Before the release, many people complained about the monster's character design. It is probably related to watching Japanese anime. It is not exclusive to the character design, and because the movie is positioned as a magical and funny family fun type, the rounded design feels that Closer to children, the cute style is more suitable for all ages. The character design is what I call the skin, and the storytelling is what I call the bone. (It is reported that the director has participated in Shrek production, so it is inevitable that the style of painting is similar. After all, not everyone is Ken Ohata, so there is no need to be too harsh.)
Let’s talk about the advantages first.
There is "love". Love is between the hero and heroine. The great love lies in the fact that Tian Yin's father is willing to take in a group of monsters in the world, and let them put on human skins and stay in the world, and name the village where they live "Yongning". These monsters are also strict with self-discipline and vegetarianism, and everyone hopes to live a peaceful and peaceful life in Yongning Village. Little love lies in Tianyin, although he was forced to accept the responsibility of nurturing Huba, but soon after Huba was born, he entered the role of a parent, taking care of this little demon king like an ordinary child. overflow off screen. Appreciate Tianyin's attitude towards educating Huba - it is the parents' fault that children are not educated well, this is both the origin of the transformation of Huba's monster nature in the movie and a portrayal of reality. Huba has thus transformed from a little monster that only sucks blood into a vegetarian demon king with a certain humanity. After watching the movie, my brain opened up and YY gave out a kind of love. Although Grandma Tianyin has dementia, she never criticizes her son. Deep down, she should understand the reason why Tianyin's father ran away from home. Although she can't express it, she still thinks about going out to find her son.
There is "feeling". The "love and kill" of the two monster couples, Jiang Wu, Zeng Zhiwei and Wu Junru, the four-money celestial master, is love and righteousness. Jiang Wu, who was originally obsessed with catching demons, upholds the principle of "justice" and catches demons whenever he sees them, including the unborn little demon king in Tianyin's belly. Knowing that monsters are not evil in cognition, just like people, have good and bad, and turn the gun to protect them, there is a kind of repayment, understanding and "cherishing each other" feeling.
Have a stand. Three views are positive. The fighting between Jiang Wu and Zeng Zhiwei and Wu Junru opened the curtain of whether there are good or bad demons. The confrontation between humans and demons is no longer aimed at race, but at the attitude of doing things. The good ones help, and the bad ones fight. After the final boss Ge Qianhu's skin cracked, revealing the true face of the monster and uttering nonsense, the celestial masters who were standing behind him and dealt with the Huba family of three immediately woke up and abandoned the darkness and joined the team to their side to fight against Ge Qianhu together. 's real body.
The world in the story is independent. The demon world has its own language; men and women in the demon world can be distinguished by the number of hands and feet, men have four hands and two feet, and women have two hands and four feet (thanks to the director and Zhong Hanliang for breaking the news in the interview, so I took a serious look); monsters Feeds on blood, but can also be vegetarian. The building of the independent Yongning Village is completely different from other buildings in the world. It is probably built by monsters, with an obvious cute style. The panoramic view at night looks more like a paradise; the bowls and chopsticks used are suspected to be made of tree roots and branches. It's beautiful and unique.
Hubba for excellence. As a popular animated character, cute pet is already a conventional setting, not to mention Huba who is both the protagonist and the cute pet~ The dynamic Huba exudes a cute breath all the time, and the director's endless and interesting imagination is in Huba Ba was released to the fullest: the stubbornness that was not convinced by Tian Yin’s lesson at the beginning; the form of laughing loudly; the sadness of howling and crying; ; He didn't know how to wipe his butt, so he sat down on Tian Yin's face and kept rubbing and rubbing; he ate jujubes and spit them out, which was like a hidden weapon; it was this move that eventually evolved into a Huba machine gun, shooting a large area. The power is endless, even the highly skilled Ge Qianhu was torn apart his human skin mask under this intensive shooting. After Tianyin had to drive Huba away to live in his own world, Huba's demon's nature was about to reveal that he wanted to eat living things, but he immediately remembered Tianyin's teaching and picked up the fruit in the grass and ate it. The sour little appearance and the person who asked for a reward after eating were hugged, and the disappointed expression in the end was vivid.
At the end, there is a heart-piercing plot. Tianyin pretended to be angry when he drove Huba away, yelled that he didn't want him anymore, and let him go, which brought back Tianyin's memory of his father's "ruthless abandonment" of him, and finally understood his father's painstaking efforts. Start looking for a father's way. The difference between this and the Japanese anime "Full Time Hunter" is that Tian Yin did not understand his father's actions when he was a child, and hated his father in his heart; while Xiaojie has a strong brain circuit and believes that the father who can abandon his young son and leave must do it. something bigger. The result is the same, they have to find Dad. I have always felt that although the stalk is accidental, it is also inevitable. After all, it is all created by people. It is not surprising that there are similarities. In the end, it depends on whether the director and screenwriter's play and interpretation of this stalk are more in line with their own theme.
Not to mention the shortcomings.
As a family movie, the connotation is too deep for children to understand and then it loses its meaning. Even if it is the storyline that has been released so far, some "small stems" children still don't understand~ It has probably weighed the adult's joke angle. As far as the positioning of the movie is concerned, the plot is enough, and what I personally think is slightly flawed is the foreshadowing and statement of the background of the story. For example, in the opening chapter, I don’t feel very detailed about the conflict between humans and monsters. If we can explain how monsters harm the world and how humans treat monsters, the conflict in the plot will become obvious and logical. There is no explanation on how to divide the grades of Celestial Masters and the various gadgets used to catch monsters. For children, they can only watch the fun, not the "doorway". Because I heard that the movie will be the second part, as a self-contained world of monster hunting, basic knowledge is still necessary~
Ge Qianhu's purpose in the opening scene is somewhat vague, maybe the second part will be clear, but the hidden line is not prominent enough to prevent Aroused anticipation for the second part.
In the final battle against Ge Qianhu, the Celestial Masters learned that Boss Ge was an old demon and the footage was not enough. Almost instantly, they understood that Ge Qianhu was their enemy, and immediately went to war with Ge Qianhu. It would be great if they could show a few reactions for a few seconds, passers-by can also have expressions.
In the end, being able to make a movie you want for a few years is the filmmaker's pursuit of his own ideals and responsibility for the film, which deserves the respect and admiration of the audience, and is especially impressed by Director Xu Chengyi's powerful imagination, which is really cute Funny again. The combination of real people and special effects is already very good. If you are not deliberately picky, you will not see the problem at all.
——The following is the dividing line for complimenting the characters, non-fans can skip it and ignore it——
As the villain "Zhong" level boss Ge Qianhu, I really want to write more.
This "200% narcissistic" monster who cares about the beauty and appearance of human beings has a complete industrial chain under its banner. Incite the celestial master to catch demons → sell demons (he buys them) → kill demons and cook → open demon banquet restaurants to make a lot of money and go to the peak of "human (demon)" life (→ leveraging the balance of the demon world). Such a successful "human (demon)" scholar, Zhong Hanliang beautifully combines the demon's evil charm, cunning, ruthlessness and the nobility of a human restaurant boss into one body with body language - when the situation is completely in control, he is full of energy, high-spirited, Aggressive and ruthless; when the situation is out of control, he is sullen, dignified, and calm; he does not forget to take care of the children's feelings, and adds a very outgoing "cute" villain to the various delicate and surprising expressions that are suitable for children to understand. Expression, very colorful.
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