above paragraph was a friend of mine introducing me to this movie. said in the movie. Friends who have read what I have written before should know that I am a loyal audience of the "Little Times" series of movies (although I have not seen any of them in the cinema, after all, I also have a bottom line), so such words are not scary at all. to me. As for lowering my expectations, this effect is also ineffective, because I have never had any expectations for "Big Fish and Begonia". On the contrary, his introduction aroused my interest in watching movies. After all, my dignity as a person does not allow me to go to the cinema to watch things like "Little Times", but if it is similar in style and has its own "domestic animation movie" If you pay for a movie with a label of a disadvantaged group, you will not feel uneasy about your conscience at all.
Many people said that they were wasted 12 years of love by this bad film. I doubt if these people really chased it for 12 years, anyway, I didn't. I only learned about such a movie at the beginning of this year, and some of my colleagues and friends who are more concerned about animated movies have only noticed this movie about six or seven years ago. Those who can pay attention to this project or Flash short film should be the first generation of netizens, right? Now that I'm old, I probably won't have the spare time to go online to spray it.
Personally, because I have never paid attention to this movie, I can watch it with the mentality of watching an ordinary movie. The conclusion after watching it is that this is really a very ordinary movie. So it's a little bit difficult for me to understand how such a common movie can attract so many people to criticize it.
When evaluating another recently released film, I said that for most domestic animation films, "mediocre" is already a compliment. Similarly, "ordinary" here actually means "beyond expectations", because my expectations for this film were "bad". A few years ago, there was also a hand-drawn animation film that was regarded as the hope of domestic animation films. At that time, I was too young to be excited for that film, but I felt extremely embarrassed after watching the main film. Since then, I have been more vigilant about domestic imitation Japanese-style hand-painted animation, because I found that the shortcomings are often more contagious than the advantages. When it is not necessarily learned in terms of process division and aesthetics, domestic animators absorb some of them first. The story style of Japanese animation is pretentious and full of two senses. Therefore, I had zero expectations for the plot of this film before watching it, and it could even be said to have negative expectations. In the end, after reading it, I think it's okay. Although the story is a little crude, it is still easy and smooth to tell. Although it is not moving enough, it is at least abusive. As for the spare tire declaration that some viewers find embarrassing towards the end, in fact, if you look at it as a joke, you will find it quite cute. In short, I think that even if the plot of this movie is not a bonus, it is not so bad that it overshadows the advantages of other aspects.
The character setting of the most criticized heroine, I have to say that I agree with what the "green tea bitch" said. But does the fact that the heroine is a disgusting green tea bitch mean the story is a failure? I think the screenwriter is deliberately trying to blacken the heroine, in order to contrast the infatuation of the spare tire. The heroine of "Three-Body Problem 3" is still a bitch, but that doesn't mean it's a failed novel. Compared with Cheng Xin, who has cheated the whole universe, Chun in this film can be said to be a little bitch seeing a big bitch. Tsubaki, who only ruined his own village and tried his best to minimize casualties, is like a scum with only five bitches. How can this level drag down the whole story. Of course, in the end, after entering the human world without knowing Qiu's resurrection, he impatiently swims naked with his lover, which is really shameless.
If it wasn't that "Big Fish and Begonia" had become a kind of political correctness, then under normal circumstances after the film was released, it would be just how annoying Chun would be and how emotional Qiu would be. Even if the role of this spare tire does not touch some audiences, at least it is not annoying. On the last night, he was very delicate and true to Tsubaki's expression of wanting to hug but not daring to hug, and when he parted, he even felt a little "Titanic", and some lines could be matched, such as "Hold tight. My hand", "You will live for me", "I count one, two, three and let's dance together" and so on. When Qiu sacrificed his life in exchange for Chun and Kun's happiness, I figured that if he could finally be resurrected, I would give this movie four stars, otherwise it would be three stars. After all, Jack and Ruth in "Titanic" are still in love with each other at least, and the setting in this movie that burns himself to fulfill his rival (and is a fucking fish) is too aggrieved and abusive. As a result, Qiu's life was extended in the easter egg. I guess Ling Po must have chosen him as his successor because he was attracted to Qiu's excellent skills.
Although I have defended so much, I also have to admit that there are indeed many things that the film's plot cannot convince the audience. The thing that bothers me the most is the whereabouts of the rat woman. According to the routine of general commercial films, she is a very typical villain's conspiracy to succeed and the power reaches its peak. She should be picked up to make bigger news, and the protagonist who was cornered by her finally found her way again after enlightenment. , and finally start a decisive battle with the big villain. As a result, in this film, she just floated by in a high-profile way. The heroine died in a hurry, resurrected in a hurry, and then forced the spare tire to death in a hurry, which made the originally suppressed emotions of the audience all the way to become more depressed.
