time to mention our subtitle - Kung Fu without pandas. What does that mean? Here I quote a movie review I once read in "Kung Fu Panda" - Kung Fu is yours, Panda is yours, Kung Fu Panda is not yours. What does that mean? Kung fu elements, famous all over the world because of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, have become the symbolic endorsement of the ancient oriental country. The panda is China's national treasure. But Kung Fu Panda, this kind of movie that combines typical elements of China - the blue bricks and black tiles of Hui-style architecture, the national treasure panda, Chinese Kung Fu, the pastoral landscape, Taoism and Confucianism, is made by Americans, and it has deep roots. It's still a commercial film about the personal heroism of Yankee. And what about the Chinese? At that time there was no ability to produce your own Kung Fu Panda.
Today, with the release of a large number of excellent Chinese comics, we can finally proudly say that we can make our own "Kung Fu Panda". In "Nezha", "Kung Fu" really exists, but pandas do not.
The so-called "Kung Fu" is not Chinese Kung Fu, but Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu".
Audiences who are familiar with Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical comedy, it is not difficult to find that there is a clear Zhou's comedy style in this film, especially the extensive use of "Kung Fu" elements. Let’s talk about Zhou’s comedy style first. First of all, there is a strong contrast between the appearance of the characters and the performance of the characters. For example, the uncle of Twelve Road Tan-legs in Kung Fu, who seemed to be a slightly angry gay man (the original Cantonese version is known), but later found that he was a superb master. In this film, there is a tall and mighty man whose voice is shrill and timid as a mouse, forming a sharp contrast. Secondly, the character's line performance is out of common sense, but within reason. For example, Nezha, who was found to be crying, first covered it up, but then said it was embarrassing and embarrassing and started kicking stones. This kind of plot is very similar to the scene where Tang Bohu leans on Brother Zhu's shoulder and weeps in "Tang Bohu Points Autumn Fragrance". Nezha's process of catching monsters broke several walls in succession, which highly corresponds to the fight between the evil god of fire cloud and the male protagonist in the last pig cage city in Kung Fu. Another example is to cover up the kindness and fragility of the heart with the unrestrained and unrestrained on the surface, but long for sympathy and care-in the film, the estrangement between Nezha and the people comes from the pain of being rejected. Put down your guard when Ao Bing is on. This is very similar to the lollipop friendship between Ah Xing and Huang Shengyi in Kung Fu. In addition, there are supporting roles, all of them are fat men who seem to be serious but full of loopholes, from Lin Zicong in kung fu to real Taiyi in Nezha...
In a word, this film is based on the double-line narrative of twin characters as the main structure, with Zhou's nonsensical comedy burden and character setting, and the plot mode as the reference model, representing a mature commercial film with a very high level of domestic 3D animation. Although the spirit of struggle that is my destiny is inexorable, has lasted for more than 50 years since the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the spirit of struggle supported by the spirit of sacrifice linked by family and kinship is more important than the so-called free will and independent spirit. What is to come is more oriental and more profound. I also hope that everyone who has read the film review can go to the theater to personally support this excellent domestic comic, good night.
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