I complained as soon as I started working overtime because I was manic-depressed, but in fact, this film still has merit. The setting is a bit interesting, the special effects are good, and it is worth 30,000 yuan. The actors are also okay, although this film doesn't need much acting skills. Generally speaking, it is considered to be above the average level in domestic fantasy films. However, there are so many flaws in the whole film that it is impossible to ignore.
First, the title is the biggest problem. The name of a movie should undoubtedly reflect the core of the movie, so is the core of this movie catching monsters? Obviously not, the demon protection is almost the same, and the text is not on the topic. What do you think of the audience who entered the scene with the mentality of watching an exorcism movie?
Then the main point of this film is that demons are not necessarily bad, and that people and demons can fall in love with each other under the guidance of the Five Basic Principles of Peaceful Coexistence [No. Does it sound cliche? For so many years, the theme of "Bad people are not bad, but forced by you, everyone can clear their prejudices and walk hand in hand and dance together to Arirang" has long since become kitsch.
At the beginning of this film, the demon is placed as the victim. It is said that people are slack and rotten, so the demons are driven away in order to grab the territory, and then there are humans who persecute the demon clan, treat the demon as slaves and even eat it raw. , The demon is almost like the Tibetan serfs before liberation. But wait a minute, it turns out that demons also eat human flesh and drink human blood~ This is obviously a struggle that conforms to the laws of nature.
Let's talk about the origin of the story. The usurper of the demon world sent troops to hunt down the descendants of the old demon king, forcing the demon queen to wear a ball and flee to the human world. I thought there would be a scene like Jurassic Park, but it didn't. From the beginning to the end, the chasing soldier was a scarab that was enlarged to the size of a dinosaur, and half of it was beaten all over the ground to find his teeth and never appeared again, so he didn't work hard and was not afraid of being scolded by the boss. [By the way, the art of this film is really boring. The 3D character design looks so naive and not cute. 】Usurper Is that only one of your powerful men? Why don't you put two more out? Or, the demon world is really sparsely populated, and the bosses have to go out on their own, which is also very distressing [I won't do more spoilers here, and the
characterization is also speechless. Except for the two protagonists who have a lot of ink, all the supporting roles are on the plane, which is really a waste for big-name actors. The two demons played by Wu Junru and Zeng Zhiwei are really cannon fodder. They clearly pursued the little demon king all the way, but the director did not give a few scenes of reunion. The four-money Tianshi played by Jiang Wu, as the first male supporting character, can actually dig deeper and make the transformation of the characters more logical. Of course, this does not mean that the shaping of the protagonist is so successful. The male protagonist saw that the whole village/demon was taken away and his home was destroyed, and he had to follow the heroine into the city to sell the demon in his stomach, and he didn't know what to think. And I don't know what's the point of setting the male protagonist to be a cripple? There is no special performance in the film, but when I walk, I usually stumble a little, and when I run, I am more agile than the able-bodied.
The biggest flaw appears at the end of the film where it is very emotional. What is the significance of the male protagonist driving Huba away? Just to overlap with his dad's camera montage? Isn't this a sensationalism for the sake of sensationalism? The hostess turned around and complained that you just drove your son away like this, why don't you watch it on New Year's and holidays? Just can't complain. . .
All in all, the art design of this film is poor, and the screenwriter's IQ is worrying. If you want to make the effect of Hollywood song and dance animation, it actually comes out to the level of Bollywood. I wanted to make it into a humorous fantasy drama with laughter and tears flying together, but the result was the effect of the New Year's Eve movie. Having said that, this film can still be watched, but it is still far from the standard of "good" or "successful", and it is far from the height that few people hold. Hope the sequel will be longer.
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