The most sprayed part of the plot simply said so much. Next, let's talk about another big black point of the film, mid-term outsourcing. Many people think that such a large amount of outsourcing still has the face to advertise that they are domestic animations? According to this logic, the United States and Japan have no domestic animation in recent years, because they also use outsourcing a lot. The core creativity, art design, storyboards and other important links of "Big Fish and Begonia" are handled by the Chinese team. If the audience thinks that this is not a domestic film, then they must think that a few months ago, it was mainly composed of Chinese employees of Oriental DreamWorks. "Kung Fu Panda 3", which is responsible for technical work, is a domestic film. Anyway, there must be one of these two, right? It can’t be said that as long as they can attract adult audiences and achieve high box office animated films, they are not domestically produced, and only those low-level animations that they disdain to spray are domestically produced, right?
There are also people who use the director's remarks as the target of attack, such as "I haven't produced a good animation in 30 years", which is rather boring, because it has nothing to do with the quality of the film. Even if "Big Fish and Begonia" is really a piece of shit, it can't deprive him of the director's right to have eyes on the top of his head and dismiss the animated films of the past three decades. If you really want to dig up these bullshit lace news, the producer of "The Return of the Great Sage" posted some sour grape comments on Weibo after the film was not selected for the Golden Horse Awards, which made fans embarrassed, and the producer took all the credit for the counterattack in the film Acknowledging that posting soft articles to hit us in the face of tap water, shouldn’t these behaviors be more harassing? After all, if the director of "Big Fish and Begonia" offends his peers, he has no ill will to the audience; the actions of the producer of "The Return of the Great Sage" are to smear the faces of his huge fans. I'm very sorry that I still couldn't mention "The Return of the Great Sage" here. In fact, the two films are not comparable at all. What I want to say is that some mentally retarded words and deeds of the film staff that have nothing to do with film production should not be used to evaluate films. factors affecting quality.
After I actually watched the movie "Big Fish and Begonia", I found that it doesn't seem to have much in common with "Little Times" except for the naive plot. Among the recently released films, the closest to this film should be "Alice in Wonderland 2", both of which have gorgeous pictures and weak stories, and the heroines are extremely selfish and reckless. However, compared with "Alice 2", this film is a little less grotesque and crazy, and the sense of ethereal and agile dreamlikeness is therefore slightly weaker. The rating on the Internet is also close to that of "Alice 2", which is a more objective reflection of the level of the film.
But as a phenomenal film, the negative reviews this film has received are phenomenal. Although it does not affect its overall rating, it is eye-catching enough to even give people the feeling that the film is useless. I have also stated my views on these black spots above. In fact, in the final analysis, it is because the film is too high-profile. What 12 years of feelings and devaluation of 30 years of domestic animation, these remarks have also expanded the influence of this film in the process of continuous dissemination. If the main creator of this film has been making the film silently, maybe in the end the film will "die" decently, take a day trip in the theater, lose a lot of money, and then get a high score of 8:00 or even more than 9 points on the Internet. A small number of fans are chasing it as a masterpiece... Dangerously throwing on the street and shouting at the face and then making money with the scolding, if I were me, I would choose the latter. The situation in "A Hundred Birds and the Phoenix" a few months ago is also similar. Many people feel that it is shameful for Mr. Fang Li to kneel, but who will pay for the production and distribution of the film if he does not lose face this time? Some moviegoers' self-righteousness and selfishness are comparable to the heroine Chun of "Big Fish and Begonia". They are willing to see some movies that are worth watching but not rich in commercial elements, "Death Decent", so that the movie stays within the niche. As long as they have seen it is enough. In this way, because the movie has hit the streets and not many people have seen it, they can rely on the label of a niche to show their force, and then what they return to the movie is false condolences and praise. , and worthless five-star recommendations, they don't care whether the film producers and distributors make or lose money.
The similarities between Alice in Wonderland 2 and this film were mentioned above, and the ending of this film reminds me of another Disney movie this year, Zootopia. Like that movie, this movie also has characters where the characters are naked, but the performance of some parts of the body is quite different from reality. When evaluating "Zootopia", I once expressed my concern that such a picture would mislead children and give them a wrong understanding of the body structure of humans or mammals, and the film also repeatedly appeared in feces. Image, this is also not suitable for showing to young audiences (in fact, this film does not consider young audiences at all, which is diametrically opposed to most animated films released in China, in addition to content, 3D glasses are also a problem. Something to please children, in the scene I watched, a few small audience members were looking forward to the end of the movie from the moment they entered, like sitting on pins and needles). Therefore, I feel it is necessary to call again to introduce the technical means of mosaicking for domestically released animated films as soon as possible.
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